Ignore First Render in React’s useEffect()
Sometimes you want to use useEffect() to catch a change in a state, but only after the initial value has been set. For example, you have a state called selectedId, [...]
Relationships in Entity Framework Core 7
One to Many Relationships This article does not yet include information about One-To-Many relationships in Entity Framework Core 7. However, One-To-Many relationships have not changed much since Entity Framework Core [...]
React Component with Children
Creating a React component that contains children can be as easy as including a children property and including {props.children} in the Return function. But knowing the proper type to use [...]
Working As a Team with Migrations in Entity Framework Core
The official Microsoft documentation for using Migrations in Team Environments covers the basics. However, they neglect to mention one very important thing: Removing Migrations in a Team Environment Can Be [...]
Getting Latest Published Version of Document in SharePoint API CSOM
I occasionally have to use the SharePoint .Net Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) API to reach into SharePoint and poke around a little bit. It's all pretty straightforward, but something that [...]
Returning Status Codes in an ASP.Net MVC Core Controller
There are a few ways to return different status codes in an ASP.Net MVC Core controller. Simplified Helper Methods Some helper methods for the most common codes (there may be [...]
Force Strings to use VARCHAR in Entity Framework Core
The nvarchar data type requires twice as much space to store as an equivalent-length varchar. For that reason, it is usually recommended to use varchar when you don't have a [...]
Seed Identity Data in ASP.Net Core
When using Identity in ASP.Net Core, it can be useful to seed some data for testing purposes. How to go about that is not entirely obvious, given that the tables [...]
C# Enum Display Names With Spaces and Special Characters
The name of an enum in c# can't contain any special characters or spaces. For example, the third value in this enum won't work: public enum Soda : int { [...]
C# Razor Syntax Quick Reference (Link Only)
https://haacked.com/archive/2011/01/06/razor-syntax-quick-reference.aspx/