C# Tip: use the Ping class instead of an HttpClient to ping an endpoint

Sometimes you need to ping some endpoints. Don’t rely on HttpClient, but use the native Ping class. Continue reading

How to log to Console with .NET Core and Serilog

Serilog is a famous logger for .NET projects. In this article, we will learn how to integrate it in a .NET API project and output the logs on a Console. Continue reading

Clean code tip: use the same name for the same concept

Smaller functions help us write better code, but have also a nice side effect: they help us to understand where an exception was thrown. Let’s see how! Continue reading

How to test HttpClientFactory with Moq

Mocking IHttpClientFactory is hard, but luckily we can use some advanced features of Moq to write better tests. Continue reading

C# tip: define Using Aliases to avoid ambiguity

Sometimes we need to use objects with the same name but from different namespaces. How to remove that ambiguity? By Using Aliases! Continue reading

How to customize fields generation in Visual Studio 2019

Every time you ask Visual Studio to generate properties for you, it creates them with a simple, default format. But we can customize them by updating some options on our IDE. Let’s learn how! Continue reading

Clean code tip: small functions bring smarter exceptions

Smaller functions help us write better code, but have also a nice side effect: they help us to understand where an exception was thrown. Let’s see how! Continue reading