The Challenge

I was building a standard ASP.NET EntityFramework / WebApi / Swagger project. Attempting something a bit new, I decided my controller would return a CreatedAtRoute HttpActionResult. The code goes something a little like this:

[HttpPut]
public IHttpActionResult AddMyObject([FromBody] MyObject newObject)
{ . . .

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Scenario

There are several cases in which reading text from a file is more is more convenient than writing a string in the middle of my code. I've done this occasionally for SQL statements, text templates, and unit testing sample XML or JSON. For my money, it keeps the code looking cleaner and easier to read, as well as having . . .

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I was recently hired as a Senior .NET Developer at a new company, and most of my time has been taken architecting a revamp of the system in order to increase stability and reduce coupling. I figured I'd take a break and get down to a post I've been meaning to do for awhile for a friend of mine who has never watched the original series . . .

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I read an interesting article from E-Nor explaining the new Google Analytics 360 suite that allows the development team to "starting with a measurement strategy and implementation, then moving to actionable insights and working your way to optimizing your digital experience with data driven decisions."

What is really . . .

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A basic introduction to agile methodology. It's fairly short and fun.

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Problem

Last week, our team ran into an issue which was, individually, leaving us scratching our heads. In the end, the entire process boiled down to one hidden checkbox.

We were receiving the following exception:

None of the constructors found with . . .

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