Use timesheets? Love them? Hate them? Don't spend longer than your should doing them.

Posted on 19 August 2023

How has it been 3 years since we went home?

Posted on 20 March 2023

Middleware is an awesome tool, but how do we apply specific steps to specific function triggers?

Posted on 22 February 2023

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Posted on 31 December 2021

21 Months on and reflecting at Christmas Eve

Posted on 24 December 2021

Heard of Pulumi but never played? Written a new Azure Static Web App but unsure on how to deploy it to Azure? A complete beginner to Infrastructure as Code? Let's explore these scenarios together!

Posted on 13 December 2021

Learning new language features can be hard. Applying them can be tricky. How does Resharper aid with filescoped namespaces?

Posted on 09 December 2021

Need to specify a dependency at runtime in an Azure Function? Can it be done?

Posted on 30 November 2021

Autofac allows for using Named or Keyed dependencies. Can these be used directly in .NET 6 Isolated Azure Functions without additional layers?

Posted on 26 November 2021

Autofac allows for using Named or Keyed dependencies. Can these be used with .NET 6 Isolated Azure Functions?

Posted on 19 November 2021

Having the ability to use the Inversion of Control container of choice in your application is important. But can you use AutoFac with Azure Functions? Let's find out!

Posted on 09 November 2021

Wanted to access the current ClaimsPrincipal from your Azure Function when using Azure Static Web Apps without manually parsing the header every time? Want to access the ClaimsPrincipal somewhere else in your dependency graph without relying on Azure Functions concepts? Now you can!

Posted on 02 November 2021

Use Visual Studio for your day to day driver but want to see what the fuss is about newer versions? Want to run multiple versions of Visual Studio but been burnt in the past? Didn't know there was a way to run multiple versions? It's time to take another look!

Posted on 26 October 2021

Can playing number games improve code debugging? Let's find out!

Posted on 21 October 2021

Are you still sitting down for your daily "stand up"? Then why are you not standing?

Posted on 13 October 2021

Ever needed to launch urls into different browsers to aid with your workflow? Let's take a quick look at a tool that can help with this!

Posted on 05 October 2021

Ever needed to create a unique identifier? Let's take a look at some ways developers can create unique identifiers which may or may not be known.

Posted on 28 September 2021

Accessing querystring values on web requests is an important concept for any modern APIs. But how can it be done in Azure Functions?

Posted on 22 September 2021

18 months on with no end in sight ...

Posted on 17 September 2021

Can lesser known C# language features be used to aid with lower the cognative noise in Azure Function definitions?

Posted on 14 September 2021

Can you write a "Minimal Api" using Azure Functions in .NET 6.0? Let's take a look!

Posted on 07 September 2021

With the new .NET version due to drop in November and the advent of C# 10 there are a number of improvements to the language but are they helping or hindering? Let's explore one of the common patterns we see in C# and how the language is changing around this area.

Posted on 31 August 2021

Investigating whether dependency injection into a custom Exception class a good idea.

Posted on 24 August 2021

Running an Azure Functions project but start getting Ambiguous match found error? Let's take a look at what could be the issue.

Posted on 17 August 2021

Having an issue with submitting scaffolded razor pages on localhost?

Posted on 10 August 2021

Getting an error on the command line when using the Azure Functions tools to create new C# functions. Let's see how to get around this.

Posted on 03 August 2021

Looking to get started with using the Twitter APIs but unsure how to get started? In this post we look at using the SocialOpinion API nuget package to make accessing Twitter from code easier.

Posted on 27 July 2021

Recieved some feedback from the previous blog post about Target Typed New Expressions and it made me think.

Posted on 20 July 2021

Initial thoughts about target typed new expressions in C#9. Are they good? Are they bad? Does "it depend" on the scenario? Let's take a look.

Posted on 13 July 2021

Thoughts and review of the first month of being a standing desk user

Posted on 06 July 2021

Looking at using HttpClient Interception library to setup and create a HttpClient instance to allow for testing strongly typed client classes.

Posted on 29 June 2021

New overrides coming for commonly used linq extension methods, will you be using them?

Posted on 22 June 2021

Setting up matches with HttpClient Interception library is one thing, but configuring the data it can return is another. In this post we take a look at the functionality around setting up the content payload to return.

Posted on 14 June 2021

Continuing the series of HttpClient Interception library by Just Eat by looking at how to use templating to reuse the same bundle definitions across multiple tests.

Posted on 08 June 2021

Ever needed to run a test when in debug mode but not in release? Let's show a quick tip on how to achieve this with minimal noise in your code.

Posted on 01 June 2021

Beginner friendly usage of a HttpClient in a console application to make a simple request but using dependency injection to create HttpClient instances.

Posted on 25 May 2021

Taking a look at how we can easily define multiple request templates when testing with the HttpClient Interception library from Just Eat Tech.

Posted on 18 May 2021

Making sure tests fail if not all request matches are defined using the HttpClient Interception library from Just Eat Tech.

