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Exploring the world of .NET development through real projects, continuous learning, and sharing insights to inspire fellow developers.

Simple Peer Review Guidelines

IntroductionAs a developer, it has been a struggle on how we can standardize our code. This guideline is a result of our experience from some of our projects. I hope it will help you as much as it helped us. Code formattingWhile going through the code, check the code formatting to improve its readability and ensure that there are no blockers: Coding best practicesNo hard coding, use constants or configuration values.

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How to install and set up Visual Studio 2019 for .NET Development

Introduction .Net development pronounced as it is, is a framework that provides programming guidelines that can be used to develop a wide range of web and mobile applications to Windows-based. Also, the .NET framework can work with several programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, C++ and F#. .Net development has key new features and enhancements. Let us define these extended features first before we dive into the basic and quick way to set up your computer to a new software framework. New features Improved search: Formerly known as Quick Launch, a new search experience that is faster and more effective. Refactorings: There are lots of new and highly useful refactorings in C# that makes it easier to organize your code. They show up as suggestions in the light bulb and include actions such as moving members to interface or base class, adjusting namespaces to match folder structure, convert foreach loops to Linq queries, and more. Simply invoke the refactorings by pressing Ctrl+ and selecting the action you want to take. IntelliCode: Visual Studio IntelliCode enhances your software development efforts by using artificial intelligence (AI). Code cleanup: Paired with a new document health indicator is a new code cleanup command. You can use this new command to identify

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How to Rename an ASP.NET Core Project

I have been a .Net developer for about 3 years now. And in those years, I have experienced a great ordeal from RENAMING SOLUTIONS. I know that by doing so, it will break a lot of things like dealing with missing files and incorrect namespaces. Based on my experience I did break a lot of things haha! Now, these simple steps will help you overcome this problem. In this example, we will use “OldProject” as the old project name and changing it to “NewProject” as the renamed project. Step 1. Backup First things first, make sure to always create a backup file. Simply copy your project to a different directory. There is no harm in doing this. Trust me, you can save a lot of time when things go south if you do this step. Step 2. Rename the root folder to the new name Right click on the folder and select ‘rename.’ You may now change the title of the Solution to your desired name. Right click Step 3. Update the name of the Solution & Project via Visual Studio Open the Solution in Visual Studio. The same steps apply as when you rename the root folder. Right-click on

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