C# 6.0 Features You Should Know
Now that C# 6.0 is here, let’s explore the newly introduced features so that we can be aware of what is now available to us, and be able to recognize their meaning in code others have written....
View ArticleThe value of integration tests + tools to make them easier to write
Legacy apps are sometimes defined as “software solutions that do not have unit tests”. Without the capability to unit test a business software, developers can’t reliably predict how the software...
View ArticleRoslyn, VS2015 and the Syntax Visualizer add-in
What is Roslyn? The “Roslyn” project is a Microsoft initiative for an open-source compiler that also provides a rich set of analysis on the code that is being compiled. A brief history of this project...
View ArticleTurn off C# 6.0 features in VS2015/Resharper 9 when using NET 4.5
If you are working on a NET 4.5 project using VS2015 + ReSharper 9, you will find that (by default), VS2015 and ReSharper will allow you (and even encourage you) to use the new C# 6.0 features within...
View ArticleThe Big Picture on .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0
ASP.NET Core 1.0 (formerly ASP.NET 5) represents the most significant release of ASP.NET since its initial release in 2002 and it’s projected to ship sometime this year. This post aims to provide a big...
View ArticleC# Anonymous Pipes for Interprocess Communication
There are times when you may need to communicate between multiple processes, perhaps to send messages or share data. A recent example that I worked on involved a 64-bit application that needed to use a...
View ArticleCampus Management GitHub Repositories
I am happy to announce that we have created a set of community-driven GitHub repositories to help share ideas, solutions and knowledge regarding CampusNexus! We would love for you to contribute to...
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