Dominic Burford - Professional Profile

var msg = new SendGridMessage();
msg.SetFrom(new EmailAddress(joe.bloggs@company.co.uk, "Development Manager"));

var recipients = new List<EmailAddress>
{
    new EmailAddress(fred.smith@company.co.uk, "Software Developer")
};
msg.AddTos(recipients);
msg.SetSubject("Please ignore - Testing the SendGrid C# Library");
msg.AddContent(MimeType.Html, "<p>Hello World!</p>");
var client = new SendGridClient("place_your_api_key_here");
var response = await client.SendEmailAsync(msg);

Console.WriteLine($"Response from SendGrid demo email: {response.StatusCode}");
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to finish.......");
Console.ReadKey();

{"QuerySearchTerms":{"email":"test@mycompany.co.uk"}}

[DataContract]
    public class WebQueryTasks
    {
        [DataMember]
        public Dictionary<string, object> QuerySearchTerms { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Default constructor
        /// </summary>
        public WebQueryTasks()
        {
            this.QuerySearchTerms = new Dictionary<string, object>();
        }
    }

public string WebGetData(string queryname, string queryterms)
        {
            //initial checks such as validation and parameter checking

            try
            {
		//deserialise the JSON array structure
                WebQueryTasks query = ManagerHelper.SerializerManager().DeserializeObject<WebQueryTasks>(queryterms);
                if (query == null || !query.QuerySearchTerms.Any())
                {
                    throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, new HttpError("Unable to deserialise search terms.")));
                }
                
                object temp;
                string webResults;
		//detemine the type of the query
                switch (queryname.ToLower())
                {
                    case WebTasksTypeConstants.GetCompanyByName:
                        webResults = this._userService.GetQuerySearchTerm("name", query);
                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(webResults))
                        {
                            temp = this._companiesService.Find(webResults);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, new HttpError("Unable to locate query search term(s).")));
                        }
                        break;
                    case WebTasksTypeConstants.GetUserByEmail:
                        webResults = this._userService.GetQuerySearchTerm("email", query);
                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(webResults))
                        {
                            temp = this._userService.FindByEmail(webResults);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, new HttpError("Unable to locate query search term(s).")));
                        }
                        break;
                    default:
                        throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest,
                            new HttpError($"Unknown query type {queryname}.")));
                }
                var result = ManagerHelper.SerializerManager().SerializeObject(temp);
                return result;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, new HttpError("Exception servicing request.")));
            }
        }

-- =============================================
-- Author:		Dominic Burford
-- Create date: 21/09/2017
-- Description:	Upsert a user
-- =============================================
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Users_Upsert] 
	@username VARCHAR(128),
	@email VARCHAR(128)
AS
BEGIN

    -- are we inserting a new record or updating an existing one?
	SELECT ID FROM	Users
		WHERE Email = @email

	IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0
		BEGIN
			INSERT INTO Users
			(
				UserName,
				Email
			)
			VALUES
			(
				@username,
				@email
			)
		END
	ELSE
		BEGIN
			UPDATE Users
				SET UserName = @username,
				Updated = GETDATE()
				WHERE Email = @email

		END
END

GO

int counter = GetNewCounterValue();

if (counter == 0)
{
    //do something here
}

Wikipedia:

Defensive programming is a form of defensive design intended to ensure the continuing function of a piece of software under unforeseen circumstances. Defensive programming practices are often used where high availability, safety or security is needed.

Assert()

SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection("myDatabaseConnectionString");
connection.Open(); //what if this line of code fails!!
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("myStoredProcedure", connection)

SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
string firstName= reader["firstName"]; //what if there was no data or the value for firstname is null!!

MyMoneyClass money; //declared but not initialised
decimal funds = money.GetFunds(); //this will cause an error as it has not been initialised!!

<add key="requireApiKey" value="true"/>

<add key="allowOverrideExistingPackageOnPush" value="false"/>

-verbosity detailed -source "\\network\share\nuget" -packagesdirectory "Solution\Main\packages"