Debug & Release

How to get lines of code removed from a git repository?

In many companies, there is an incentive to remove old code and refactor to use newer technologies or languages to make the solution smaller, easier to comprehend and maintain. If you are in a company that has goals to remove old code, it may be the case where you need 22 Nov 2024 1 min read

How to convert .docx files to .pdf with C#?

It's a very common ask in a business settings to have .docx files that need to be converted into .pdf files. There might be .docx templates that need to be sent to customers, but you would prefer to send them a .pdf instead of a .docx file. Fortunately 30 Nov 2023 3 min read

How to create in-memory PDFs with iText and C#?

You can create in-memory PDFs with C# using a few nuget libraries; itext7, itext7.bouncy-castle-adapter and itext7.pdfhtml. Here's some code how you might accomplish that. Much thanks goes to mkl from StackOverflow who has a wealth of knowledge on this topic. Code using iText. 29 Oct 2023 3 min read

How to scan a PDF for text using C#?

You can easily scan PDFs for specific text in C#, here's how you might do that. We'll follow by using NET Core as our framework, the only nuget package you'll need to install is itext7. Code using iText.Kernel.Pdf; using iText.Kernel.Pdf. 27 Oct 2023 1 min read

How to load images in Electron applications?

Loading images can be tricky to load in Electron apps. In development environments, we want a hot-reload server, something that will recompile our application if we make changes. In production environments, we would like all of our code to be bundled and distributable. Are we able to load images 20 Jul 2022 7 min read