Gavin Lanata

If you’re new to .NET Core, and familiar with the full .NET Framework, you may or may not have noticed that the System.Drawing namespace—which is very useful for image processing and manipulation—is not available to .NET Core. Because the full framework runs on Windows machines, .NET Core is cross platform; and to quote MSDN ‘The […]

Today, let’s turn our attention to a very basic, and highly useful feature of C#: Static Constructors. I don’t make common use of this feature myself. But, when it is needed, it fits the job very well indeed. So, what is a static constructor? To quote the documentation, “A static constructor is used to initialize […]

Over the years, since .NET first appeared, there have been many languages created or adapted for use with .NET. IronLisp was one, but was ultimately superseded by IronScheme. J Sharp, created to ease the transition of Java developers moving to .NET, allowing them to bring their existing skills with them; saw its last stable release […]

Introduction Building a Web API that is to be accessible only by a purpose-built UWP app for Windows 10 can be achieved by taking several routes. One of those possible routes is making use of a product known as Identity Server, and in this article, we’ll look at the latest version; Identity Server 4. What […]

Introduction In more recent years, developers in .NET land—who are aware of its existence—have been making use of the HttpClient class. If you haven’t heard of it, or know of it but never used it, this article will take you through the basics. You’ll be shown some code, so if you would like to follow […]

Before we go into how to set up an IoT hub in Azure, and creating a small example client—in this case a console application—and connecting it to the hub. I want to give you a reason why you might consider using the IoT hub outside of IoT scenarios. I’ve been making use of IoT hubs […]

If you’ve been interested in Unity3D, especially with all the talk about Windows 10 Holographic going around, you may, or may not, have had time to download Unity and see what it’s all about. Well, if you’ve spent a great deal of time with C#, you’ll probably be happy to know that you still can […]

If you’re interested in games, or anything to do with all this talk about 3D and Windows 10, it will be of great advantage to your good self to know about Unity3D. Unity3D has been around for quite some time now, and it’s behind many great games—both 2D and 3D—that are available on app stores […]

A type conversion is something you may, or may not do, on a regular basis. Either way, if you’re not familiar with the term, consider the following piece of code.… int thirtyTwoBit = 123456789; long sixtyFourBit = thirtyTwoBit; Note: I’m entering my code into a standard .NET Console application in Visual Studio. We started by […]

Since Microsoft introduced their App Services option in Azure, which includes Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and more. There’s been a great deal of choice when it comes to what you want, and how much control you’d like to have. On one hand, you have a virtual machine; it’s fully controllable, and can be built upon […]

For many years now, being able to speak a command, and have your device fulfill the request has been a needed tool for many, and a play thing for others. For the former—and this list is in no way exhaustive—you may include users such as drivers, medical professions, and those who find keyboards unusable. With […]

Value Converters are present in all flavours of XAML, from WPF to UWP; but what are they? Value Converters are used in conjunction with bindings to convert a value from one type to another, or simply change the value. Value converters are added in XAML, but created in C#. Here’s an example of how one […]