There are a number of ways you can do this. In this example I will use the ConfigurationManager libraries that are part of the .Net Framework. This group of methods and properties are created specifically for this purpose. I am a firm believer that every action we want to take as a programmer needs to […]
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The more I use WPF (Window Presentation Foundation) the more I like it and the more I see the similarity with coding HTML pages or ASP.NET pages. Microsoft has really done a good job at separating the presentation logic from the business logic with WPF. It is much more difficult to do in Windows Forms. […]
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A blog would not be complete without an article about the differences between appending or modifying a string using the String Class versus the StingBuilder class. See, strings are immutable, which means once they are created they cannot be changed. Any time you make a modification to a string, after is has been created you […]
Read More →I am finding that as you learn to use and implement more sophisticated programming techniques the easier it becomes to created what many would call “complex algorithms”. I believe this, just think about what alternative you have to a Dictionary. I mean other than the similar methods found in the System.Collections or Systems.Collections.Generic classes. Configuration […]
Read More →I was writing a program that converted a List into a comma delimited string. A later requirement necessitated that I capture data from an additional source and add it to the original comma delimited string. In both cases the data was returned in a generic list, so I only needed to combine the 2 lists […]
Read More →There is a very significant difference between a field and property within a class. The difference is in the behaviour of the field when defined as either a static or instance. Basically, if you create 2 instances of class which has a static field, when you change the value of that field, the values in […]
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It is not recommended to set the fileLoggingMode to always for very long as it will consume a lot of compute and storage space. Use this only when troubleshooting. Check out an older blog I wrote on this here out too. Here is an example of a host.json file with all possible options.
Read More →The labs contained in this article show how to create, configure, code and monitor an Azure Function with a Timer. There is a detailed document here “Timer trigger for Azure Functions” which discusses the Timer trigger in detail so I will not readdress that content. I have written an AzureFunctionConsumer program which I host on […]
Read More →The labs contained in this article show how to create, configure, code and monitor an Azure Function with a Service Bus. There is a detailed document here “Azure Service Bus bindings for Azure Functions” which discusses the Service Bus trigger in detail so I will not readdress that content. There is also a helpful article […]
Read More →The labs contained in this article show how to create, configure, code and monitor an Azure Function with a Storage Queue. There is a detailed document here “Azure Queue storage bindings for Azure Functions” which discusses the Storage Queue trigger in detail so I will not readdress that content. I have written an AzureFunctionConsumer program […]
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