C# - How to mock or stub a class without an interface
Sometimes you come across a class that you need to stub or mock but it does not have an interface. The easiest way is of course »
C# - What is the difference between new and override + virtual
This is an area of C# where there is a big "gotcha". Using the new keyword or using the virtual + override keywords behave very »
C# - How to set a BaseAddress using the HttpClient
If you would rather work with relative URLs than absolute URLs you can use the BaseAddress property of the HttpClient. All you have to do is »
C# - Set the URL per request using the HttpClient
This might seem trivial, but since I got the question the other day I might as well make a post about it. Using the HttpClient in »
Error - CS0579 Duplicate 'global::System.Runtime.Versioning.TargetFrameworkAttribute'
I got the following errors today while working on a new project: Error CS0579 Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute' attribute MyAzureFunction C:\Repos\Test\MyAzureFunction\obj\Debug\ »
Entity framework - How to add static data using data seeding
I am not sure that the correct term is "static" data - it seems to be known as seeding, which is the term I »
Entity framework - Unable to create an object of type <type>. For the different patterns supported at design time see <link>
Today I was trying to make an initial migration using Entity framework. I encountered an error when calling dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate: C:\Users\peter\ »
C# - How to add request timings to an ASP.Net project
Today I wanted to set up server timings for a project to see how easy it would be. I found out with a few lines you »
C# - How to setup WebApplicationFactory in .Net 6 without a startup.cs file
Prior to .Net 6 you would have a startup.cs class to set up your asp.net application. In .Net 6 the standard is now to »
C# - How to get a property from a JSON string without parsing it to a class using SelectToken and JObject
Often you would use a class to represent the JSON object you want to Deserialize. However for whatever reason you might want to skip the class »