Cloning is a common thing I need to do in my C# project. The most common case I use this is with my Entity Framework projects. I first fetch my object using a standard Linq query.
Once I have this object, EF is now tracking any changes to the object. I want a duplicate object of this so I can track a before and after state, so I want to clone the fetched object. To do this I use JSON.Net nuget package.
Short answer: nothing. string is an alias to System.String. This also holds true for int and System.Int32.
If you want my personal preference I always use the lowercase version aka the alias. Why? Because I don’t need to add the following reference: using System; in each file. I know, it’s a little OCDish, but what can I say…
Web API and MVC with C# offer stellar global filters that can be registered in the App_Start/FilterConfig.cs file. For Web API and MVC the global filters goes inside the RegisterGlobalFilters function. This function contains an override based on whether you are applying the filter to MVC or Web API. Today we are going to look at how to implement an extension filter of the ExceptionFilterAttribute.
I’m a big fan of Entity Framework. It makes working with databases very convenient. I’ve discussed previously how I use Entity Framework to implement the repository pattern. Of course with ease of development sometimes sacrifices performance. In today’s article I’m going to explain my favorite approach to improve the performance of Entity Framework queries that are slow.
I was struggling the other day where one of my NuGet packages DLL that was installed in a separate MVC project was not being copied to my bin directory. I have discovered two potentially reasons why this was occurring. Read on for two different potential solutions.