Category Archives: .net

Change date format using .NET Regular Expressions

Posted on June 13, 2019 by

You can use Regex.Replace to change the format of a date string. For example if your input string is YYYY/MM/DD but you need to change it to YYYY-MM-DD, you can use this small method: Regular expressions are unreadable as usual, … Continue reading →

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Sitecore start scheduled task manually

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

Sitecore scheduled tasks are background tasks running on a schedule. But never when you need it, especially when developing the tasks. You can trigger these tasks manually if you please. THE EASY WAY: INSTALL SITECORE POWERSHELL The Sitecore PowerShell module … Continue reading →

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Sitecore get Context from fully qualified URL

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

One of the basic Sitecore concepts is the concept of a context. The context is resolved from the HTTP Context to Sitecore and determines the database, language, user domain, content start item etc. The context is defined in the App_Config/Sitecore.config … Continue reading →

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Deserialize XML array to string[] and how to allow JSON to be deserialized into the same POCO class

Posted on April 1, 2019 by

How do you deserialize the classic XML array to an string[] type? The XML representation of an array is a list of elements: And the MyArray would normally be deserialized to an annoying class: The solution is to use the … Continue reading →

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Sitecore Pipelines – The great walkthrough

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

I have previously stated my enthusiasm for the Sitecore Pipeline concept. This article describes how to create your own, how to add parameters, and which properties to use. WHAT IS A SITECORE PIPELINE? It is best described as a simple … Continue reading →

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Your session ID is being reused and there is nothing you can do about it

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

In many years we have been used to the fact that the ASP.Net session ID uniquely identifies one session, and one session only. Back in 2006, Margaret Rouse from TechTarget even wrote in the definition of a session ID that: … Continue reading →

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Sitecore disable automatic lock on create items

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

From Sitecore 9, Sitecore changed the default behavior when creating items in the content editor. As per default, any item is locked when created, and will only be unlocked if the user unlocks it, or the user saves the item, … Continue reading →

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Sitecore delete old item versions

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

Are your Sitecore editors version-trigger-happy? Is your master database items drowning in old versions that will never be used – or is just exact replicas of the previous version? Fear not, you can in fact – with a little bit … Continue reading →

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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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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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