4 Apr 2017•3 min read•45684 views
Migrating a .Net project to dotnet core
Migrating SearchExtensions from a dotNet project to dotnet core
#csharp#search-extensions#dotnet#dotnet-core#netstandard
4 Nov 2016•2 min read•13684 views
Improved Levenshtein search with SearchExtensions
Improved Levenshtein string search for use with Entityframework or other IQueryable data sets
#expression-trees#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#levenshtein#string-comparison
3 Nov 2016•less than a minute read•10146 views
SearchExtensions hits 10,000 downloads
Celebrating 10000 downloads of SearchExtensions whilst calling out for new features and ideas
#entity-framework#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#10000
7 Sept 2015•less than a minute read•7192 views
Search Extensions - Whole Word Matching
Review of the new SearchExtensions feature that allows users to perform searches based on matching the whole word only.
#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#fluent#word-matching
21 Feb 2015•2 min read•6841 views
Search Extensions: Release 1.5 - Primitive type support
Description and example usage of the primitive type search support provided by NinjaNye.SearchExtensions
#csharp#search-extensions#primitive-types
16 Jan 2015•2 min read•8998 views
Sitecore 8 WebApi cannot update field values
Why Sitecore ItemWebApi does not work and how to fix it.
#javascript#sitecore#csharp#webapi#bugfix#hack
1 Dec 2014•less than a minute read•7129 views
Search Extensions: Basic Levenshtein support
Overview of the recent Levenshtein support added to NinjaNye Search Extensions nuget package
#linq#csharp#search-extensions#levenshtein#extension=methods
25 Nov 2014•less than a minute read•8953 views
Search Extensions: ContainingAll string search feature
Describing one of the new features of NinjaNye.SearchExtensions. Added as part of version 1.3, ContainingAll() allows a user to return records where all search terms are included in the defined properties
#expression-trees#linq#extension-methods#search#csharp#nuget#fluent
5 Nov 2014•less than a minute read•6766 views
Performant reverse string extension method
As part of a new feature on a nuget package I am working on, I wanted to reverse a string into a new string. A simple request I thought, and indeed it was. However it was slow. Here is a version that performs better
#extension-methods#csharp#performance#string#reverse
27 Oct 2014•2 min read•10472 views
Could we have a null coalescing, ternary operator (??::) in our c# armoury
Fleshing out an idea around a new c# operator and how it might work. Input is encouraged
#csharp#ideas#null-coalesce#ternary#operator
21 Oct 2014•3 min read•7223 views
Search Extensions: Soundex performance analysis
Performance analysis of the new Soundex search functionality
#linq#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#soundex
21 Oct 2014•2 min read•10570 views
SearchExtensions: Soundex Support
Describing how the new Soundex search functionality is used in NinjaNye.SearchExtensions
#linq#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#fluent#soundex
9 Oct 2014•2 min read•7033 views
SearchExtensions: New version uploaded - Release 1.0
Release 1.0 of NinjaNye.SearchExtensions is now available. Updates include removing obsolete methods, promote the fluent Search methods out of the NinjaNye.SearchExtensions.Fluent namespace, remove the specific SearchAll() method in favour of utilising .Search() and performance improvements
#linq#extension-methods#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#fluent
27 Jun 2014•2 min read•33124 views
Dynamic CORS origins from appsettings using Web API 2.2 Cross-Origin Support
Creating a c# attribute that allows for dynamic origins based on the appsettings section but can be adapted to any source.
#mvc#web-api#csharp#json#nuget#cors
21 Mar 2014•2 min read•8586 views
SearchExtensions: Ranked searches now supported by the fluent API
The latest release of NinjaNye.SearchExtensions supports Ranked Searches as part of the fluent API. This post describes how to use this new api method as well as inspects the sql it produces
#linq#extension-methods#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#fluent
5 Mar 2014•2 min read•8852 views
SearchExtensions: Search strings with the new Fluent API
Anouncing the release of NinjaNye.SearchExtensions (SearchExtensions) new fluent API. Linq search contains extension method for use with Entity Framework, Linq to Entities, Linq to Objects
#extension-methods#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget#fluent
19 Feb 2014•5 min read•32787 views
How to stop spam bots from submitting your form in mvc
How to stop robots, spambots, bots from posting forms on your site using hashing, honeypots, fieldnames, spinners and timestamps. CSRF XSS
#csharp#comments#robots#security
10 Feb 2014•2 min read•5860 views
SearchExtensions: Method restructure
Describes the latest method signature changes implemented in NinjaNye.SearchExtensions.
#extension-methods#search#csharp#search-extensions#refactor
7 Feb 2014•less than a minute read•6430 views
SearchExtensions: New search all string properties functionality
Ninjanye.SearchExtensions describes the search all feature for a given type
#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget
30 Jan 2014•less than a minute read•6629 views
How to integrate NinjaNye.SearchExtensions Ranked search
How to integrate Ninjanye.SearchExtensions nuget package into my blogs search engine.
#search#csharp#search-extensions#nuget
21 Jan 2014•3 min read•8029 views
SearchExtensions: Multiple property search support with ranking in c#
Introduction into RankedSearch functionality provided by NinjaNye.SearchExtensions nuget package.
#expression-trees#search#csharp#search-extensions#iqueryable#ienumerable
20 Jan 2014•less than a minute read•8225 views
String Replace extension method with string comparison ignore case support
A handy extension method enabling the ability to perform a replace on a string whole using the StringComparison enumeration
#enums#csharp#search-extensions#string-replace
16 Jan 2014•3 min read•7226 views
SearchExtensions: Ranked search results for IQueryable search terms
Creating an IQueryable search extension method that allows dynamic searching with ranked results via occurrence counts. This solution is written in C# using the power of expression trees.
