Compiling stand-alone file in classic .NET vs Dotnet core
I realized that compiling a single-file program became much more complicated in Dotnet core compared to regular .NET. For starters, here’s how you run a Python file: python foo.py Here’s […]
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Pushing data stream to web socket in ASP.NET [Core]
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Web sockets were invented to push data from web server to clients. So, one would expect that sending data to a web socket would look something like this: void OnNewDataReady(string […]
.NET type forwarding
This feature has apparently existed for years, but I found out only now. CLR has an equivalent of HTTP redirect for types, it is called You can move a class […]
VS 2019 and AspNet.Core: the world of weird errors
I was experimenting with creating new projects out of templates in VS 2019, and to my surprise ran into a lot of trouble and error messages. One time it told […]
Unity container: when it is too much magic
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Athur C. Clarke While reviewing some code, I stumbled upon a class that receives an ObservableCollection<ILogFormatter> in the constructor. I discovered that this […]
C#: How to shoot yourself in the foot with a generic extension method
TL;DR: wrapping existing method DoSomething(MyData data), with an identically named generic extension method DoSomething<T>(T data) is a bad idea, since it erases compile-time type checking. DoSomething() may now be called […]
VS 2017+ASP.NET Core+Docker: published dev image does not work
I created an ASP.NET core project with docker support. Good thing: it works. Bad thing: the “dev” image it creates does not really contain application code. The code is added […]
Unity Container and double singleton
It turns out that after re-registering type as a singleton in Unity calls to container.Resolve() return a new instance. This may lead and have led to ugly bugs if your code relies […]
Why constructors must be simple
Recently I’ve got another reminder why constructors should be simple. The situation in a nutshell: class BaseHandler subscribes to an observable in its constructor. The handler is virtual, class DerviedHandler adds incoming […]
.NET string comparison is not lexicographical
This Friday I wrote a unit test and to my astonishment I have found that “a” < “A” < “ab”, with .NET InvariantCulture and InvariantCultureIgnoreCase string comparers. That means that .NET […]