Questions tagged [c#]
C# is a multiparadigm, managed, garbage-collected object-oriented programming language created by Microsoft in parallel with the .NET platform
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C# - Generic Configurable Condition checker at Runtime - Achievement System
I'm writing a "generic" achievement system for my MMORPG project, it needs to be friendly & efficient for my game designers (without having to write code to add new achievements).
If anyone got ...
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Integration test practice vs c# [closed]
Can I build a beginner app such as a registration form which stores user info to a db and then write integration tests for this app? Wondering if there are any formal structure I should follow while ...
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C# new rules for naming method, variables, classes and properties
I am going through Unity API and notice that the nomenclature rules for naming variables, method, properties, fields etc are quite different and confusing. For example, some time they are using ...
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Unit testing async tcp server
I built an async multi-client TCP server for RPC usage. It's working well but I've found it difficult to unit test certain functionality:
Connect 2x clients, is client count 2
Connect 1x ...
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Should developers do things that defeat strong-typing, kill intellisense and make it difficult for other developers to follow? [closed]
Just to clarify: This is not a rant. I'm genuinely curious and it's a genuine question our of straight curiosity. I want to become a better developer and even little details like this count.
So, don'...
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Is there an advantage of using (“hello {0}”, variable) over (“hello ” + variable)
I am relatively new to programming but have noticed a lot of people when creating strings using variables do something like the below to put a variable into a string. I am curious at the difference/...
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Design pattern for Developing a customize form? [closed]
We have a module that allows the user to create a custom report template that will be filled latter by another user. The module looks like this:
In the right side we see the controls we can use to ...
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Architectural pattern for testable C code [closed]
I wrote a lot of software in C# and Python. I tried to make the overall architecture testable by using the "Clean Architecture" and Dependency Injection. This works well for C# (and python).
Now I ...
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Looking for an effective pattern to cope with switch statements in C#
I sometimes end up with services encapsulating the responsibility of doing some sort of business process for which there are several possible outputs. Typically one of those output is success and the ...
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Are These Both The Same Or Different If Statements [duplicate]
This is for unity
I tried another way of stopping player after he dies and it worked fine but now it does not work with sounds
That was my way the only thing that I changed is the state
Ben's was
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Development Time, am i slow? [closed]
I'm developing a small ERP software for a company, they have an access version and im porting it to c#, make it pretty, more robust etc.
Im getting doubts about my time management. What i often have ...
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Best Practices for Managing SQL Code
I have a issue that keeps coming up as a developer using any .NET (C# mostly) and SQL. I personally feel it is bad practice to build SQL statements in code. There are too many case scenarios that may ...
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Create or Update method returning created entity
Clarification question on saving entities best practice.
What is the purpose of returning an entity that you might have just saved in a repository? I see the benefit of returning it's Id once it's ...
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GraphQL results in a very large Query and Mutator file for Enterprise Monolith
I am investigating a good maintainable architecture for GraphQL. In particular we want to migrate a REST app to GraphQL. Specifically I am using .NET.
I am following the tutorial here: https://...
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When to use / not use syntactic sugar
Currently I am working on a school project written in C#. Some teammates just started in C# and some are already familiar with C#. Today I had a discussion on whether to use syntactic sugar like this ...
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Application Service Layer referring to two Layers, and Database Entity Copy Layer with DTO Layer?
I am trying to review our current architecture.
These are the current layers, trying to analyze them, and see if the following three ideas are good practice.
DatabaseSQLStorage ---> Entity Framework ...
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A True RESTful API | Help needed
I know that a RESTful would have unified API and it treats everything as a resource (a noun, example a book, a product,...) and it can be applied with CRUD operations using HTTP Verbs (GET, PUT, POST, ...
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Help me understand OS dependent and independent languages c# as an example [duplicate]
A NOTE : All of the below is considering that the CPU architecture is
the same For every operating system
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Another NOTE : Please If you can make it simple so that a stupid like
me can get it ...
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Custom services container for ASP .NET core business layer
My model classes (business layer/library of ASP .NET core solution) uses a number of services (IOrmService, IEmailService, IFileService, IHtmlToPdfConverter etc.). Different models requires different ...
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Copy Database Entities into Another Layer in Software Architecture?
We are using Entity Framework with SqlServer Database. Business program needs to create many columns which are not in the Database, due to storage, high querying cost etc. Currently, the team is ...
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Instantiating adapters in onion architecture
GitHub and NuGet
Do you use connection strings to instantiate your adapter services or just always configure it through IoC? I think that connection strings could provide a way more flexibility, ...
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Is having different implementations for ToString and the implicit operator bad design?
I am currently developing a wrapper API for a translation service that should provide multiple methods for translating strings,
Task<string> ITranslator.TranslateAsync(string phrase, Language ...
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Is it ok to use .Replace(“ ”, “+”) when reading hashes in a querystring?
I am letting users change their password after a reset, by following a link containing hashes of the password and user name (e-mail address). The link can look like this:
www.example.domain/login?...
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C# Why should i limit myself to List or Stack ? ( instead of having both)
List is implemented in C# exactly as Stack, see:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.stack-1.push?view=netframework-4.8#remarks
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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Multiple background workers causes lag to whole computer
I have a 'Text Recognition' Form that has a button "Select Area" it can select a specific area (like snipping tool) it will draw a red outline, but that selected area will stay in that spot to detect ...
