public struct Maybe<T> : IEquatable<Maybe<T>>
        where T : class
    {
        private readonly T _value;

        private Maybe(T value)
        {
            _value = value;
        }

        public bool HasValue => _value != null;
        public T Value => _value ?? throw new InvalidOperationException();
        public static Maybe<T> None => new Maybe<T>();


        public static implicit operator Maybe<T>(T value)
        {
            return new Maybe<T>(value);
        }

        public static bool operator ==(Maybe<T> maybe, T value)
        {
            return maybe.HasValue && maybe.Value.Equals(value);
        }

        public static bool operator !=(Maybe<T> maybe, T value)
        {
            return !(maybe == value);
        }

        public static bool operator ==(Maybe<T> left, Maybe<T> right)
        {
            return left.Equals(right);
        }

        public static bool operator !=(Maybe<T> left, Maybe<T> right)
        {
            return !(left == right);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        /// <summary>
        ///     Avoid boxing and Give type safety
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="other"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public bool Equals(Maybe<T> other)
        {
            if (!HasValue && !other.HasValue)
                return true;

            if (!HasValue || !other.HasValue)
                return false;

            return _value.Equals(other.Value);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Avoid reflection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="obj"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            if (obj is T typed)
            {
                obj = new Maybe<T>(typed);
            }

            if (!(obj is Maybe<T> other)) return false;

            return Equals(other);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Good practice when overriding Equals method.
        ///     If x.Equals(y) then we must have x.GetHashCode()==y.GetHashCode()
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            return HasValue ? _value.GetHashCode() : 0;
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return HasValue ? _value.ToString() : "NO VALUE";
        }
    }

dotnet add package FluentValidation.AspNetCore

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModel
    {
        [Required]
        [Display(Name = "User name")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [StringLength(100, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.", MinimumLength = 6)]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Password")]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
        [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "The password and confirmation password do not match.")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
        [Display(Name = "Email")]
        [EmailAddress]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Range(18, 60)]
        [Display(Name = "Age")]
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.UserName).NotNull();
            RuleFor(x => x.Password).NotNull().Length(6, 100);
            RuleFor(x => x.ConfirmPassword).Equal(x => x.Password);
            RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddress();
            RuleFor(x => x.Age).InclusiveBetween(18, 60);
        }
    }
}

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModel
    {
        [Display(Name = "User name")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Password")]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Display(Name = "Confirm password")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.EmailAddress)]
        [Display(Name = "Email")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Display(Name = "Age")]
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.UserName)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your first name is required.")
                .MaximumLength(20)
                    .WithMessage("Your first name is too long!")
                .MinimumLength(3)
                    .WithMessage(registerModel => $"Your first name `{registerModel.UserName}` is too short!");

            RuleFor(x => x.Password)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
                .Length(6, 100);

            RuleFor(x => x.ConfirmPassword)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your confirmation password is required.")
                .Equal(x => x.Password)
                    .WithMessage("The password and confirmation password do not match.");

            RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddress();
            RuleFor(x => x.Age).InclusiveBetween(18, 60);
        }
    }
}

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using FluentValidation;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.Password)
                .NotNull()
                    .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
                .Length(6, 100)
                .Must(password => hasValidPassword(password));
            //...

        }

        private static bool hasValidPassword(string password)
        {
            var lowercase = new Regex("[a-z]+");
            var uppercase = new Regex("[A-Z]+");
            var digit = new Regex("(\\d)+");
            var symbol = new Regex("(\\W)+");
            return lowercase.IsMatch(password) &&
                    uppercase.IsMatch(password) &&
                    digit.IsMatch(password) &&
                    symbol.IsMatch(password);
        }
    }
}

RuleFor(x => x.Password)
    .NotNull()
        .WithMessage("Your password is required.")
    .Length(6, 100)
    .Must(hasValidPassword);

using System;
using FluentValidation;
using FluentValidation.Validators;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class EmailFromDomainValidator : PropertyValidator
    {
        private readonly string _domain;

        public EmailFromDomainValidator(string domain)
            : base("Email address {PropertyValue} is not from domain {domain}")
        {
            _domain = domain;
        }

        protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
        {
            if (context.PropertyValue == null) return false;
            var split = context.PropertyValue.ToString().Split('@');
            return split.Length == 2 && split[1].Equals(_domain, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
        }
    }
}

