How to check email works with no SMTP(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 4 months ago

Testing code that sends email has always been a pain. You had to set up a SMTP service just to test that your .NET application sends the e-mail correctly... read more...

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Use DebuggerBrowsable attribute to clean up class view in a debugger(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 4 years, 5 months ago

How to exclude extraneous class members from view in the debugger. read more...

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Speed up inserting records into database with SqlBulkCopy class(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by pecha(105) 4 years, 6 months ago

When you need to insert a great deal of rows into database... read more...

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Create elegant code with Action delegate and List.ForEach method(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 6 months ago

Small example of how to use Action delegate to perform some action on all elements of a collection. read more...

9 comments |category: C# |Views: 645

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Handling errors at the method level(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by dmihailescu(25) 4 years, 6 months ago

[Use a combination of try…Catch blocks as a retry mechanism for error handling. ] If you were going to retry something ,you better use conventioal error handling and keep the throw...catch for exceptional cases only. Try/catch is known to be slow. read more...

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How to call a surrogate for Dispose() on StringBuilder objects(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 7 months ago

How to release memory used by StringBuilder without calling System.GC.Collect(). read more...

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How to determine whether a property or a method is more appropriate(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 7 months ago

Guidelines for choosing between implementing a class member as a property or a method. read more...

6 comments |category: Patterns |Views: 2

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How to resolve relative url's without ResolveUrl(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by antibugs(215) 4 years, 7 months ago

string absoluteUrl = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(relativeUrl); read more...

2 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 209

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Speed up Visual Studio 2005(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by ferrymulyono(395) 4 years, 7 months ago

Nice tricks to speed up Visual Studio 2005 read more...

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Validate integer value before casting it to an Enum type(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 7 months ago

There is one thing you should watch out for when using enumerations. You can cast any integer to an Enum type and you will not get an exception message. read more...

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The C# ?? Operator(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by superghost(2260) 4 years, 8 months ago

The C# ?? Operator read more...

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How to perform DateTime calculations in a right way(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by Sirko(105) 4 years, 8 months ago

When coding, be careful if you need to perform DateTime calculations (add/subtract) on values representing time zones that practice daylight savings time. read more...

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Use DebuggerDisplay attribute for Easier Debugging(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 8 months ago

Did you know that you can appply DebuggerDisplay attribute to a class or member to determine how it is displayed in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works! read more...

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