#expression-trees#search#csharp#search-extensions#iqueryable
23 Dec 2013•less than a minute read•11510 views
Mvc bundle throwing 403 forbidden error in Azure
A while back I came across an error whereby my bundles were not being fullfilled but instead, I was receiving a 403 forbidden error. The fix is to rename your virtualPath values for the bundles that match local directory paths.
#mvc#azure#csharp#403-forbidden#bundles#hosting
4 Dec 2013•less than a minute read•62864 views
Return all ModelState errors with field keys as json data in mvc
Returning and flattening all ModelState errors as Json using linq and extension methods
#linq#javascript#mvc#jquery#validation#csharp#json#modelstate#model#state
29 Nov 2013•3 min read•117941 views
MVC Create custom comment system in c# with javascript
How to create a custom blog comment engine in asp.net mvc 4 using c#, entityframework code first, jquery and markdowndeep.
#entity-framework#javascript#mvc#jquery#code-first#csharp#comments
11 Nov 2013•less than a minute read•18726 views
Prevent saving properties in sitecore with custom validator in C#
Custom sitecore validation to capture if an items field value has changed and stop the save action when required. Written in c#
#validation#sitecore#csharp
7 Nov 2013•less than a minute read•16311 views
Adding validation to models created by Entity Framework Database First - C#
Validate your entity framework models but still automatically generate your models using entity framework database-first by using partial classes to define validation attributes by utilizing the MetadataTypeAttribute class
#database-first#validation#attributes#csharp
29 Oct 2013•2 min read•7737 views
SearchExtensions : Search extension method for multiple properties against multiple terms
I recently added a new method to my library of IQueryable extensions methods built using expression trees. The library is geared towards enabling search functionality via extension methods.
#expression-trees#extension-methods#search#sql#csharp#search-extensions
22 Oct 2013•less than a minute read•26319 views
Using routes to create a custom url shortener in your existing mvc site
This post describes how I setup my own url shortener as part of my blog. It also shows how to set up the routings table to allow the url shortener to work alongside existing controllers
#mvc#routing#route-table#url-shortener#csharp
27 Sept 2013•less than a minute read•6474 views
How to automatically keep your database up to date with Entity Framework
I recently deployed a new test website to Windows Azure using Azure's Git integration. The problem I had is that I didn't want to drop and recreate the database each time I pushed a release (and lose my data), nor did I want to manually upgrade the database in Package Manager Console. This is the solution.
#entity-framework#azure#datacontext#csharp
16 Sept 2013•3 min read•38553 views
Creating cascading dropdownlists using MVC 4 And JQuery
My take on a blog post by Bipin Joshi on Creating Cascading DropDownLists Using ASP.NET MVC 4 And JQuery. I decide to use some more up to date features of mvc 4 including the section keyword, the Url.Action extension method and the jquery .on method
#dropdownlist#mvc4#javascript#mvc#jquery#web-api#csharp
16 Jul 2013•less than a minute read•9851 views
Evenly splitting / distributing a list of objects using linq and extension methods
My resolution to the following problem. Given I have X apples and Y baskets, how can I evenly split the apples into each of the baskets. To do this I ended up creating an IEnumerable extension method that can be applied to the source (apples)
#linq#extension-methods#splitting#stackoverflow#csharp
12 Jul 2013•less than a minute read•8527 views
Validating a form asynchronously using jquery in MVC
A common requirement that is often requested in modern sites is for forms to be submitted and validated on asynchronously. Here is my usual approach to the problem using MVC4 and JQuery
#async#form-validation#javascript#mvc#razor#csharp
28 Apr 2013•less than a minute read•15822 views
Generic IQueryable 'OR' search for multiple search terms using expression trees
Continuing my latest theme of search extension methods, my new method allows users to search a property against multiple search terms. The code has been added to my existing search extensions project which can be found on github by going to https://github.com/ninjanye/SearchExtensions
#generics#expression-trees#lambda#linq#extension-methods#search#sql#csharp#search-extensions
3 Apr 2013•2 min read•15596 views
Generic IQueryable 'OR' search on multiple properties using expression trees
Following on from my previous post on creating a generic search extension method for IQueryable, I decided to take the concept a step further and create an additional method that allows you to search multiple properties for a particular search term. This has now also been created as a github project
#generics#expression-trees#linq#extension-methods#search#sql#csharp
21 Mar 2013•less than a minute read•21004 views
C# generic search extension method for IQueryable
Following up to my previous post on a generic repository method, I decided to take it a step further and create an generic search extension method to perform the same task. Here is the extension method as well as the SQL it generated
#entity-framework#generics#expression-trees#lambda#extension-methods#search#csharp
4 Mar 2013•2 min read•13045 views
Generic Repository Search function with Expression Trees
In this post I begin to create a generic search extension method using expression trees. The result is a cool extension method that can be applied to any IQueryable. More to follow as I expand on the method.
#entity-framework#generics#expression-trees#lambda#linq#csharp#search-extensions
16 Jan 2012•less than a minute read•33814 views
Creating a dropdown list from an enum in MVC and C#
Creating a dropdown list from an enum in asp.net MVC is a common task. In this post I create a custom c# enum helper which allows for easy creation of a SelectList accounting for custom descriptions and selected values
#dropdownlist#enums#mvc4#select-list#generics#csharp
4 Jun 2011•less than a minute read•17989 views
Getting schema information from an edmx file with POCO
In this post I demonstrate how to get schema information from an edmx file by manipulating our t4 template.
#entity-framework#edmx#poco#t4-template#csharp