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ICYMI C# 8 New Features: Prevent Bugs with Static Local Functions
This is part 6 in a series of articles.C# 7 introduced local functions that allow you to create functions “local” to another function or method. These local functions are implicitly private to the...
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ICYMI C# 8 New Features: Upgrade Interfaces Without Breaking Existing Code
This is part 7 in a series of articles.Prior to C# 8, if you add members to an interface, exiting code breaks if you do not implement the new members in any class that implements the interface.As an...
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ICYMI C# 8 New Features: Asynchronous Streams
This is part 8 in a series of articles.In earlier versions of C# you could return an IEnumerable<T> from a method, for example to be consumed by a foreach loop.The following example shows a...
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Exception Handling in C# Course Update
An updated version of my Exception Handling in C# course is now available that updates demos to to use .NET 5.From the course description: “At the core of handling errors in C# code is a thorough...
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Watch All My Courses For Free This April
If you want to level up your tech skills for free, this April you can watch all my Pluralsight courses for free!!
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Free .NET Testing Courses This Month
This month all my Pluralsight courses are available for free including a lot of .NET testing content that can help you either get started with .NET testing or level-up your tests to make them easier to...
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New Course Update: Working with Files and Streams in C#
An newly updated version of my Working with Files and Streams in C# video training course is now available. This version includes updated demos to .NET 5.“C# has so many different ways to work with the...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: Top-level Statements
This is the first in a series of articles on new features introduced in C#9.Top-level statements allow you to simplify and remove some of the “ceremony” in your code. For example, take the following...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: More Pattern Matching Features
This is part of a series of articles on new features introduced in C# 9.Pattern matching was introduced in earlier versions of C# and C# 9 continued to evolve this feature. Pattern matching in a more...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: Reducing Code with Target-typed New Expressions
This is part of a series of articles on new features introduced in C# 9.C# 9 introduced some enhancements to reduce the amount of code you need when creating new instances of objects.These target-typed...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: Adding foreach Support To Any Type
This is part of a series of articles on new features introduced in C# 9.Prior to C# 9 you could add foreach support to a class by modifying the class and implementing the IEnumerable interface. With C#...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: Reduce Boilerplate Constructor Code with Init Only...
This is part of a series of articles on new features introduced in C# 9.Prior to C# 9 if you wanted to create properties that can be set only when the object is created, you could make the property...
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New Pluralsight Course Update: Working with Nulls in C#
A new version of my Working with Nulls in C# Pluralsight course was just released. This new version features updated demos in .NET 5 & C# 9 plus a brand new module has been added.The course...
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ICYMI C# 9 New Features: Create Immutable Objects with Records
This is part of a series of articles on new features introduced in C# 9.C# 9 introduced a new type of object that is neither a class or a struct. This new type is called a record.In C# 9 a record is a...
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What’s New in C# 10: Reclaim Horizontal Editing Space and Simplify Nesting
This is the first part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.Prior to C# 10, to define types as being part of a specific namespace you would use the following syntax:namespace...
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What’s New in C# 10: Simplify Argument Null Checking Code
This is part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.Prior to C# 10 you may have had code similar to the following:public static string Join(string a, string b) { if (a is null) { throw...
View ArticleWhat’s New in C# 10: Write Less Code and Reduce Repeated Using Directives
This is part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.There are 2 related features in C# 10 that will reduce the clutter of repetitive using directives: global using directives and...
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What’s New in C# 10: New Possibilities for Validation and Logging Methods
This is part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.From C# 10 we can make use of the [CallerArgumentExpression] attribute.This attribute can be applied to a parameter to get information...
View ArticleWhat’s New in C# 10: Easier Lambda Expressions
This is part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.Prior to C# 10, working with lambda expressions required a bit more code to be written, for example to explicitly define the delegate...
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What’s New in C# 10: Take Control of Interpolated String Handling
This is part of a series on the new features introduced with C# 10.In C# you can create an interpolated string such as: $"{DateTime.Now}: starting..."The compiler will transform this to a single string...
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