RuleFor(x => x.Email)
    .SetValidator(new EmailFromDomainValidator("gmail.com"));

    public static class CustomValidatorExtensions
    {
        public static IRuleBuilderOptions<T, string> EmailAddressFromDomain<T>(
            this IRuleBuilder<T, string> ruleBuilder, string domain)
        {
            return ruleBuilder.SetValidator(new EmailFromDomainValidator(domain));
        }
    }

RuleFor(x => x.Email).EmailAddressFromDomain("gmail.com");

    public class RegisterModel
    {
        // ...

        public Address Address { get; set; }

        public ICollection<Phone> Phones { get; set; }
    }

    public class Phone
    {
        public string Number { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
    }

    public class Address
    {
        public string Location { get; set; }
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
    }

    public class PhoneValidator : AbstractValidator<Phone>
    {
        public PhoneValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.Number).NotNull();
        }
    }

    public class AddressValidator : AbstractValidator<Address>
    {
        public AddressValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(x => x.PostalCode).NotNull();
            RuleFor(x => x.Location).NotNull();
        }
    }

    public class RegisterModelValidator : AbstractValidator<RegisterModel>
    {
        public RegisterModelValidator()
        {
            // ...

            RuleFor(x => x.Address).SetValidator(new AddressValidator());

            RuleForEach(x => x.Phones).SetValidator(new PhoneValidator());
        }

public class User
{
   public string Name { set; get; }
}

public record User
{
   public string Name { set; get; }
}

var user = new User();
user.Name = "User 1";

public record User(string Name);

var user = new User("User 1");
// Error: Init-only property or indexer 'User.Name' can only be assigned
// in an object initializer, or on 'this' or 'base' in an instance constructor
// or an 'init' accessor. [CS9Features]csharp(CS8852)
user.Name = "User 1";

public record User(string Name);

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Text;
using CS9Features;

public class User : IEquatable<User>
{
 protected virtual Type EqualityContract
 {
  [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableContext(1)]
  [CompilerGenerated]
  get
  {
   return typeof(User);
  }
 }

 public string Name
 {
  get;
  set/*init*/;
 }

 public User(string Name)
 {
  this.Name = Name;
  base..ctor();
 }

 public override string ToString()
 {
  StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
  stringBuilder.Append("User");
  stringBuilder.Append(" { ");
  if (PrintMembers(stringBuilder))
  {
   stringBuilder.Append(" ");
  }
  stringBuilder.Append("}");
  return stringBuilder.ToString();
 }

 protected virtual bool PrintMembers(StringBuilder builder)
 {
  builder.Append("Name");
  builder.Append(" = ");
  builder.Append((object?)Name);
  return true;
 }

 [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableContext(2)]
 public static bool operator !=(User? r1, User? r2)
 {
  return !(r1 == r2);
 }

 [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableContext(2)]
 public static bool operator ==(User? r1, User? r2)
 {
  return (object)r1 == r2 || (r1?.Equals(r2) ?? false);
 }

 public override int GetHashCode()
 {
  return EqualityComparer<Type>.Default.GetHashCode(EqualityContract) * -1521134295 + EqualityComparer<string>.Default.GetHashCode(Name);
 }

 public override bool Equals(object? obj)
 {
  return Equals(obj as User);
 }

 public virtual bool Equals(User? other)
 {
  return (object)other != null && EqualityContract == other!.EqualityContract && EqualityComparer<string>.Default.Equals(Name, other!.Name);
 }

 public virtual User <Clone>$()
 {
  return new User(this);
 }

 protected User(User original)
 {
  Name = original.Name;
 }

 public void Deconstruct(out string Name)
 {
  Name = this.Name;
 }
}

public virtual User <Clone>$()
{
  return new User(this);
}

public record User(string Name, int Age);

var user1 = new User("User 1", 21);

var user2 = user1 with { Age = 31 };

var user1 = new User("User 1", 21);
var user2 = new User("User 1", 21);

Console.WriteLine("user1.Equals(user2) -> {0}", user1.Equals(user2));
Console.WriteLine("user1 == user2 -> {0}", user1 == user2);

user1.Equals(user2) -> True
user1 == user2 -> True

public virtual bool Equals(User? other)
{
   return (object)other != null &&
 EqualityContract == other!.EqualityContract &&
 EqualityComparer<string>.Default.Equals(Name, other!.Name) && 
EqualityComparer<int>.Default.Equals(Age, other!.Age);
}

    public record User
    {
        public string Name { get; init; }

        public User(string name)
        {
            Name = name;
        }
    }

    public record UserWithAge : User
    {
        public int Age { get; init; }

        public UserWithAge(string name, int age) : base(name)
        {
            Age = age;
        }
    }

var user1 = new User("User 1");
var user2 = new UserWithAge("User 1", 21);

