using Linq methods with caution - E.g FirstorDefault()

Don't use FirstorDefault() unless you are sure its valid/ verified in the business scenario. else you are going to introduce bugs in the code.

Git tips

Set up Git

Removing non-repository files with git?

Keep your fork synced

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How do I discard unstaged changes in Git?

Ans: 

a)For a specific file use:

git checkout path/to/file/to/revert

b)For all unstaged files use:

git checkout -- .

Make sure to include the period at the end.

c)To check out specific files

git checkout -- cats.html index.html

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git branch -a                                     -- lists all branches
git push origin :branchnamehere     -- to delete the remote branch(note semicolin before                                                                                    branchname)

git remote show origin                     -- checks for stale branches tracking origin
git remote prune origin                     -- to clean up deleted remote branches

git tag                                                           -- list all tags
git tag -a v0.1.2.3 -m "versioncomments"   -- add a new tag
git push --tags                                              -- to push new tags


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git fetch      -- pulls down the history but does not merge

rebase vs Merge
Rule of thumb:
1. When pulling changes from origin/develop onto your local develop use rebase.
          git pull --rebase

2. When finishing a feature branch merge the changes back to develop.

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Getting up to speed with StructureMap

Making the Setup phase of Unit testing easier with StructureMap and FakeItEasy

Developer Basics

https://jeremydmiller.com/2014/11/07/strong_typed_configuration/



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TDD rules : - 

1. Isolate the Ugly Stuff
2. Push, Don’t Pull (this post)
3. Test small before testing big
4. Avoid a long tail
5. Favor composition over inheritance
6. Go declarative whenever possible
7. Don’t treat testing code like a second class citizen
8. Isolate your unit tests, or suffer the consequences!
9. The unit tests will break someday
10. Unit tests shall be easy to setup

And the overriding “Zeroeth Law” is “If code is hard to test, change it.”
ref:  http://codebetter.com/jeremymiller/2006/03/09/jeremys-second-law-of-tdd-push-dont-pull/ 

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WebApi Notes

In ASP.NET Web API 2 

To return a custom response you can use new helper methods exposed through ApiController such as:

• Ok
• NotFound
• Exception
• Unauthorized
• BadRequest
• Conflict
• Redirect
• InvalidModelState

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13/11/2020  SignalR 2 (.net framework) Tip

You would be unable to connect to signalr 2 (.net version) running on your visual studio/localhost if the visual studio is not running as Admin.

Angular 2 on Azure

A Good post to publish on to a Azure 
http://abusanad.net/2016/07/24/publish-angular-2-app-from-visual-studio-to-azure/#comment-8701

An important change to note is
Node is present on webapp server but it would not return version number with the command.
but the good news is npm install command works well.

Ref: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureossds/2016/04/20/nodejs-and-npm-versions-on-azure-app-services/



Issue 1:  404 errors in the site
Situation: providing access to api data folders on azure.
Solution : Ref: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/benjaminperkins/2014/09/01/the-webpage-cannot-be-found-404-when-accessing-a-file-on-azure-websites/