How to use Dapper
Dapper is a NuGet library that you can add to your .NET projects to extend your IDbConnection interface. It's an open-source micro-ORM that can be a good compromise if you don't need all the features of a fully-fledged ORM.
How (not) to start a podcast – Part 1
Yes, we're starting a new video podcast. As you can guess, a video podcast is.... a podcast, but with video. The difference between this and a normal YoutTube video is…
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Rotate an object towards the mouse position [2D]
In this article I'll briefly explain how you can rotate an object, using Unity, in order for it to "look" at the mouse position. TL;DR Here's the code snippet which…
Common needs when building enterprise software
During these days, I've been wondering a lot about the Software Engineer role. According to Wikipedia "A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to…
Test your web app with Selenium, xUnit and .NET Core
In this article I'll quickly show you an easy way to test a web application, written in any language you like, using .NET Core and Selenium. With "testing the application"…
Mapping objects made easy with AutoMapper
What's AutoMapper AutoMapper is a powerful tool for .NET developers used for object mapping, created by Jimmy Bogard. It is used to map different objects (classes or structs in our…
How to handle File and Folder dialog windows in a WPF application
WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a set of libraries relying on the .NET Framework (also available from .NET Core 3) which allows you to build graphical desktop applications. On December…
How to integrate ASP.NET Identity Core inside your web application
In this tutorial I will show you how to integrate one of the most complete and easy to use authentication system in your aspnet core web application. This is called…
Make a fully functional ASP.NET Core application out of a bootstrap admin template
In the last couple of years, it happened quite often that I had to build a web application to serve as a backoffice administration panel. So I took a fresh…
Quick introduction on how to use the ASP.NET Core built-in dependency injection
Intro Dependency injection is a programming technique where an object (the client) gets a dependency (i.e. a service) supplied by another object (the injector). This way the client delegates the…