Adam--

[alias]
	# Lists all aliases
	alias = config --get-regexp ^alias\\.

	# Quote a command to allow it to be used as a git alias
	quote-string = "!read -r l; printf \\\"!; printf %s \"$l\" | sed 's/\\([\\\"]\\)/\\\\\\1/g'; printf \" #\\\"\\n\" #"

	# Gets information about a repo
	url = config remote.origin.url
	branch-name = rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

Adam--

Something that I have been using lately is a git pre-push hook to build and run our unit test suite before pushing. I like that I can ensure that I do not push any commits that break the build or unit tests and that I get fast feedback. Of course no of us would ever do that, right?

Git hooks allow for you to run scripts pre or post important workflow events (commit, push, rebase, etc). Hooks are stored in .git\hooks and contain a bunch of samples. For my case, I want to run my unit test project, check if all tests passed, and prevent the push if any failed.

To do this I need to create pre-push script. In this script I use dotnet test to build and run all test projects in the dotnet folder and verify that all tests pass. If anything fails, I exit with a error return code of 1. This prevents the push from continuing. The folder dotnet test points to needs to be updated to point to either the location of your solution, or the unit test project

Adam--

<!-- From https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/app-pretty-weather/blob/master/PrettyWeather/PrettyWeather/MainPage.xaml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage
    x:Class="PrettyWeather.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
    xmlns:pancake="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView"
    xmlns:converters="clr-namespace:PrettyWeather.Converters"
    xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:PrettyWeather.ViewModel"
    xmlns:model="clr-namespace:PrettyWeather.Model"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"

Adam--

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
  </PropertyGroup>

Adam--

REM Installing chocolatey...
@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

REM Installing packages...
REM General tools
choco install microsoft-teams -fy
choco install 7zip -fy
choco install paint.net -fy
choco install greenshot -fy
choco install licecap -fy

Adam--

Linq Any() performance compared to Count() > 0

I often see .Count() > 0 or .Count > 0 to check if there are any elements in some collection. Linq provides an Any() method to check if there are any elements. Any() sure reads better but does it come with any downsides? Inspired by a twitter post on using Any() and benchmarking it, I decided to run some of my own tests using BenchmarkDotNet.

The benchmarks that were run compare the use of these two methods, comparing enumerables and lists with two sizes, 1000 and 1000.

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.13.0, OS=Windows 10.0.19042.985 (20H2/October2020Update)
Intel Core i7-8650U CPU 1.90GHz (Kaby Lake R), 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores

Adam--

Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is a modern feature-rich open source terminal from Microsoft that runs many shells, including PowerShell. The easiest way to install it is from the Microsoft Store.

Go ahead and open Windows Terminal, which should default to PowerShell. Have a look around, it's already pretty awesome. There's support for multiple tabs, color schemes, custom fonts, custom shells, and more. We are going to customize it even further by setting up git support, customizing the prompt, installing custom fonts, setting the color scheme, and optionally adding a couple of extra tools.

posh-git and oh-my-posh

posh-git allows git information to be displayed within PowerShell and provides tab completion of git commands and branches.

oh-my-posh is a prompt theme engine for PowerShell.

Adam--

#r "nuget:Newtonsoft.Json, 13.0.1"

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Product
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public DateTime Expiry { get; set; }
    public string[] Sizes { get; set; }
}

Adam--

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "components": [
    "Component.OpenJDK",
    "Component.Android.SDK.MAUI",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.MonoDebugger",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Merq",
    "Component.Xamarin.RemotedSimulator",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WebToolsExtensions.TemplateEngine",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.NuGet",

Adam--

function RunStep([string] $Description, [ScriptBlock]$script)
{
  Write-Host  -NoNewline "Loading" $Description.PadRight(20)
  & $script
  Write-Host "✓" # checkmark emoji
}

RunStep "posh-git" {
  # Provides prompt with Git status summary information and tab completion for Git commands, parameters, remotes and branch names.
  # https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git