What makes ValueTuple covariant?

This compiles correctly in C# 7.3 (Framework 4.8): ``` (string, string) s = ("a", "b"); (object, string) o = s; ``` I know that this is syntactic sugar for the following, which also compiles correc...

19 Dec at 14:7

System.MethodAccessException: 'Attempt by method 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration issue

In .NETCore, While running the application in `Program.cs` file at `CreateWebHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();` I'm getting the Exception > "System.MethodAccessException: 'Attempt by method 'Micr...

19 Dec at 07:2

How Do You Access the `applicationUrl` Property Found in launchSettings.json from Asp.NET Core 3.1 Startup class?

I am currently creating an Asp.NET Core 3.1 API Application. In it, I have a `launchSettings.json` that looks like the following: ``` { "iisSettings": { "windowsAuthentication": false, "an...

C# 8 base interface's default method invocation workaround

According to [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/proposals/csharp-8.0/default-interface-methods](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/prop...

18 Dec at 18:20

editorconfig - how to specify underscore prefix for readonly private fields?

I haven't been able to find anything on this online. Is there any way to specify that an underscore prefix for readonly private fields should be added? Ever since I started using an `editorconfig` f...

Generate NSwag client as part of the build

I have a project that uses NSwag to generate a client and the contracts from a swagger file. I don't want these generated files to be tracked by git, so that when the project is built on the build ser...

11 Sep at 11:18

Test Explorer (VS) shows '<Unknown project>'

Everthing below is made in VS2019, using .NET Framework 4.7 and NUnit + NUnit3TestAdapter I created an assembly called Exitus.Tests, and added a few unit tests. However, do to some issues with Nuget,...

18 Dec at 12:24

Allow anonymouos access to healthcheck endpoint when authentication fallback policy is set in ASP.NET Core 3

asp.net core 3 allows to set to make the endpoints secure by default: ``` services.AddAuthorization(options => { options.FallbackPolicy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()...

Correct way to mutate a component property in blazor

I have two components, `Child.razor` and `Parent.razor`. The `Child.razor` HTML: ``` <input type="text" value="@Text" /> ``` The `Child.razor` C#: ``` [Parameter] public string Text { get; set; }...

17 Dec at 22:53

Include with FromSqlRaw and stored procedure in EF Core 3.1

So here's the deal - I am currently using EF Core 3.1 and let's say I have an entity: ``` public class Entity { public int Id { get; set; } public int AnotherEntityId { get; set; } publi...

OData on .Net Core doesn't return the right results on $select

I've added OData to my WebAPI project. Versions: 1. Core 3.1 2. OData 7.3.0 (beta version in order to work with Core 3.x) 3. EF Core 3.1.0 Here is my startup.cs ``` public class Startup { ...

18 Dec at 09:10

Best way to implement sort, search & pagination with Redis for maximum performance

I have large data approx 1,00,000 for employee. I have stored this data to one Redis key called "employess". Now there is one screen where I would like to perform search on some field & sort on each c...

19 Dec at 16:48

Convert IAsyncEnumerable to List

So in C#8 we got the addition of the `IAsyncEnumerable` interface. If we have a normal `IEnumerable` we can make a `List` or pretty much any other collection we want out of it. Thanks to Linq there....

What is @context and why is it red?

I'm using the `BlazoredTypeahead` component in a blazor server side app and I'd like to know where the @context keyword is coming from. The following code runs fine, but VS is reporting that it Cannot...

16 May at 18:29

Does JsonStringEnumConverter (System.Text.Json) support null values?

I am shifting my code from .NET Core 2.x to .NET Core 3.x (i.e. use the native library `System.Text.Json`). In doing this, I ran into some issues with how the former `Newtonsoft.Json` support for null...

1 Jan at 15:50

C# 8 Using Declaration Scope Confusion

With the new C# 8 Using Declaration Syntax, what is containing scope of a second consecutive using statement? Previous to C# 8, having a consecutive using statement like: ``` using(var disposable ...

How to install Nuget package using windows command line in C# project?

I have downloaded NuGet version - 5.1.0 and tried to install one of the package - log4net using cmd. it failed. below is error - > Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1348] (c) Microsoft Corporat...

How to use System.HashCode.Combine with more than 8 values?

.NET Standard 2.1 / .NET Core 3 [introduce](https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/14354) [System.HashCode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.hashcode) to quickly combine fields and...

17 Dec at 13:18

Visual Studio unable to run .NET Core tests

Using the latest version of Visual Studio, I'm unable to run any tests in the tests explorer. The error message in the `Tests` output window is: ``` Testhost process exited with error: It was not pos...

Is this pattern matching expression equivalent to not null

I stumbled upon [this code](https://github.com/devmentors/Nanoservice/blob/37f5e3afee84dabefad654495ea0839e90032200/src/Sidecar/Program.cs#L71) on github: ``` if (requestHeaders is {}) ``` and I do...

16 Dec at 17:17

Publish Single File (Release) fails for WPF .NET Core 3.1 application

I'm trying to publish a WPF Application (to a folder) targeting .NET Core 3.1, using Publish Single File, targeting win-x86. The application publishes fine for Debug, but fails for Release. If I desel...

How to Upload File from Angular to ASP.NET Core Web API

Similar questions have been asked but after looking through all of those and many blog posts on the subject I have not been able to figure this out so please forgive me. I am creating a simple blog w...

Equivalent of UseUrls for .NET Core IHostBuilder

Previously, with .NET Core, I could add `UseUrls` to my `Program.cs` file to set the URL that the web server would run on: However, in .NET Core 3.1, the default format of `Program.cs` changed: I trie...

6 May at 05:43

No handles with labels found to put in legend

I'm trying to create a parallelogram in PyPlot. I'm not up to drawing the parallelogram--first I'm putting in the vector arrows--using the following code: ``` fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(1...

12 Jul at 17:52

Error occurred while access Microsoft.Extensions.HostingServices. Could not parse JSON file

I was trying to create a migration for an MVC ASP.NET Core 3.10 project using Visual Studio 2019. I got two errors: 1. An error occurred while accessing the Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting services. Co...