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Intro to Number Bases and the Cambia.BaseN Package

Conversions of numbers between different bases or representations in different bases is often needed or useful in computing. This article will introduce you to alphabets, clear up some common misconceptions and discuss some of the issues one might encounter doing base conversions. We further define a new Cambia95 standard alphabet which we hope may be adopted elsewhere for conversion and encoding solutions. Continue...

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The Cambia.Gravatar Nuget Package

Cambia.Gravator is a free Nuget package. It contains a simple .NET class for generating Gravatar URLs from emails. It supports all gravatar options. Continue...

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Rule #4 - Be Explicit

Should you ever use the var keyword in C#? What about Javascript? Being clear and precise is very important in legal contracts, but it's even more important in software. An unfortunate experience as a teenager helped crystallize the importance of being explicit in both legal matters and software. Continue...

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An Easier Way to Append Strings with a Delimiter

Appending strings is a common and repetitive task in C#. You'll be surprised how much time and energy this little extension method saves you. Continue...

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TimeOfDay Class for C#

There are a lot of ways you can hack a time of day in C#, but why not use a dedicated TimeOfDay class. Continue...

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