Cool .NET Tools, Techniques and Libraries

aka. More .NET Stuff that Doesn’t Suck

Presented byGregory M. Sohl

PDF Merge (and split too)

GIOS PDF Split / Merge Open Source License: LGPL http://www.paologios.com/products/Default2.aspx?type=src

Easily Expose Unmanaged Interface

DLLExport Automated tool for exposing .NET static methods as an

unmanaged interface Uses Cecil to rewrite the IL after compile NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/UnmanagedExports/ Project Info:

https://sites.google.com/site/robertgiesecke/Home/uploads/unmanagedexports

Using NuGet Safely

Open Source LicensesNuGet.org Trust issuesUse of feeds / repositoriesReview the Package Contents

Open Source Licenses

They’re not all created equalWhat’s your policy?

NuGet Trust Issues

No true author identificationNo package signingMany non-official packagesReference Phil Haack – http://bit.ly/haack-trust NuGet Goals - http://bit.ly/NuGet-Goals

Use of Feeds & Repositories

NuGet.orgMicrosoft Curated FeedSelf-Hosted RepositorySet up Visual Studio to use repositories in this order Self-Hosted Repo Microsoft Curated NuGet.org

Review the Package Contents

PowerShell Executes on install

Init.ps1 - runs the first time a package is installed in a solutionInstall.ps1 runs when a package is installed in a project

Executes on uninstallUninstall.ps1 runs every time a package is uninstalled

Source Code Embedded "other" 3rd party source - Check it's license too No Source? Review the DLL with disassembler

Compare .NET Objects

Kellerman Software - .NET Object Comparison Open Source License: Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) Produced by Kellerman Software Provides type-independent deep comparison

Good control for special conditions https://comparenetobjects.codeplex.com/ We use it in serialization unit tests

View / Filter Large FilesTextAnalysisTool.NET Opens huge files Provides filtering by plain text and regex

Multiple filters, toggle on and off http://textanalysistool.github.io/ https://github.com/TextAnalysisTool Run It Other tools

Log Parser - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd919274.aspxLog Fusion - http://www.logfusion.ca/

Questions

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