Category: C#
The attribute OverloadResolutionPriority in .NET 9 and C# 13
December 12, 2024 2 minutes read With .NET 9, we gain a new tool for managing method overloads: OverloadResolutionPriorityAttribute declared in the namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices. It lets you set an overload’s...
C# 13 params collections
December 3, 2024 3 minutes read Here is a quick post to explain how the upcoming C# 13 params collections feature frees your code from many allocations. C# params prior...
.NET 9.0 LINQ Performance Improvements
November 19, 2024 5 minutes read NET 9.0 brings significant improvements to LINQ performance, with some scenarios showing remarkable gains. Let’s take a closer look at what’s driving these enhancements....
Alternate Lookup for Dictionary and HashSet in .NET 9
November 18, 2024 3 minutes read In .NET 9, a new method called GetAlternateLookup<TKey, TValue, TAlternate>() has been introduced for hash tables classes, including Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, HashSet<T>, ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue>, FrozenDictionary<TKey,...
Why Is Counting Lines of Code (LOC) Useful?
November 7, 2024 2 minutes read In the previous post How do you count your number of Lines Of Code (LOC) ?, we explained how to count the LOC of...
How do you count your number of Lines Of Code (LOC) ?
November 6, 2024 2 minutes read Counting Lines of Code (LOC) is not as straightforward as it seems. Developers often wonder: Should method signature declarations count? What about lines with...
The problem with frameworks
October 31, 2024 3 minutes read I just watched this short 2:39 video from Uncle Bob, and it rang a bell. His books inspired me two decades ago to create...
Find C# Code Duplicate
October 22, 2024 3 minutes read Duplicate code copy-pasted is problematic. It increases maintenance efforts and the risk of inconsistencies. Changes made in one instance may not be reflected in...
Fastest C# Enum to String
July 15, 2024 3 minutes read This article benchmarks various ways to obtain a string from an enumeration value in C# .NET, along with other common enumeration APIs. At NDepend,...
Readonly, Immutable, and Frozen Collections in .NET
July 1, 2024 4 minutes read In modern software development, immutability is a powerful concept. The .NET Base Class Library (BCL) offers readonly, immutable, and frozen collections. This terminology might...
When to create a new .csproj?
June 24, 2024 5 minutes read Recently, a question has been raised on Reddit/r/dotnet: When should you create a new .csproj? This is a crucial consideration for every .NET team....
Top 10 C# Recent Improvements
June 3, 2024 7 minutes read Over the years, in collaboration with the community, the C# team has introduced numerous impressive new syntax features. Some of these simplify coding and...
C# Discriminated Union: What’s Driving the C# Community’s Inquiries?
May 16, 2024 6 minutes read In recent years, there has been a notable surge in inquiries from the C# community regarding language-level support for C# Discriminated Unions. What individuals...
The .NET Generic Math Library
May 15, 2024 7 minutes read In November 2022 with the release of .NET 7, new math-related generic interfaces have been added to the .NET Base Class Library (BCL). This...
C# static abstract members
May 14, 2024 5 minutes read C# 11 proposed interface members declared as static abstract. This is useful to handle both: Polymorphism at the type level, for example when abstracting...
The .NET 7.0 IParsable<TSelf> interface
May 7, 2024 3 minutes read As I explained in the post C# 11 static abstract members, C# 11 let’s write static abstract members in an interface. This feature was...
Covariance and Contravariance in C# Explained
May 2, 2024 6 minutes read Introduction Covariance and contravariance allow more flexibility when dealing with C# class hierarchy. This article explains and demonstrates the concepts of Covariance and Contravariance...
C# 12 New Features
April 26, 2024 5 minutes read C# 12 along with .NET 8 has been officially released in November 2023. Let’s explore C# 12 New Features in this post. Primary Constructors...
.NET 8 Top 10 New Features
April 24, 2024 7 minutes read .NET 8 has been officially released in November 2023. You can download it here. Designated as an LTS (Long Term Support) version, it guarantees...
Deconstruction in C#
April 24, 2024 2 minutes read C# 7.0 introduced the deconstruction syntax. It allows developers to extract in a single expression, properties of an object or elements of a tuple...
Will Visual Studio Be Migrated to .NET Core and Become Multi-Platform?
April 22, 2024 7 minutes read I came across comments on a recent Reddit post and thought it would be intriguing to analyze the DLLs of Visual Studio 2022 (version...
C#12 class and struct Primary Constructors
April 13, 2023 3 minutes read Since C#9 we have the convenient primary constructor syntax for class record (or just record) and struct record: [crayon-6a2121d744b39791322470/] C#12 introduces primary constructor for...
.NET Build Improvement: Stop Wasting Resources
February 4, 2023 5 minutes read I am working on .NET development full-time since 2002 and there is a point that still annoys me after all these years: the default...
C# 11 required members
November 15, 2022 3 minutes read C# 11 proposes the new keyword required that can apply to an instance property or an instance field declaration within a class, a record...
C# 11 File Scoped Types
October 27, 2022 4 minutes read C#11 added the file scoped types feature: a new file modifier that can be applied to any type definition to restrict its usage to...
Managed pointers, Span, ref struct, C#11 ref fields and the scoped keyword
October 25, 2022 9 minutes read The concept of managed pointer exists in the NET runtime and C# since the inception of the platform in the early 2000. Managed pointers...
C# 11 Raw String Literals Explained
August 25, 2022 3 minutes read C# 11 introduces Raw String Literals. Undoubtedly this feature will become very popular because it represents an elegant way to solve some issues with...
C# Binary Search: Fast find of a free slot between 0 and uint.MaxValue
January 3, 2022 2 minutes read When a user is exporting a result to a document with NDepend, the tool needs to find a file name not taken in the...
Top 10 New .NET 6.0 API
July 7, 2021 5 minutes read .NET 6 introduces new handy APIs that will make our development journey easier. Let’s go through the top 10 new API in terms of...
How to Logically Name Embedded Resources in .csproj?
June 16, 2021 1 minutes read You can work with .NET for two decades and still discover some useful stuff. One thing that bothered me till now is that an...