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.NET Defensive Programming

An introducation to defensive programming in .NET.

Defensive Programming 101: Validation
Introduction Validation is an essential part of any system that takes external input. It helps us protect our application by ensuring the data it receives is expected and can be processed. A strong validation setup for our application provides the ...
Jul 12, 20217 min read369
Defensive Programming 101: Guard Clauses
Introduction A guard clause is a conditional check that runs before your method executes its main processing code. They allow us to follow the guidance of failing fast as we can pre-emptively check conditions that must hold for our methods to comple...
Jul 17, 20214 min read242