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Web Apps

IdentityServer Authentication with an MVC Client & Unauthorized Loops

We set up IdentityServer authentication with an MVC client. When a user was authenticated but not authorized, we overrode the default OpenIdConnect middleware and showed the user a

Web Apps

Debugging a NuGet Package

NuGet manages DLL files in your .NET project, but no source or symbol files. If you need to debug a package, here's one easy workaround.

.NET / WPF

Pattern Matching in C# with Switch Statements

C# 7.0 introduced pattern matching support in its switch statements. Here are some examples of how you can now switch on object types, etc. in C#.

Software Science

Time and Relative Distance in Source (Code)

There's no magic bullet to stop asynchronous code complexity, but some approaches are drastically more effective. Here are 4 types of "time travel" I use.

.NET / WPF

A Feature-Oriented Directory Structure For C# Projects

Using a feature-oriented C# structure for .NET projects is simple and easy to scale. Here's how to implement one.

.NET / WPF

Improving Analysis with C# 6 Exception Filters

Using exception filters in C# 6 to improve debugging and crash dump analysis.

.NET / WPF

Performance Analysis with ETW: Event Tracing for Windows

Next time you have a performance problem, don’t guess what the problem might be. Collect an ETW trace and discover exactly what is occurring.

.NET / WPF

Accessing a .NET Virtual Machine Application from a Host Machine

This is a guide to enabling a .NET application on a virtual machine to be accessed from the host machine.

Functional Programming

Running F# Using Mono and Unix

A chronicle of my efforts and the challenges I faced, while writing an F# program on OSX using Mono.

.NET / WPF

Toggle the Visibility of a Text Run in WPF

The WPF text run does not have a visibility property. Here's a simple trick, using an attached property, to add that functionality.

.NET / WPF

Testing C#.Net Async Code

Conventional wisdom around the Internet seems to be that writing async tests is hard enough that it's okay to avoid it. I disagree.

.NET / WPF

Obfuscating a .NET Program: Worthwhile?

Comparing the tools (Dotfuscator, Confuser, & ILProtector) and considering the potential drawbacks of .NET Obfuscation.