DevFast - Lets Shake Hands

Hello DevFast!

DevFast stands for "Develop Fast", without compromising the code quality. Library is equipped with extensive documentation and features set of, expressive & simplest to use, methods any programmer requires almost all the time. Naming convention of these methods make sure that code stays highly readable. It provides methods which any programmer requires almost all the time.

In the v1 of this library, we propose the following features:

• Carefully naming of methods to maintain code readability
• Proposing a lot of quotidian programming needs as one-liner
• Method chaining is all the way
• Minimal boilerplate code
• Extensively test covered

Useful links:

• Our GitHub Repo

• Nuget Page

• GitHub Wiki

• Release Notes

Trying Is Everything

Simplest Way to Understand What this Lib Can Do For You is to:

• Reference it in your project
• Take a string variable and type .T to find possible extensions

Sample Codes of Following PNG Snapshots are Available as Dot.Net.DevFast.Sample

DevFast Over Breakfast

Before we look at those methods, first let's see if we would like to write the following program:

 

"Create a function that accepts a string, parses it as DateTime, if parsing fails, return 12 Jan, 2000 as value"

To write such a program for such a simple requirement, we might:

• need to consider null values
• perform unit testing
• maintain it throughout the project lifetime
• most interestingly, we need to spend time writing it! It means during that time, we CANNOT do something else far more exciting!
• above all, such mundane requirements are seldom project specific; so if not packetized, we need to reinvent the wheel again.

On the other hand, with DevFast added as reference, this code a one-liner. Let's see a sample as the following picture (sample code):

String.T Variants

• .TryTo => string parsing to bool,int,long,decimal,DateTime,Enum,Type, etc.
• .ToOrDefault => string parsing to bool, int, long, decimal, DateTime, Enum, Type, etc. with given default value
• .To variants => string parsing to FileInfo, DirectoryInfo, bool,int,long,decimal,DateTime,Enum,Type, etc. throws Exception when parsing fails.
• .Trim variants => string trim specific methods
• .Throw variants => Exception throwing methods when string satisfies certain conditions.
• .ToBase64 / .FromBase64 variants => Base64 string conversion methods
• .Transform variants => String transformation methods (Base64 is a special case)

The below picture shows some sample use cases (sample code):

.Throw Variants

• .ThrowIf / .ThrowIfNot => on bool. throws when true (ThrowIf) or false (ThrowIfNot). Though it might look trivial, it is very powerful. Almost all other Throws fallbacks on it.
• .ThrowIfNull => On any T which is class (ReferenceType).
• .ThrowIfNullOrEmpty => On any T which is ICollection (Array, List, etc.).
• .ThrowOnMiss => On Dictionary / Collections type. When supplied Key / valye is not in it.
• .ThrowIfZero / .ThrowIfNotZero => as the name suggests (int/ long)
• .ThrowIfEqual / .ThrowIfNotEqual => Any T which is IEquatable
• .ThrowIfLess / .ThrowIfGreater => Any T which is IComparable
• .ThrowIfBounded / .ThrowIfNotBounded => Any T which is IComparable

The below picture shows some sample use cases (sample code):

.ToBase64 Variants

• .ToBase64 / .FromBase64 => on string, byte[], ArraySegment<byte>
• .ToBase64Async / .FromBase64Async => on string, byte[], ArraySegment<byte>, StringBuilder, Stream

The below picture shows some sample use cases (sample code):

Miscellaneous Methods

• .TransformAsync => on string, byte[], ArraySegment<byte>, StringBuilder, Stream to perform various Crypto transformations
• .CreateFileInfo => on DirectoryInfo to create FileInfo object
• .CreateBytes => on ArraySegment<byte> to create byte[]

The below picture shows some sample use cases (sample code):

Let's NOT Say Goodbye...

Here, we discussed what we propose as v1 of DevFast. We are continuously adding more and more code in it to bring you helpful one-liners. We would be happy to know your requirements and on the way, we'll prioritize those.

Useful links:

• Our GitHub Repo

• Nuget Page

• GitHub Wiki

• Release Notes

Let us know your thoughts.