Questions

Localization in .NET console and desktop

Localization and management of translations in .NET has always been a tough nut to crack I think. I've tried various solutions over the years. When the need arose again recently, I tried a new strateg...

.netlocalization.netoutbridge
16 May at 04:9

Is unit testing necessary for some methods

I have a method that really only has two possible outcomes (if a file uploaded is a PNG or not) there isn’t any possible outcomes outside of yes or no, I unit tested a method that’s the core of an app...

.netfilepnganyimage
16 May at 04:8

Can I use .net6 runtime to run .net8 library?

Say I have only .net6 runtime installed, can I use this to run a net6 console app referencing a .net8 library assuming the library doesn't use .net8 specific features? I understand it would be easier ...

.netruntimeconsoleenvironment
16 May at 04:7

How can I get Authorize attributes to see the list of roles my user has?

I'm using windows authentication in asp net core. EF Core is my ORM. User.Identity.Name is populating correctly. I've got a function that pulls a user's list of roles from the DB and takes userId as a...

.netusingwindowsauthenticationorm
16 May at 04:7

Managed Websocket client for .NET?

I am trying to implement a web socket client using `System.Net.WebSockets.ClientWebSocket` as the client. The issue is that the API I am connecting to (Dialpad) issues a new URL on refresh and kills t...

c#webclientusingapi
12 May at 07:37

Difference between .cshtml and .razor?

I'm learning Blazor. I was following an example from Microsoft in which they create a front-end to perform CRUD operations. They use Visual Studio 17.9 and .NET 8. To generate those pages, they go to ...

c#blazorcrudoperations.net
12 May at 07:36

C# File handling question

I'm currently learning C#, have been for a little while, and it's going very well so far. I'm having problems getting to grips with file handling though, I've never really done much file handling othe...

c#c#havingfilebasic
12 May at 06:42

ASP.NET MVC without using entity framework

I'm looking for good examples that follow best practices to help me make an MVC app with basic database actions like create, read, update, and delete, but I don't want to use Entity Framework - I pref...

c#basicdatabaseentitysql
12 May at 06:36

How can I use Windows APIs in C# that do not have a dll?

I am currently working on an "audio mixer" project and am building an application that will interface with my hardware. I was looking into the Core Audio APIs that are part of Windows to try and imple...

c#audiomixerprojectbuilding
12 May at 06:36

Including additional info when logging

What's the recommend or your preferred way to automatically include context related information when logging without needing to write them every time you wanna log something? I would like to make my l...

c#includeloggingtimegt
12 May at 06:33
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