Console.WriteLine("user1.Equals(user2) -> {0}", user1.Equals(user2));
Console.WriteLine("user1 == user2 -> {0}", user1 == user2);

user1.Equals(user2) -> False
user1 == user2 -> False

public abstract record Food(int Calories);
public record Milk(int C, double FatPercentage) : Food(C);

Console.WriteLine(user1.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(user2.ToString());

User { Name = User 1 }
UserWithAge { Name = User 1, Age = 21 }

public record Person(string Name, int Age);

public void Deconstruct(out string Name, out int Age)
{
  Name = this.Name;
  Age = this.Age;
}

var (name, age) = new Person("User 1", 21);

 public record Person([Required] string Name, [Range(0, 150)] int Age);

 public class PersonController
 {
   public IActionResult Index() => View();

   [HttpPost]
   public IActionResult Index(Person person)
   {
    // ...
   }
 }

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Entities
{
    public class Member
    {
       // ...

        public virtual ICollection<Member> Children { get; set; }
        public virtual Member Recommender { set; get; }
        public int? RecommendedBy { set; get; }

       // ...
    }
}

var id = 27;
var entity27WithAllOfItsParents =
                        context.Members
                            .Where(member => member.MemId == id
                                            || member.Children.Any(m => member.MemId == m.RecommendedBy))
                            .ToList() //It's a MUST - get all children from the database
                            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.MemId == id);// then get the root of the tree

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Exercises.RecursiveQueries
{
    public static class RecursiveUtils
    {
        public static void FindParents(Member member, List<dynamic> actualResult)
        {
            if (member == null || member.Recommender == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var item = member.Recommender;
            actualResult.Add(new { Recommender = item.MemId, item.FirstName, item.Surname });

            if (item.Recommender != null)
            {
                FindParents(item, actualResult);
            }
        }
    }
}

var actualResult = new List<dynamic>();
RecursiveUtils.FindParents(entity27WithAllOfItsParents, actualResult);

var id = 1;
var entity1WithAllOfItsDescendants =
                        context.Members
                            .Include(member => member.Children)
                            .Where(member => member.MemId == id
                                            || member.Children.Any(m => member.MemId == m.RecommendedBy))
                            .ToList() //It's a MUST - get all children from the database
                            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.MemId == id);// then get the root of the tree

SELECT   [m].[MemId],
         [m].[Address],
         [m].[FirstName],
         [m].[JoinDate],
         [m].[RecommendedBy],
         [m].[Surname],
         [m].[Telephone],
         [m].[ZipCode],
         [m0].[MemId],
         [m0].[Address],
         [m0].[FirstName],
         [m0].[JoinDate],
         [m0].[RecommendedBy],
         [m0].[Surname],
         [m0].[Telephone],
         [m0].[ZipCode]
FROM     [Members] AS [m]
         LEFT OUTER JOIN
         [Members] AS [m0]
         ON [m].[MemId] = [m0].[RecommendedBy]
WHERE    ([m].[MemId] = 1)
         OR EXISTS (SELECT 1
                    FROM   [Members] AS [m1]
                    WHERE  ([m].[MemId] = [m1].[RecommendedBy])
                           AND ([m].[MemId] = [m1].[RecommendedBy]))
ORDER BY [m].[MemId], [m0].[MemId];

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Exercises.RecursiveQueries
{
    public static class RecursiveUtils
    {
        public static void FindChildren(Member member, List<dynamic> actualResult)
        {
            if (member == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            foreach (var item in member.Children)
            {
                actualResult.Add(new { item.MemId, item.FirstName, item.Surname });
                if (item.Children != null)
                {
                    FindChildren(item, actualResult);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

var actualResult = new List<dynamic>();
RecursiveUtils.FindChildren(entity1WithAllOfItsDescendants, actualResult);

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;

namespace JsonTests
{
    public class Product
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public bool IsInStock { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {            
         var products = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<Product>>("[{\"Id\":1026,\"Name\":\"P1\",\"IsInStock\":\"false\"}]");
        }
    }
}

