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Calculate Time Ago with .NET C#

Here is a small extension method over System.DateTime that gives its relative time readable for humans, such as: * one minute ago * 2 minutes ago * one hour ago * 3 hours ago * 3 days ago Check out this extension method over the DateTime structure using switch patterns. public static string AsTimeAgo(

Create a Minimal API with .NET 6

Create a Minimal API with .NET 6

One of the new features of .NET 6 is the arrival of a new template, which will replace the default and bring a good reduction in code writing. Including the removal of the Startup.cs file. .NET 6 was released as LTS (long-term stable) which means support for 3 years.

Set up Serilog in .NET 6 as a logging provider

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Set up Serilog in .NET 6 as a logging provider

Let's set up Serilog as Logging Provider in the native logging system in .NET so you can use the Microsoft ILogger interface.

Optimizing Query Performance on C# ODP.NET - Oracle Managed Data Access

Optimizing Query Performance on C# ODP.NET - Oracle Managed Data Access

Oracle C# drive is already pretty fast with the default configuration. But we can always tweak it a little to make it even faster. By controlling the FetchSize property in ODP.NET we can make fewer round trips to Oracle Database and fetch the data faster. Let's take a look

Adding Startup.cs back to .NET 6 Project

Adding Startup.cs back to .NET 6 Project

When .NET 6 was released, the first big change was the lack of Startup.cs. This is very nice and all. But sometimes we just want it back, and here is how. First, create a new file called Startup.cs at the root of your project with the following content

Health Checks on your ASP.NET Core Application

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Health Checks on your ASP.NET Core Application

Health Endpoint Monitoring pattern Health Check in .NET 5 is very simple. With just a few lines of code, you can set up everything to monitor the Health of our Application. Implement functional checks in an application that external tools can access through exposed endpoints at regular intervals. This can

Add Build Time to your C# Assembly

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Add Build Time to your C# Assembly

Having the Assembly version is great. This give us insights of wich version is running. Have the build time can also useful. Specially when we're troubleshooting our application and we're not sure of which version is running. For instance besides having only the assembly version we can have the version

API Key Authentication - Extending the native implementation

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API Key Authentication - Extending the native implementation

In this article, we're going to create the code (and understand how it works) to handle API Key authentication with just three lines of code extending the native Authentication mechanism. We want a simple and stupid solution and not some crazy implementation using MVC [Attributes] or any customized middleware to

Compress files in memory (.zip) using C#

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Compress files in memory (.zip) using C#

Here is a code snippet of how to compress one or many files to a zip archive in memory using C#. It works in .Net Core and .Net Full Framework public static byte[] GetZipArchive(params InMemoryFile[] files) { byte[] archiveFile; using (var archiveStream = new MemoryStream()) { using (var archive = new ZipArchive(archiveStream,

Getting the file name without extension in C# - #TIP

Getting the file name without extension in C# - #TIP

These days I was asking myself how to get the file name without the extension. I confess I was tempted to use a regex to solve this problem :) But no worries. There is a method in System.IO.Path specific for this situation. using System.IO; /// /// Get file name without

Asp.Net Core com MongoDb e Mongo Atlas - C#

Asp.Net Core com MongoDb e Mongo Atlas - C#

Este tutorial cria uma API Web que executa as operações CRUD (criar, ler, atualizar e excluir) em um banco de dados NoSQL do MongoDB. Baseado no artigo Microsoft Docs, criado por Pratik Khandelwal e Scott Addie Modificado por Ricardo Mauro Tempo de leitura: 18 minutos Neste tutorial, você aprenderá como:

C# Conversions - Casting, implicit and explicit conversion

Fist the data types available. int whole numbers long whole numbers (bigger range) float floating-point numbers double double precision decimal monetary values char single character bool boolean DateTime moments in time string sequence of characters Table of implicit conversion made by C#. From To sbyte short int long float double

C# DateTime Cheat sheet - ToString() Format

C# DateTime Cheat sheet - ToString() Format

Cheat sheet with C# DateTime formats. using System; using System.Globalization; public class Program { public static void Main(string[] args) { DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; string[] format = { "d", "D", "f", "F", "g", "G", "m", "r", "s", "t", "T", "u", "U", "y", "dddd, MMMM dd yyyy", "ddd, MMM d \"'\"yy", "dddd,