public static iTextSharp.text.Image GetITextSharpImageFromAcroForm(
                            this PdfWriter pdfWriter,
                            string pdfTemplateFilePath,
                            IList<CellData> data,
                            Action<IList<CellData>, AcroFields, PdfStamper> onFillAcroForm,
                            IList<iTextSharp.text.Font> fonts,
                            int pageNumber = 1)

• An open letter to the .NET community

• Reflections on recent news

- The 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.VS.Implementation.Package.ProjectPackage' package did not load correctly.
- Test.xproj cannot be opened because its project type (.xproj) is not supported by this version of the application.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache

I’ve started looking at using MediatR for my domain events implementations. To that end, I created a quick sample project using ASP.NET Core 2.0. Overall things were pretty easy to get going. If you haven’t used MediatR before, or if you’re looking for a quick intro on how to set it up for ASP.NET Core, keep reading (if not, how did you get here? Was the title not clear?). 

public static void PrintNumbers()
{
    var numbers = new[] { 1,2,3,5,7,90 }; // from a data source
    foreach(var item in numbers)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(item);
    }    
}

public static void PrintNumbers(Func<int,string> formula)
{
    var numbers = new[] { 1,2,3,5,7,90 };  // from a data source
    foreach(var item in numbers)
    {
        var data = formula(item);
        Console.WriteLine(data);
    }    
}

 PrintNumbers(number => string.Format("{0:n0}",number));

 PrintNumbers((number) =>{ return string.Format("{0:n0}",number); });

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Caching;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace WebToolkit
{
    public static class CacheManager
    {
        public static void CacheInsert(this HttpContextBase httpContext, string key, object data, int durationMinutes)
        {
            if (data == null) return;
            httpContext.Cache.Add(
                key,
                data,
                null,
                DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(durationMinutes),
                TimeSpan.Zero,
                CacheItemPriority.AboveNormal,
                null);
        }
    }
}

var item = httpContext.Cache[key];
if (item == null)
{
    item = ReadDataFromDataSource();
    if (item == null)
          return null;

    CacheInsert(httpContext, key, item, durationMinutes);
}

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Caching;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace WebToolkit
{
    public static class CacheManager
    {
        public static void CacheInsert(this HttpContextBase httpContext, string key, object data, int durationMinutes)
        {
            if (data == null) return;
            httpContext.Cache.Add(
                key,
                data,
                null,
                DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(durationMinutes),
                TimeSpan.Zero,
                CacheItemPriority.AboveNormal,
                null);
        }

        public static T CacheRead<T>(this HttpContextBase httpContext, string key, int durationMinutes, Func<T> ifNullRetrievalMethod)
        {
            var item = httpContext.Cache[key];
            if (item == null)
            {
                item = ifNullRetrievalMethod();
                if (item == null)
                    return default(T);

                CacheInsert(httpContext, key, item, durationMinutes);
            }
            return (T)item;
        }
    }
}

var user = HttpContext.CacheRead(
                            "Key1",
                            15,
                            () => _usersService.FindUser(userId));

import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';

import { map, catchError, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Rx';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';

Observable.throw('error');

import { ErrorObservable } from 'rxjs/observable/ErrorObservable';

ErrorObservable.create('error');

import "rxjs/add/observable/timer";

const timerSource$ = Observable.timer(initialDelay);

import { timer } from 'rxjs/observable/timer';  

const timerSource$ = timer(initialDelay);

import { from} from 'rxjs/observable/from';
import { map, scan, filter } from 'rxjs/operators';

const source$ = range(1,10);

const sumOfSquaredOddNumbers$ = source$.pipe(
   filter(n => n % 2 !== 0), 
   map(n => n * n),
   scan((acc,s) => acc + s, 0)
);
sumOfSquaredOddNumbers$.subscribe(v => console.log(v));

/*** Output ****/ 
1
10
35
84
165

import { of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
import { from } from 'rxjs/observable/from';
import { range } from 'rxjs/observable/range';

const source$ = of(1,2,3);
const rangeSource$ = range(0,5);

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/filter';

names = allUserData.
         map(user => user.name).
         filter(name => name);

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { map, filter } from 'rxjs/operators';

names = allUserData.pipe(
   map(user => user.name),
   filter(name => name),
);