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C# – How to treat warnings like errors

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Warnings are easy to ignore and forget about, which isn’t good. They point out potential problems that you might want to fix. To make it easier to pay attention to warnings, you can treat them like errors. You can choose which warnings to treat like errors by using settings in the project file (or in … Read more

C# – How to use format strings with string interpolation

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Interpolated strings have the following structure: {variable:format}. Typically you exclude the format, so they normally look like this: $”My name is {name}”. Here’s how to use format strings with an interpolated string: This outputs the following: This is the equivalent of using string.Format() like this: Read more about why you should use string interpolation instead … Read more

C# – Use string interpolation instead of string.Format

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Using string.Format() is error prone and can lead to runtime exceptions. Using string interpolation prevents these problems (and it’s more readable). This article shows the two common mistakes you can make when using string.Format(), resulting in runtime exceptions, and shows how you can use string interpolation to prevent these problems. 1 – FormatException: Format string … Read more