Blog Snippets

Code examples and snippets for my blog posts at ImproveAndRepeat.com

• BCrypt
  • Use BCrypt to Save Password (Hashes)
  • How to Find out If Your User’s Password Is in a Data Breach
• Build Views (Mvc)
  • Pre-Compile Your Views in ASP.Net MVC
• CatchAll Rule (MVC)
  • How to Create a Catch All Requests Route in ASP.NET MVC 5
• Combine PDFs
  • Combining PDF Files Swiftly with PDFsharp
• DbUp
  • Simple Database Migrations with DbUp
  • Running DbUp Inside a Transaction
  • Fixing Unicode Characters When Using DbUp
  • DbUp: Fixing Timeouts in Slow Scripts
  • DbUp: Variable X Has No Value Defined
  • How to Use DbUp Without Embedded Scripts
  • How to Insert Binary Data With DbUp
• DeadCode
  • Let Death Code Die
• Docker
  • Dev Container: Develop Inside a Docker Container
  • How to Create a Dev Container for Ruby Apps
  • Access Your Dev Container With Visual Studio Code
  • How to Create a Dev Container for PostgreSQL
  • How to Create a Dev Container for Rails Apps
  • How to Create a Dev Container for SQL Server 2019
  • How to Create a Dev Container for .Net 6
  • Python Friday #101: Creating a Dev Container for Python
  • Parting Thoughts on Dev Containers in Docker
• ExifInCSharp
• FakeItEasy
  • FakeItEasy Cheat Sheet for Moq Users
• Hangfire
  • A Quick Overview on Hangfire.io
• HumanizrDemo
  • Make .Net Data Types Human Readable with Humanizer
• Inherit XML Documentation
  • Inherit XML Documentation Comments in C#
• InternalVisibleTo Example
  • How to Test Your Internal Classes in C#
• JSON Examples
  • How to Work with JSON in .Net
• NUnit
  • Parametrised Tests in NUnit
  • Reuse Your Parametrised Test Inputs With TestCaseSource in NUnit
• OzCode
  • Boost your Debugging Speed with OzCode
  • Debugging with OzCode: Create Data for Regression Tests
  • Debugging with OzCode: What List Element is this?
• PartialInterfaces
  • Partial Interfaces in C# – They Exist and There Is a Use Case for Them
• PasteSpecial
  • Paste XML as Class in Visual Studio 2017
  • Visual Studio 2022: An Improved Paste JSON as Classes
• Playwright
  • A Quick Start With Playwright
  • Automate Browsers With Playwright
  • Recording Tests With Playwright
  • Use Tracing to Find Problems in Your Playwright Tests
  • Create Videos and Screenshots With Playwright
  • Practical Tricks for Working With Playwright
  • Run Playwright on BrowserStack
  • Run Playwright on Selenium Grid
  • Is Playwright Ready for Production?
• Random List
  • A Simple Way to Shuffle Your Lists in C#
• ReportUnit
  • Creating a Beautiful Overview of your Test Suite (using Report Unit)
  • Extent .NET CLI as ReportUnit Replacement?
• Security.txt
  • Add a security.txt to Your Web Applications
  • How to Add a .well-known Folder to Your ASP.Net Application
• Security Headers Example
  • How to Improve the Security Headers for Your ASP.NET Application
• SendEmails
  • Saving Emails to Disk in C#
  • Embedding your Company Logo in Emails sent with C#
  • Sending Emails in .Net 5 With MailKit
  • How to Test the Emails Send by MailKit in .Net 5?
• SSL on IIS Express
  • Recreate the Self-Signed HTTPS Certificate for Localhost in IIS Express
  • How to Change the HTTPS Certificate in IIS Express
  • How to Create Self-Signed Client-Side SSL Certificates That Work
  • How to Configure IIS Express to Accept SSL Client Certificates
  • A Simple Way to Fix ssl_error_rx_record_too_long in IIS Express
• StyleCop
  • StyleCop for .Net 5 Projects: Installation
  • StyleCop for .Net 5 Projects: Custom Configuration
  • StyleCop for .Net 5 Projects: Clean-up
  • How to Correctly Include stylecop.json Into Your Project
  • How to Disable StyleCop for Certain Projects
• SQLServer
  • How to Calculate the Time Between Two Rows in SQL Server
• T4_Templates
  • Standardise, Simplify, Automate – In That Order!
  • Consistency Through Standardisation
  • Simplify the Work as Much as Possible Before You Automate It
  • Automate the Repetitive Work
  • Automate Code Generation With T4 Templates
  • Generate Code Into Separate Files With the T4.FileManager
  • Generate Entities for the Database Tables With T4 Templates
  • Generate Repositories With T4 Templates
  • Use T4 Templates to Generate Integration Tests
  • Integrate Generated Code With Hand-Written Features
  • Pushing the Boundaries of Automated Code Generation With T4 and Beyond
• Temp Files
  • Working with Temporary Files in .Net
• xUnit
  • xUnit.net Cheat Sheet for NUnit Users