Git: Dealing with unrelated changes whilst working on a feature branch
How many times have you been working in a Git feature branch, and come across something in code that you want to change, but isn't related to the feat...
Read moreComparing .NET Mocking Libraries
There are quite a few different mocking libraries in .NET. Moq and NSubstitute seem to be by far the main ones I hear that developers use. I've used b...
Read moreMulti-page login screens, hidden username fields, and LastPass!
I've just recently had an issue where I'd created two accounts for the same website - one for myself and one for my wife. I quickly hit a very strange...
Read moreCleaner tests with XUnit's IAsyncLifetime and expression-bodied members
When writing tests, sometimes it can be tempting to dump a bunch of asserts into the same test to avoid duplication across multiple tests... public cl...
Read moreDevOps Tooling for Developers - we're so spoilt!
Last week I had a catchup meeting with a client about the progress of a platform I'm building for them, and showed them how the "devops" sid...
Read morePair Programming
I've recently started a new contract where we do 100% pair-programming. This is the first time I've done pair-programming on anywhere near this level....
Read moreWriting More Succinct C#
When looking at a lot of C# code nowadays, I find myself thinking "wow, that code could be made SO MUCH SMALLER!". C# is a very flexible lan...
Read moreThe First Virtual .NET Oxford meetup
This week we had our very first attempt at a virtual .NET Oxford event! And it seemed to go pretty well! We were joined by Mark Rendle to talk all abo...
Read moreZoom Integration for the .NET Oxford PrizeDraw App
Now that .NET Oxford is going virtual for the time being during the COVID-19 lockdown, we'll be using Zoom for next few meetups. The first one is next...
Read moreWorking From Home - Tips and Tricks
Like probably most of you, I'm now working from home full-time. Or technically, from "the Everstack office", which is my house anyway. I've ...
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