Code how-tos, and tips and tricks.

GZIP Compression in IIS for .NET Websites

09/17/2019

Turning on GZIP compression may be done via your site's web.config file.
Visual Studio provides a way to see the SQL statements generated by LINQ queries while debugging:

See SQL Generated by LINQ

09/26/2019

Visual Studio provides a way to see the SQL statements generated by LINQ queries while debugging:
I recently had to estimate how many files were contained in a large solution. Even harder, I was asked for how many lines of code the application contained. Windows powershell to the rescue!

Windows Powershell - Get File Count and Get Lines of Code Count

09/10/2019

I recently had to estimate how many files were contained in a large solution. Even harder, I was asked for how many lines of code the application contained. Windows powershell to the rescue!

Use a Regular Expression to Remove all Punctuation from a String

09/26/2019

This regular expression will remove all characters other than A-Z, 0-9, and spaces from a string.

How to Restart when Remoted In via Remote Desktop?

09/12/2019

Many developers I've met have commented that you can't restart a machine that you're remoted into via Remote Desktop.
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