C# 8.0 in Visual Studio 2019: what's new
This week VS 2019 finally came out and I was going to write a very enthusiastic and very long post about the new language features of C# 8 that I was hoping would also premier…
Countdown to C# 8: Making the Azure Storage API better with IAsyncEnumerable
C# 8 is just around the corner — and with that, this post will review the last, currently publicly available feature of the new language version: asynchronous streams. If you are interested in my take on…
Generate index for TPH discriminator with Entity Framework Code First
When it comes to mapping inheritance hierarchies to database tables using an ORM, there are a lot of different options. Though it definitely has drawbacks, one of the most popular method is 'table-per-hierarhy' (TPH). TPH…
Visual Studio extension to manage your Github gists
There are a couple of extensions available in the Visual Studio Marketplace to handle your Github gists — and not to belittle others, but I have to admit, I didn't like any of them. They are…
Countdown to C# 8: Range and Index
In my previos post, I discussed one of the new features of C# 8: non-nullable reference types. That feature has been out for a while, so I think most of what can be said has…