Programming Archives - Jonathan Crozier

SmtpClient is obsolete! The new way to send emails from your .NET app…

In the past, when you needed to send emails from a .NET app, the built-in SmtpClient class was typically the most appropriate tool for the job. However, for some time now the .NET Framework SmtpClient class has not been the recommended option for new development. In this article, I review how the .NET SmtpClient can…

How to generate a random string with C#

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On occasion, during day-to-day programming, the problem I am working on requires the generation of a random sequence of characters. For example, when dealing with some sort of account entity, the account might require a unique account reference to be specified upon its creation. Considering this scenario, it would be inconvenient for the end-user to…

XML Serialization with C#

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Today JSON has taken over the role of XML for many scenarios, however, XML is still in very wide usage. XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language and has been a stalwart for data-interchange since the year 1998. It has been adapted over time to solve many different problems related to programming. In this article, I…

Time to Reflect… How to add properties to a C# object dynamically at runtime

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Have you been searching for a way to dynamically add properties to an object at runtime using C#? If so, you may have come across how to do this using ExpandoObject. However, after some further research, perhaps you’ve determined that it’s not what you are really looking for. For example, you might be trying to…

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SmtpClient is obsolete! The new way to send emails from your .NET app…

How to generate a random string with C#

XML Serialization with C#

Time to Reflect… How to add properties to a C# object dynamically at runtime

Leveraging the DPAPI to encrypt sensitive configuration settings

SmtpClient is obsolete! The new way to send emails from your .NET app…

SQL query things you keep forgetting