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Mastering Google Drive API in C#: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 07, 2023

This blog provides a comprehensive guide for developers looking to use the Google Drive API in their C# applications. It covers various topics such as authentication, uploading and downloading files, searching, updating, deleting, and sharing files, working with folders, using the API with ASP.NET Core, handling errors, and best practices. By the end of the blog, developers will have a thorough understanding of how to effectively and efficiently use the Google Drive API in their C# projects.

Convert Byte To String In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 06, 2023

Converting a byte array to a string is a common task in C#, especially when working with data that has been encoded in bytes, such as image files or network packets. In this blog post, we'll explore several methods for converting byte arrays to strings in C#.

Convert Byte To Stream In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 06, 2023

In C#, you can easily convert a byte array to a stream using the MemoryStream class, which provides a stream backed by an in-memory buffer. This can be useful when working with APIs or libraries that require a stream as input, or when you need to manipulate the data in a byte array using stream-based operations. In this blog, we'll explore how to convert a byte array to a stream in C# using the MemoryStream class.

Convert Int to String in C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 02, 2023

Converting an int to a string is a common task in C# programming. This process is useful when you need to display an integer value as text, concatenate integer values with other strings, or store integer values in a text file. In this blog post, we'll explore the different ways to convert an int to a string in C#.

Convert String To Datetime In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: July 28, 2022

This blog post will teach us how to convert a string to DateTime in C#. Let's say you have a datetime string with a date time value and now you want to perform some date calculations or checks or something else, you would need to convert this string to date in C#.

Check If String Is A Number In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: July 28, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how to check if a string is a proper number or integer in C#. Let's say you have a code in which you are getting a age as a string from a database call and you want to check if this string is a number or not before you could use it, this is where this check would be handy.

Convert String To Float In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: June 12, 2022

In this blog post, we are going to learn how we can convert a string to float in C#. If you have a string that has a floating-point value or a double stored in it, and you want to convert the string to a float so that you can use it in your application.

Get Int Value From Enum In C# - Convert Enum To Int In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: June 12, 2022

In this blog post, we are going to learn how we can get an Int value from Enum in C#. As we know, An enumeration type (or enum type) is a value type defined by a set of named constants of the underlying integral numeric type. We can get the integral value of an enum and can use it inside our C# application.

Get The First Character Of A String In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 31, 2022

In this blog post, we are going to learn how we can get the first character of a string in C#. We will discuss 2 methods by which we can get the first character of a string. Just note that you should still check if the string is null or empty to avoid any runtime exceptions.

Convert List To Dictionary In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 31, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how we can convert a list to a dictionary in C#. Let's say you have a list and you want to convert it to a dictionary so that you can have defined key value pairs so you can use them, this is where this conversion from a list to dictionary comes in handy.

Calculate Age From Date Of Birth (DateTime Birthdate) In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 31, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how we can calculate the age of a person from their birthdate (birthday) in C#. To calculate the age of the person as of today's date, we need two variables, today's date and the birthdate(birth date) of the person for which we want to calculate the age.

Get The Last Character Of A String In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 30, 2022

In this blog post, we are going to learn how we can get the last character of a string in C#. There can be many use cases where this might be necessary.

Reverse A String In C# - 2 Ways To Reverse A String

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 22, 2022

In this blog post, we will see how we can reverse a string in C#. Reversing a string can be used in a few different scenarios. One of the use case can be an interview question.

Get File Size In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 22, 2022

In this blog post, we will see how we can get the size of a file in C#. To get a file size in C#, we have to use the Length property on the FileInfo.

Convert String To Hex In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: May 22, 2022

In this blog post, we will see how we can convert a string to hex in C#. We will look at 3 ways by which we can easily convert a string to hex in C#.

Char Array To String In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: April 06, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how to convert a Char Array To String in C#. A char array is an array of character types. That means they hold a single character value in each of its elements.

C# Dictionary Foreach - Iterate Over Dictionary C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: April 05, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how to iterate over a dictionary in C#. We will use a few different ways to iterate over the dictionary.

C# Exit Foreach Loop - Break Our Of Foreach Loop In C# - Break Keyword In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: April 05, 2022

In this blog post, we will see how to exit a for or a foreach loop in C#. There can be a use case where you are checking a condition in a loop where you are iterating through a list or an array. When this condition is met, you want to break from this loop and exit foreach loop.

Wait For X Seconds In C# - Add Delay In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 30, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn a couple of ways by which we can wait for X seconds in C# and delay execution. There can be a few use cases for adding a delay or for waiting for X seconds before you resume execution of your code in C# such as printing records back to the console, adding an explicit delay to mock or stub a slow running server or a backend service, etc.

C# Tab Character - Add Tab In String C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 28, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how we can add a tab in string in C#. There are a lot of places in your code where you would feel the need to add a tab character in C#.

C# Shuffle List - Shuffle A List In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 28, 2022

Do you want to Shuffle A List In C#? In this blog post, we will show you how you can shuffle a list in C# using the Random function.

C# Multiline String - Add New Line In String C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 26, 2022

Let's learn to create a multiline string in C#. For readability purposes, sometimes we have to split a string into a multiline string in C#. To our luck, there are several ways by which we can have multiline strings in C#.

C# Double Question Mark Operator - Null-Coalescing Operator C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 26, 2022

If you are reviewing a C# code and you've come across a double question mark operator (??), you must be wondering what does this double question mark operator does in C#. In this blog post, we will learn what this double question mark operator does and we will also see a few usages of this operator in some code examples.

C# Array Length - Get Length Of Array Using Array.Length() Property

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 26, 2022

In this blog post, we will learn how we can get the length of array in C#. This is really easy and we will see how we can use the property on any array that you want to get the length or the count of elements for. Let's see how we can get the length of the array using a code example.

3 Ways To Convert An Array To List In C#

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 25, 2022

In this blog post, we will convert an Array To List in C#. If you are dealing with Arrays in a code base, you may end up converting that to a much more powerful List in C# for several reasons. For one, it's much easier to append items to a list than to an array and you can use the power of Linq in lists easily.

Exponent In C# - Exponent Operator In C# Using Math.Pow() Method

Author: Sameer Saini Date Published: March 25, 2022

Ever wondered, how can we evaluate an exponent in C#? In this blog post, we will discuss how we add an exponent in C#. In this code example, we will use Math.Pow() method to evaluate an exponent in C#.