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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

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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

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-9.0.0.0" newVersion="9.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>

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public class TestingCloudTableWithAzureStorageEmulator
{
  private CloudTableClient developmentCloudTableClient;
  private CloudTable emulatedCloudTable;
  
  [OneTimeSetUp]
  public void OneTimeSetUp()
  {
      var azureStorageEmulatorProcess = Process.Start("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Azure\\Storage Emulator\\AzureStorageEmulator.exe", "start");
      azureStorageEmulatorProcess?.WaitForExit(2000);

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adb devices

adb shell screencap -p /sdcard/screen.png
adb pull -p -a /sdcard/screen.png
adb shell rm /sdcard/screen.png

For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a-%%b-%%c)
set mytime=%mytime: =%

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

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

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

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<!-- 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"

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namespace LakeShore.Sources.Core.Instrument
{
    using Xamarin.Forms;

    public class GifImageView : View
    {
        public static readonly BindableProperty SourceProperty = BindableProperty.Create(
            propertyName: nameof(Source),
            returnType: typeof(string),
            declaringType: typeof(GifImageView),

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    public static class OverrideFormattedStringExtension
    {
        //
        // Static Methods
        //
        public static SpannableString ToAttributed(this FormattedString formattedString, Font defaultFont, Color defaultForegroundColor, TextView view)
        {
            if (formattedString == null)
            {
                return null;

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using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;

public static class PropertyNameSupport
{
  private const string ExceptionMessageFormat = "Property expression {0}. Ensure calling with () => Property.";

  private const string ParameterName = "propertyExpression";