Update on .NET Packages for Shared Code
Hello all, it’s been a while. I have fixed the build for my improvgroup/sharedcode on GitHub NuGet packages and pushed a new package update targeting .NET 9 primarily. It should still work with .NE...
William Forney
Using a wait cursor doesn’t have to be hard…
Here is a simple disposable wait cursor class to simplify your mouse display needs… /// <summary> /// The WaitCursor class. Implements the <see cref="IDisposable" /> /// &l...
STAThread async/await got you down?
When encountering issues with async/await while building a Windows Forms application recently I came across this helpful class that allows you to await returning to the initial (usually UI) thread…...
How to map an IDataRecord to an entity class object using expressions
Recently I had a need to map an IDataRecord to an entity class object in C#. Here is the code for reference… First, we need the method that generates a function to map the properties while handling...
…and back to WordPress again…
A while ago I swapped my blog to BlogEngine.NET, then to MiniBlog, then to Ghost, then back to MiniBlog. Now I’m going back to WordPress again after a decade or so. The other platforms were nice, a...
Update to ASP.NET Core
Recently I updated the blog to MiniBlog.Core on ASP.NET Core. So far it seems pretty fast. I’m working on a new engine for it in my spare time using Azure Functions and blob storage. More to come when I find some time to update this.
Getting Started with Aurelia on ASP.NET Core
Aurelia, one of the leading JavaScript client frameworks for single page applications (SPAs), has been around for a while now and there are a number of resources for getting started with it. Rather...
Aurelia with TypeScript on ASP.NET Core
I’ve been tracking the ASP.NET betas and release candidates over the past year or more and it’s coming along nicely. I like the separation of client side and server side in the new folder structure...
Something different, something new, something blue
Amusingly today I’m looking at new cars, hence the blue and new, but that’s not all that’s going on. Today I am starting something new that will change hopefully not just my perception of the world, but others as well. It’s time for change. Let’s do this.
How to open a “new window” in a Windows 10 Universal App
I had to dig a little bit to find this. Since not all form factors support multiple windows and tablet mode generally discourages floating windows this is probably buried for a reason, but I wanted...