Posted on 11 May 2021

Introduction to the basics of setting up the HttpClient Interception library from Just Eat Tech to allow for testing items which rely on HttpClient.

Posted on 04 May 2021

Second Lightning talk presented to .NET Oxford on evening of the 21st April 2021. The talk was a very high level overview of the Just East HttpClient Interception library.

Posted on 27 April 2021

Looking to easily create mock data for unit testing, harnessing the power of AutoFixture, C#9 Records and the Builder Pattern to aid with consistency and maintainability.

Posted on 20 April 2021

Want to strongly type your configuration but don't like IOptions? Let's take a look how to do this in Azure Functions.

Posted on 13 April 2021

My dependencies and configuration weren't being loaded into my new Azure Function application, what did I miss?

Posted on 06 April 2021

Loading configuration from local.settings.json didn't work how I was expecting it to so had to extend the start up to load structured configuration from appsettings.json

Posted on 30 March 2021

In this post we walk through the steps I used to delete and recreate an Azure App Service under a different App Service Plan using the Azure CLI so that I could keep the *.azurewebsites.net name for consistency.

Posted on 23 March 2021

1 Year since leaving the office, oh how things have changed ...

Posted on 16 March 2021

Ever needed to generate realistic date of birth values for your anoymous unit test data? Sick of setting the value manually and seeing your own date of birth propagate through codebases as developers copy 'n' paste your example? Time to get AutoFixture to do the heavy lifting!

Posted on 09 March 2021

A brief walk through how to use Azure AD B2C when your subscription is not setup to use the provider.

Posted on 02 March 2021

Looking into what it would take to implement the default aspnet web api template WeatherForecastController as an Azure Function.

Posted on 23 February 2021

Looking into controlling the logging levels in Azure Functions.

Posted on 16 February 2021

A tweet asking about how people approach new codebases got me thinking about my own approach so decided to write it down and share.

Posted on 09 February 2021

Creating anonymous data using AutoFixture's generic methods is great, but can you do it from a type?

Posted on 02 February 2021

Using the Arrange, Act, Assert setup in unit tests, why do I still add the comments? Read on to find out.

Posted on 26 January 2021

Does AutoFixture and the new .NET 5 Record Types work together?

Posted on 19 January 2021

Investigating a technique on how to debug service registrations when functionality isn't working as expected.

Posted on 12 January 2021

Exploring Top Level statements in .NET 5 and manually setting up and using dependency injection with the Microsoft container.

Posted on 05 January 2021

9 months of remote working, Christmas and how Covid has affected me.

Posted on 27 December 2020

First public speaking engagement, thoughts on how it went and link to video

Posted on 24 November 2020

Set up a custom WebApplicationFactory to always add specific headers to the generated HttpClient

Posted on 20 October 2020

6 months of remote working and how I have changed

Posted on 16 September 2020

Looking at another .NET templated project type working with Project Tye. In this post we explore the .NET Worker Service template type.

Posted on 15 September 2020

Needed to spin up a dependency such as Redis locally but it's too involved using Docker or the alternatives aren't good enough? Let's explore how to harness the power of Docker but keeping the friction low.

Posted on 08 September 2020

Setting up a new solution purely on the command line and getting them to run with Project Tye

Posted on 01 September 2020

Looking at the readability of performing a mathematical operation on a nullable integer and how it relates to readability and maintainability of the code base.

Posted on 25 August 2020

Using custom specimen builders with AutoDataAttribute functionality to reduce the amount of repeated code in your Arrange phase of unit tests.

Posted on 18 August 2020

Writing a custom specimen builder to extend AutoFixture's auto generation routines to abide by business requirements.

Posted on 11 August 2020

Ever needed to return different values from a method call without exposing an enumerator? Let's explore some options.

Posted on 28 July 2020

Looking at another constructor parameter checking option when passing in an enum value.

Posted on 21 July 2020

A reflection of the past 4 months of being a remote worker

Posted on 17 July 2020

Thoughts and musings about Test Driven Development, refactoring and how design principles can help with testing

Posted on 14 July 2020

just get through it

Posted on 07 July 2020

Ever wanted to define a dependency as optional and only be loaded depending on consumption of your service?

Posted on 30 June 2020

Up until now remote working had not had to cope with heat, that all changed this week!

Posted on 26 June 2020

How to set a value on an object passed to a mock to drive conditional logic further in the system under test

Posted on 23 June 2020

Taking up the challenge from a tweet I explain my thought process on improving some code which will hopefully help someone.

Posted on 23 June 2020

In a blink of an eye week 14 has come and gone!

Posted on 22 June 2020

Asserting numbers of items in a list or collection is vital to unit tests, but which to choose?

Posted on 16 June 2020

Full on rollercoaster this week

Posted on 14 June 2020

My first donations, feelings and what I purchased.

Posted on 09 June 2020

The New Normal

Posted on 06 June 2020

What is wrong with the world?

