A discussion on how the C# community should format code that uses primary constructors

An analysis of Vic Bias in the AFL, and a discussion of how much it matters

A quick explanation on how to set up your C# console application to keep its window open when launched from the Windows GUI

My open source projects have recently ticked over 1 million downloads on NuGet. This post gives a quick overview of my most popular projects.

A simple code snippet that allows you to use Log4j/Log4net-style short log levels with Serilog

A quick overview of how to declare InternalsVisibleTo in a csproj file.

A quick overview of how Puppeteer Sharp can be used to convert HTML to PDF files in the .NET ecosystem

How to tell VSCode to stop inserting newlines into your code just because it wants to wrap your HTML attributes

A quick explanation of how to deal with error CS0518, which may occur when trying to use init setters on frameworks earlier than .NET 5.0

A standard layout for .NET projects.

How to use WixNetfxExtension to detect .NET framework versions (including those higher than 4.6.2)

How to use a custom contract resolver to deserialize to an object with private setters in Json.NET

There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things.

A quick overview of some of the options for hosting ASP.NET Core sites and apps.

A couple of registry hacks to use Visual Studio's WinForms designer on high‑DPI systems without causing problems for the rest of your team.

An overview of how to determine if a Windows user is idle by checking when they last interacted with the PC (using the Win32 GetLastInputInfo API).

A simple ASP.NET Core Tag Helper that emits Google AdSense ad code.

A guide showing how to download a web page as a single HTML file with all CSS, JS, and images embedded into it.

A quick example showing how to monitor the clipboard in a WinForms project.

Using my FluentFileFilterBuilder library to easily craft file filters for the WinForms and WPF file dialogs.

A simple ASP.NET Core Tag Helper that emits Google Analytics tracking code.

An overview of my preferred technique for setting a WinForms form to be hidden on startup (without the drawbacks of some of the other common approaches).

An overview of ZEIT Now, and a quick tutorial showing how to use it to host and deploy an ASP.NET Core app.

A critique of the shortfalls of the WinForms FolderBrowserDialog, and a quick overview of the alternative provided in the Ookii.Dialogs project.

A short overview of the software that I always install on a fresh Windows PC to get up-and-running for .NET development.

Some recommendations on how to write XML Documentation Comments for methods that return a Task object.

A quick guide on how to set up VSCode as the default Git editor.

Using Kristian Hellang's Scrutor library to scan and automatically register dependencies with the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection IoC container.

Using my DeviceId library to generate unique identifiers for Windows PCs.

A quick guide demonstrating how to set up SourceTree custom actions to search a repository for a Visual Studio Solution File and then open it in Visual Studio.

An in-depth look at how to extend the WinForms PropertyGrid control to enable tab-navigation between properties.

An in-depth look at the various ways that ClickOnce applications can be programmatically launched.

Identifying and fixing a bug in GeoCoordinateWatcher's event handlers.

A quick tutorial on how to nest/group files within Visual Studio using the <DependentUpon> property in a project file.

A brief introduction to C# 4's dynamic keyword, and the fun that can be had with it.

A overview of how Skype quote elements are structured, and a program that allows them to be forged.

A look at how to use the FastColoredTextBox library to get quick and easy WinForms syntax highlighting.

A brief rundown of some of the common mistakes people make with password security, and then an overview of some 'good practices' (with examples in C#).

A look at how WinForms text boxes can be extended to have a 'cue banner' (that greyed-out placeholder or explanatory text often seen in text fields).