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How to inherit a static function in a class?
Probably the answer is you can't. However, I would like to have a work-around to solve my problem.
Objective
I am trying to create a program in which I try to avoid nulls as much as possible.
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Why can't I use a generic method to implement multiple typed interfaces in C#?
public class B { }
public class C { }
public class D { }
public class E { }
public class A :
IRetrievable<B, C>,
IRetrievable<D, E>
{
public TValue Retrieve<TKey, TValue>...
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How to avoid deadlock
I have queue of MoveableItems in a class BackgroundTaskQueue (based on example from Microsoft here). Clients call BackgroundTaskQueue.QueueBackgroundWorkItem to add a MoveableItem to the queue.
An ...
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Is it ok to have a DTO for each process/app/service in a system?
I have a Foo service that, among other things, retrieves data from a table called Widget. This table has about 50 columns. This service is called by a request from a browser.
Now, I have another ...
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How to avoid magic strings when doing Translations
I have worked in companies that to achieve translations based on the user's localization they use a file to store those translations. However, when they try to access a translation on that file they ...
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What are some authorization based design patterns to limit functionality from the perspective of size or amount of data?
I am well aware of role based / activity based authorization in the context of limiting user functionality in a simple on/off manner; however, the problem gets difficult when it's not so black and ...
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Building a desktop application in windows 10 that interacts with MS Office
We have built an application in an Microsoft Excel userform. It basically connects to a access database to record where documents are and dates and such. Then the program also interacts with word ...
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forEach over branching over null check?
I was watching Zoran Horvat's "Making Your C# Code More Object-oriented" on pluralsightpaywalled. And he says that instead of :
if(obj != null) { obj.DoSomething(); }
We should have a list that has ...
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Include Get Password function in User Domain without violating separation of concerns
Problem:
I am using a Domain Driven Design architecture and I have a domain model called User as follows:
public class User{
public User(string username){
this.Username = username;
}
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How to concat lists with logical ANDs and ORs
Having multiple lists of integers, like e.g.:
var p1 = new[] { 3, 9, 5, 8, 9 };
var p2 = new[] { 12, 1, 18, 27, 103, 99, 4 };
var p3 = new[] { 23, 930, 15 };
// ...
I want to concatenate them with ...
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Effective data/rows queuing out of database
A component in a system (called Notifier) inserts hundreds of messages ~300 (SMSs) per second in a table in MSSQL database with PENDING status by flagging a column called status with int value 0.
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Creating one or multiple objects based on the input
I am designing the software to calculate employees' hours among others.
To simplify my problem let's say that I have Activity class, which has a property Type. This type could be for example "Standard ...
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Simple Poker Simulation - How to design it well
I trying to create a little poker Texas Holdem simulator ..
In my solution have some class :
Premise : I know about Fisher Yates algorithm.
I will implement it later
Keep in mind that the next ...
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Better way than singleton pattern to ensure single instance of class
When this question has been asked before on StackOverflow in 2011 and 2015, all answers as of now suggest to use a Singleton.
But that’s not right.
Singletons are defined by the Gang of Four to ...
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How can we avoid showing the literal path in the exception's stack trace?
When our in-house developed application (C#, ASP.NET) is throwing an exception, it displays a stack trace that contains path information like C:\users\DEVELOPER_FULL_NAME\path\some-module.cs. So it ...
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How can I securely store and process user data?
I am creating a Discord Bot in Discord.Net. So first, of course this bot is not a professional project, but I still want it to look as professional as possible. And a huge part is the storage and ...
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where to put presentation data formatting method
I am trying to display a specially formatted dropdown list as part of a view. I have a controller action which fetches the data for the dropdown, then needs to format it by fetching certain other ...
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Should a library throw exceptions that reveal its internal call stack?
While researching this question, I've found a lot of sources like this:
Basically, it should be deemed a criminal offense to use "throw ex".
The experts I'm seeing this from seem to be working ...
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Why does imprecision fail for these 3 numbers specifically?
Hi i asked this question on SO but no one seems to be bothered to answer the question with actual information.
Firstly just to say, i fully know computers are imprecise for floating numbers and ...
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Payment system migration
GitHub
There need to be a software design supporting gradual migration from one payment system (E-xact) to another (Stripe). Credit cards data are stored outside, so I would like to use both systems ...
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Create a common interface to use N libraries and define specific behaviours
I am creating a browser automation library that is capable of using Puppeteer(automates chromium) and Selenium(automates all major browsers), but the goal is to also be able to add more libraries in ...
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Layered Model-View-ViewModel design
I am designing an application using C# and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). I would like to follow (at least) the very basic rules of software architecture, like dependicies only going in one ...
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What's more expensive on my server-side processing?
So I want to be processing my security protocols server-side, mainly token checks and then role authorisations for certain actions.
I'm using c# .net core connecting to an MS SQL database and ...
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Throw an exception in default case of a switch?
In my class I have a processor manager that contains a switch case. I just renamed the real name by Ant, Parrot and Snake.
switch (name)
{
case "ant":
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Application Security Trimming vs Database Security Trimming
We have a fairly complex Meetings Management solution which would have one meeting to contain different agendas which would contain some tasks and also documents, etc. There are also different roles ...
