Category Archives: c#

Azure ApplicationInsights track custom metrics using the TelemetryClient

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

The Microsoft.ApplicationInsights nuget package is your code gateway to the Microsoft Application Insights portal, and also to the Azure Monitor universe. You use these tools as a shared place for your log data, telemetry, alerts, diagnostics etc. The Application Insights comes … Continue reading →

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Azure Application Insights – Multiple services from same server

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

This trick enables you to have multiple services from the same server log to the same Application Insights instance, and at the same time distinguish between each service. In the example above, I have 2 services from the same server. … Continue reading →

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c# Async fire and forget

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Often in application development you want a process to call another thread and continue the process flow, without waiting for a response from the called thread. This pattern is called the “fire and forget” pattern. I myself are oblivious to … Continue reading →

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Sitecore check access and roles programatically

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

The Sitecore security model have changed over time, but the general API to check security access and roles have been stable for many many years. CHECK IF USER HAS ACCESS TO AN ITEM: To check if a user have access … Continue reading →

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Sitecore 9 Dependency Injection – Extend the Sitecore Logging

Posted on October 26, 2018 by

With the extended use of Dependency Injection (DI) in Sitecore 9, you have yet another tool to extend the Sitecore functionality. With DI you can basically replace or extend standard Sitecore functionality with your own code. Dependency Injection is not a … Continue reading →

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Sitecore find Unused Sublayouts

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

Long lived Sitecore solutions tend to build up unused renderings and sublayouts as design, features and functions evolve. Finding those unused sublayouts it not just a matter of checking the Sitecore Link Database for sublayouts with no references because: You will … Continue reading →

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SHA256 hashing email addresses for GDPR reasons

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

This is a followup on the previous post C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons, where user Inspector Cluedget pointed out that masking (replacing characters with *) an email address in the log file is the least safest of the data masking … Continue reading →

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C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

UPDATE 2018-08-10: See this post SHA256 hashing email addresses for GDPR reasons for an even better masking approcah. Thanks to Inspector Cluedget for the tip. This is a C# extension method that will mask your email address following this pattern: If it’s … Continue reading →

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Sitecore and WebApi

Posted on June 22, 2018 by

So you have some legacy WebApi code that needs to run in your Sitecore solution? Or are just just a WebApi expert and need to use your favorite tool in the toolbox? Fear not, WebApi will run fine in your … Continue reading →

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Creating dynamic arrays and lists using Dynamic and ExpandoObject in C#

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

In this previous post, C# Using Newtonsoft and dynamic ExpandoObject to convert one Json to another, I described how you can use the dynamic keyword and the ExpandoObject class to quickly transform JSON without the need for any concrete implementations of … Continue reading →

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