Posted on 31 May 2020

When hay fever strikes!

Posted on 25 May 2020

Looking a the new version of Microsoft's Feature Management nuget package and how to get it working in a console application without Azure!

Posted on 19 May 2020

Bit late, but better late than never ...

Posted on 18 May 2020

Not a good week

Posted on 11 May 2020

Harnessing the power of the C# 8 using declarations to aid with unit test assert clarity

Posted on 05 May 2020

Time has flown by and days have merged together.

Posted on 02 May 2020

Back at work, resetting personal mental expectations and finding data from the past.

Posted on 25 April 2020

We've had Easter and been on "holiday"

Posted on 19 April 2020

Tough week but Happy Easter

Posted on 12 April 2020

Thoughts and musings at the end of the 3rd week

Posted on 05 April 2020

How many times do you create a private options variable when using json serializer and end up with duplicate code? Let's take a look at one option to help resolve this.

Posted on 31 March 2020

Looking back at the second week and how I have had to adjust.

Posted on 29 March 2020

End of week 1; I've survived!

Posted on 20 March 2020

Leaving the office to become a remote worker; initial thoughts and feelings.

Posted on 16 March 2020

As the potential for remote working is a possibility, the preparation for anything is king.

Posted on 13 March 2020

Looking at how to verify calls to Ilogger based extension methods using Moq.

Posted on 06 February 2020

Thoughts and musings about what makes up Greenfield Development and if there is such a concept anymore.

Posted on 05 February 2020

Investigating how to write integration tests while swapping out dependencies with mocked instances using Moq

Posted on 23 December 2019

How to make you method parameter checks not take up a chunk of the method body

Posted on 18 December 2019

Writing integration tests for your application while keeping your tests as DRY as possible by removing the boiler plate code

Posted on 16 December 2019

Looking at how you can write integration tests for your application but swapping out a 3rd party dependency

Posted on 11 December 2019

How to write an integration test to access your REST end point api with ASP.NET Core 3.1

Posted on 09 December 2019

How to write a basic integration test with ASP.NET Core 3.1

Posted on 05 December 2019

Using the power of the framework to avoid reinventing the wheel

Posted on 06 November 2019

Exploring the multiple ways you can register your service dependencies with the new IHost found in ASP.NET Core 3 (Preview).

Posted on 17 June 2019

How to register services and dependencies in the new dotnet core worker project

Posted on 15 June 2019

Refactoring to use the Decorator Design Pattern to help apply the Single Responsibility Principle.

Posted on 10 June 2019

Adding strongly typed configuration settings and injected them through dependency injection.

Posted on 06 June 2019

Starting the journey of going past the basics of beginner training resources to appy software development practices and design patterns.

Posted on 04 June 2019

Are you asserting too much in your unit tests? Is this due to potential code smells? Let's discuss.

Posted on 21 May 2019

Ever wanted to allow native country error messages from your ASP.NET Core api?

Posted on 03 December 2018

My first published article in DotNetCurry Nov-Dec 2018.

Posted on 21 November 2018

Looking at how newer language features allow for extension of types to add Deconstruct functionality.

Posted on 23 October 2018

Started a new ASP.Net Core API application and want to default to a different route? Read on to find out how.

Posted on 18 October 2018

Do you have logic in your constructors as well as duplicated through your class definitions. Explore the options to add consistency into your code.

Posted on 04 October 2018

Updating the Span conversion examples with the updated API

Posted on 13 September 2018

Implementing the strategy pattern with generics to improve consistency of code base.

Posted on 19 July 2018

Exploring creating and consuming custom middleware in ASP.NET core and it's configuration

Posted on 10 July 2018

Strategy pattern implementation options with enum generic constraints

Posted on 08 June 2018

Building on the previous post about implementing the strategy pattern in ASP.NET Core to harness SOLID design.

Posted on 06 June 2018

Initial thoughts on NDepend, mainly around installation and licencing.

Posted on 23 May 2018

Using the Refit Rest client library to access the Fitbit Web Api

Posted on 12 May 2018

Fitbit Subscription Webhook based on the new ASP.Net Core Webhooks library

Posted on 01 May 2018

Self reflecting thoughts on redundancy

Posted on 29 April 2018

Running a build on Visual Studio Team Services with ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview SDK

Posted on 19 April 2018

Links for the ASP.NET Core WebHooks mini series

Posted on 07 April 2018

Using ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection to wire up a strategy pattern implementation to harness SOLID design.

Posted on 03 April 2018

Running the aspnetcore Github webhook locally.

Posted on 17 March 2018

Reducing the coupling of code dependent on DateTimeOffset

Posted on 15 March 2018

Looking at the secret values and how they work to allow for the AzureAlertWebHook webhook to process.

Posted on 16 February 2018

Running the ASP.NET Core Webhooks project locally and debugging the AzureAlertWebHook end point.

Posted on 13 February 2018

Looking at getting and building the ASP.NET Core Webhooks project on your development machine.

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