Thoughts and Notes on Software Development
Was getting this error from Visual Studio 2022 while debugging a unit test.
The solution for me was to uncheck the “Call string-conversion function on objects in variables windows” checkbox.
Tags: #Debugging #Moq #Tests #VisualStudio
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Fire and forget template for C#/.NET to run something that you don't need to wait on and don't care about the results.
Task.Run(() =>
{
//code goes here
});
In ReactJS, if ESLint says you cannot use inline arrow functions to pass in props in JSX, a solution is to wrap them with the useCallback hook.
Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36677798/5041911
Modals — can be used to add dialog or popup info boxes on your ReactJS app.
So using this library actually helped me solve my Azure Application Insights logging issue. The issue being, since I had a dateOfBirth object in my formData object, app insights would save it as an object, as opposed to something like dateOfBirth: 2024-04-16. The solution was to flatten the formData object so it will get logged properly in Azure App Insights.
Rendering the HTML string in React — short tutorial on how to render an HTML string in ReactJS/Gatsby.
Series: #DevNotes Tags: #CSharp #DotNet #Template #ReactJS #Azure #ApplicationInsights #Gatsby
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There was a bug on my Write.as Archive Page Generator web app. Instead of creating URLs with the correct alias in there, for instance https://write.as/dino/blog-post-title, it was hard-coding the word alias, like https://write.as/alias/blog-post-title.
It was an easy fix, though it wasn't the web app that was broken, but the API that it was calling. I mentioned in a previous post, that I was working on an API to power my Blazor WASM apps. The API is functional, it's out there on the internet, running as an Azure App Service. And it's the one with the bug that I just fixed a few hours ago.
So, the Write.as Archive Page Generator should be working correctly now. You no longer need to do a “search and replace” on the output to correct the URLs.
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To cause Azure to keep sending emails repeatedly for your Heath Check alerts, you need to uncheck the checkbox that says “Automatically Resolve Alerts”.
If you want to see what kind of error Axios throws, it is better to use console.log(error.toJSON()) than console.log(error). That's because the former option will list out all the properties from the error variable, while the latter option will only list out the error message itself.
Instead of adding todo comments, track it as a task so it doesn't get lost.
Source: TODO: Post an Article
Looking for a new way to do end-to-end testing on modern web apps? Check out Playwright. The tests are pretty easy to follow because it's basically a set of instructions written in code. So as you might have guessed, it's catered more to developers than non-technical folks.
I am going through the Pro ASP.NET Core 6 book. After trying to run the command libman install bootstrap@5.1.3 -d wwwroot/lib/bootstrap from page 72 (Chapter 4) of the book, I started getting the error listed below:
[LIB002]: The "bootstrap@5.1.3" library could not be resolved by the "cdnjs" provider
Turns out it was an issue with the library manager package that was installed. The fix is to install a newer one. More info can be found here:
https://github.com/Apress/pro-asp.net-core-6/blob/main/errata.md
Was looking for a way to add a list of objects to the appsettings.json file, then retrieve that list and turn them into something I can check against in a controller class. This answer works wonderfully.
React Hook Form — seems like a cool alternative form handler for React.
SQL to MongoDB Mapping Chart — good reference on how to write MongoDB queries based on expected SQL Server queries.
Reasons to blog if you're a software developer:
If you're noticing a pattern there, it's all about being a better communicator. And you would want that, because that also helps you advance in your career.
Series: #DevNotes Tags: #Axios #ASPNetCore #Azure #Blogging #JavaScript #MongoDB #Playwright #React #SqlServer #Tests
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My Write.as Archive Page Generator is back up and running. I've already updated the Archive pages for my other blogs. It seems to be working fine. Please give it a try and let me know if you run into any issues with it.
I did notice, during my testing, that it can fail on blogs with a huge number of posts. That's mainly because the API call times out at like the 1.7 minute mark. I'll see if I can fix that in the future. But for now, just getting the archive page generator working is a win. So I'll call it a day.
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Version 1.2.1 of WriteAs.Net has been released.
This very minor update adds an interface for the WriteAsClient class, which opens it up for use with dependency injection in ASP.NET Core. This allows you to create a single WriteAsClient instance and re-use it when needed, making the caching additions from Version 1.2.0 much more useful.
This also frees me up to make better use of it in the API I'm working on.
You can install it via nuget:
Install-Package WriteAs.NET -Version 1.2.1
Or via the .NET Core command line interface:
dotnet add package WriteAs.NET --version 1.2.1
If you find any bugs or issues with it, please let me know. Thanks and y'all have a good night.
Tags: #DotNet #WriteAs #WriteAsNet
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A number of people have been asking me about why the WriteAs Archive Page generators I made no longer work. They no longer work because of CORS restrictions on the API server. I'm trying to see if I can work around the restrictions on my Blazor WASM apps by going the Web API route.
Tags: #DevLog#ASPNETCore #WebAPI #WriteAs
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I seem to have a need for this every 6 months or so. So I'm putting it up on this site to make it easier for me to lookup.
This SQL Server query allows you to search for specific text inside all stored procedures on a database. The query will return the name of the stored procedure.
SELECT name
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE Object_definition(object_id) LIKE '%Search-Text%'
Source: Search text in stored procedure in SQL Server
Tags: #SqlServer #Scripts
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Cache Implementations in C# .NET — good blog post on implementing caching with .NET.
You're using HttpClient wrong and it is destabilizing your software — great blog post that told me that we should avoid the use of the “using statement” when working with an HttpClient instance. And that's because disposing it after say a one time use, like doing one API call and then immediately disposing, will leave open/pending socket connections. Do this often enough and you'll accumulate a number of those open/pending socket connections and that will slow down your app. The better approach is to use a single static HttpClient instance in your app.
The always-recent guide to creating a development environment for Node and React (with Babel and Webpack) — good guide to setting up a full-stack JavaScript development environment on your local, with an eye toward ReactJS.
Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in Git. This post is me trying to understand how it works, by trying to explain it to someone else. If I've said something wrong in this post, please don't hesitate to correct me by leaving a comment below or getting in touch with me.
So, in the past, I got confused by how a git revert command affected the merges. Part of it is due to my TFS background. But anyway, as it turns out, it works exactly how it is supposed to work, once you have a better understanding of how Git works.
A git revert rolls back a specific commit made in the repo. In addition to that, it adds a new commit to indicate that the previous commit was rolled back.
To better explain how this affects merges, I'll try to go over a scenario where I merge branches, then revert a commit in one branch, then try to merge the branches again. So here goes.
Imagine that I have two branches, develop and master. The develop branch was created based off the master branch, so they should have the same code in them.