Generate ASCII Art – A Simple How To in C#
Have you ever wanted to change a picture into ASCII art? Now you can with your very own C# program that can generate ASCII art! Sample code included!
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August 25, 2023
If you’re a beginner software developer, these articles will be a great place for you to start. These articles require little to no experience to start you off.
Dependency Injection: How to Start with Autofac the Easy Way
Want more flexible, extensible, and testable code? We'll use Autofac net core! What is Autofac? It's a powerful Dependency Injection framework in dotnet!
August 22, 2023
Balancing Learning with Practical Application in Programming: A Deep Dive
In programming, this struggle is real: How to balance learning theory with building things? How do you actively learn and balance it with practical application?
August 21, 2023
Building Projects – Unlock Success As A Beginner Programmer
Are you a beginner programmer? If so, you'd benefit from applying all of the theoretical knowledge you're gaining by building projects! Check out this list!
August 17, 2023
How To Choose The Best Beginner Programming Language
Without a doubt you've had to ask yourself, "What is the best beginner programming language?" if you're new to programming. This article will help you decide!
March 6, 2023
C# Basics: A Guide for New Programmers
I've been making it my mission more recently to try and reduce the barriers for people that want to get started with programming. If you're just getting started out, it can be incredibly intimidating and often leaves folks quitting before they get started. When you factor in just how many programming languages there are to pick from, it's yet another barrier for getting started. How do you pick? What's the best one? I’ve spoken before about how to approach getting started and if you’re open to starting with the “dotnet” ecosystem then this C# basics article is for you! For some history, C# was originally created back in 2000 although if you check out this other page, we can see that it looks like C# 1.0 was actually out in 2002. For homework, you can go read about all of…
March 1, 2023
Iterators – An Elementary Perspective on How They Function
If you're newer to C# or programming in general, you may have used an iterator and not even realized it. Iterators can be a performant and effective tool that we have access to as .NET developers that allow us to traverse collections of data. Because one of the requirements of an iterator is that it must implement the IEnumerable interface, the results of an iterator can only be enumerated over. For example, you could use the results of an iterator in a foreach loop but you could not directly index into the iterator results (like you could an array) without some additional steps. Another requirement of iterators is that they use a special keyword called "yield" so that they can yield and return the individual elements that are to be provided to the caller of the iterator. In a nutshell,…
February 10, 2023
IEnumerable in C# – A Simplified Beginners Guide
New to C# and looking to understand more about the IEnumerable interface? Check out this article for a crash course on getting started with C# IEnumerable!
February 5, 2023
Everything You Wanted to Know About Multiline Strings
Working with strings is probably one of the earliest things we get to do as C# developers. In fact, if you consider that most of us start with the "Hello, World!" example, you're being exposed to the string type right away. But as you continue to use strings, you'll quickly find that you want to work with strings that span multiple lines and how we define multiline strings might be a tricky topic for beginners. No sweat! In this article, we'll look at some simple code examples that demonstrate how to define multiline strings. I'll also link over to GitHub where you can see this code committed and pushed up to a public repository. Finally, the last example contains a special bonus that I think you'll like (even if it's a slightly more advanced topic). Read until the end! What's…
February 1, 2023
Simple Data Types in C#: A Beginner’s Guide
As a C# developer, understanding the different simple data types in C# and when to use them is crucial for writing efficient and maintainable code. I've been trying to spend more time this year putting together some content aimed at really introductory level programming. There's plenty of resources available online, but I want to do my part to ensure I can help break down some of the barriers for people getting started on their programming journey. In this beginner's guide, we will look at the basics of the most commonly used simple data types in C#, including int, float, double, byte, char, bool, and string. We will also look at how these data types differ from each other and when to use them in your C# programming! Integer Data Types The most commonly used integer data types in C# are…
January 25, 2023