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Text.Json.JsonException' occurred in System.Text.Json.dll
Inner exceptions found, see $exception in variables window for more details.
Innermost exception System.InvalidOperationException : Cannot get the value of a token type 'String' as a boolean.

    public class BooleanConverter : JsonConverter<bool>
    {
        public override bool Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
        {
            var value = reader.GetString();
            if (value.Equals("true", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || value.Equals("yes", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || value.Equals("1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (value.Equals("false", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || value.Equals("no", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || value.Equals("0", StringComparison.Ordinal))
            {
                return false;
            }

            throw new NotSupportedException($"`{value}` can't be converted to `bool`.");
        }

        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, bool value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
        {
            switch (value)
            {
                case true:
                    writer.WriteStringValue("true");
                    break;
                case false:
                    writer.WriteStringValue("false");
                    break;
            }
        }
    }

    public abstract class JsonConverter<T> : JsonConverter
    {
        protected internal JsonConverter();

        public override bool CanConvert(Type typeToConvert);
        public abstract T Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options);
        public abstract void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, T value, JsonSerializerOptions options);
    }

var options = new JsonSerializerOptions();
options.Converters.Add(new BooleanConverter());
var products = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<Product>>(
   "[{\"Id\":1026,\"Name\":\"P1\",\"IsInStock\":\"false\"}]",
   options);

[JsonConverter(typeof(BooleanConverter))]
public bool IsInStock { get; set; }

var options  = new JsonSerializerOptions() {WriteIndented = true };
options.Converters.Add(new BooleanConverter());
var data = JsonSerializer.Serialize<List<Product>>(productList, options);

    public interface ICalculator<T>
    {
        T Add(T operand1, T operand2);
    }

    public class Calculator<T> : ICalculator<T>
    {
        public T Add(T operand1, T operand2)
        {
            return operand1 + operand2;
        }
    }

 Operator '+' cannot be applied to operands of type 'T' and 'T'

    public class Calculator2<T>
    {
        public T Sum(List<T> list)
        {
            T sum = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
                sum += list[i];
            return sum;
        }
    }

    public interface ICalculator<T>
    {
        T Add(T operand1, T operand2);
    }

    public class Int32Calculator : ICalculator<int>
    {
        public int Add(int operand1, int operand2)
        {
            return operand1 + operand2;
        }
    }

    public class AlgorithmLibrary<T> where T : new() 
    {
        private readonly ICalculator<T> _calculator;
        public AlgorithmLibrary(ICalculator<T> calculator)
        {
            _calculator = calculator;
        }

        public T Sum(List<T> items)
        {
            var sum = new T();
            for (var i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
            {
                sum = _calculator.Add(sum, items[i]);
            }
            return sum;
        }
    }

 var result = new AlgorithmLibrary<int>(new Int32Calculator()).Sum(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 });

    public class Algorithms<T> where T : new() 
    {
        public T Calculate(Func<T, T, T> add, IEnumerable<T> numbers)
        {
            var sum = new T();
            foreach (var number in numbers)
            {
                sum = add(sum, number);
            }
            return sum;
        }
    }

 var result = new Algorithms<int>().Calculate((a, b) => a + b, new[] { 1, 2, 3 });

    public class Calculator<T> : ICalculator<T>
    {
        public T Add(T operand1, T operand2)
        {
            return (dynamic)operand1 + operand2;
        }
    }

 var test = new Calculator<int>().Add(1, 2);

public T Add(T t1, T t2)
{
    if (typeof(T) == typeof(double))
    {
        var d1 = (double)t1;
        var d2 = (double)t2;
        return (T)(d1 + d2);
    }
    else if (typeof(T) == typeof(int)){
        var i1 = (int)t1;
        var i2 = (int)t2;
        return (T)(i1 + i2);
    }
    else ...
}

using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace GenericsArithmetic
{
    public class Solution3
    {
        public T Add<T>(T a, T b)
        {
            var paramA = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), "a");
            var paramB = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), "b");

            var body = Expression.Add(paramA, paramB);
            var add = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, T, T>>(body, paramA, paramB).Compile();
            return add(a, b);
        }
    }
}

public static T Sum<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source)
{
    T sum = Operator<T>.Zero;
    foreach (T value in source)
    {
            sum = Operator.Add(sum, value);
    }
    return sum;
}