Karen Payne

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft TechNet author, Code magazine author, developer advocate. Have a passion for driving race cars.

Oregon, USA Joined on Jan 1, 2023

Education

Montgomery Community College

Pronouns

She, her

Work

Contractor

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Karen Payne

Mar 25 '23

EF Core 7: Json columns

#dotnetcore #csharp #database

9 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 4 '23

Working with the using directive in C#

#dotnetcore #csharp #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 30

NET 9 BinaryFormatter migration paths

#csharp #dotnetcore #security

6 min read

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Karen Payne

Nov 24

Hidden NET 9 gems

#csharp #dotnetcore #learning

5 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 24

Visual Studio package security

#dotnetcore #security #cybersecurity

4 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 17

C# Search by multiple strings

#csharp #dotnetcore #programming

4 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 16

Window Forms Dark mode

#csharp #dotnetcore #frontend

5 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 11

NET6 - C# DistinctBy

#csharp #dotnetcore #learning #coding

6 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 9

List all Visual Studio solutions

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #learning

7 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 3

Storing passwords safely (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #webdev #security

6 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 27

Regex timeout - C#

#csharp #dotnetcore #webdev

6 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 26

C# System.Text.Json JsonConverter masking

#csharp #dotnetcore #backend #coding

6 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 19

EF Core raw queries (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #database #data

5 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 7

ASP.NET Core unassociated input fix

#webdev #dotnetcore #css #ui

2 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 29

Spectre.Console helpers

#csharp #dotnetcore #frontend #design

7 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 15

C# different way to do a proof of concept

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #codenewbie

8 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 8

Bogus DateOnly/TimeOnly

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #development

6 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 2

Learn FormattableString (C#)

#csharp #dotnet #dotnetcore #tutorial

7 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 2

EF Core queries for unmapped types part 1

#csharp #database #dotnetcore #backend

3 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 24

Source-generated RegEx (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #coding

3 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 17

NodaTime – time offsets C#

#csharp #dotnetcore #codenewbie

5 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 17

Model Notification changed C#

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial

5 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 11

Visual Studio/Copilot # tip

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #productivity

4 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 10

ASP.NET Core DI constructor with parameters

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #softwaredevelopment

4 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 4

Push your skills Part 2

#beginners #csharp #dotnetcore #development

7 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 2

GitHub Copilot for learning

#csharp #dotnetcore #dotnet #tutorial

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 21

C# Dealing with duplicates

#csharp #dotnetcore #coding

7 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 7

Developer's format helpers

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #codenewbie

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 4

GitHub Copilot and SQL

#sql #csharp #productivity #codenewbie

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 30

FluentValidation inline validate

#csharp #dotnetcore #coding

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 24

WinForms dynamic buttons

#csharp #dotnetcore #design

11 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 20

Dapper Stored Procedure tip

#csharp #database #codenewbie

2 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 16

SQL-Server add record tip

#csharp #dotnetcore #sql #sqlserver

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 15

GitHub Copilot asking multiple questions

#tutorial #ai #codenewbie

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 13

EF Core 8 Update Entity

#csharp #database #dotnetcore

2 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 11

Creating mocked data for EF Core using Bogus and more

#dotnetcore #database #csharp

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 9

Exploring GitHub Copilot with Microsoft Visual Studio

#ai #productivity

21 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 2

Push your skills Part 1

#beginners #database #csharp #dotnet

153

10 min read

Karen Payne

May 27

C# Excel read/write on the cheap

#csharp #dotnetcore #data

11 min read

Karen Payne

May 26

C# PeriodicTimer

#csharp #dotnet #tutorial #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

Karen Payne

May 26

Microsoft VS2022 Cascadia Code font

#vscode #software #developer

2 min read

Karen Payne

May 25

ASP.NET Core Navigation markers

#javascript #webdev #tutorial #frontend

3 min read

Karen Payne

May 4

Get SQL-Server Stored Procedures with C#

#database #csharp #dotnetcore #codenewbie

9 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 24

Multiple connections for appsettings.json (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #codenewbie

5 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 11

Accessibility tip for old HTML pages

#vscode #html #codenewbie

3 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 10

Gentle introduction to IDataProtector (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #api #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 2

EF Core/NorthWind for Oracle

#csharp #dotnetcore #database #codenewbie

14 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 24

EF Core log to file benefits

#csharp #dotnetcore #testing #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 19

C# System.Text.Json

#csharp #dotnetcore #json #codenewbie

10 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 27

Working with Dapper/SQL-Server Framework 4.8 C#

#database #csharp #dotnet

16 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 20

Gentle introduction to Generic Repository Pattern with C#

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 20

Karen in a nutshell

#career

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 17

C# Insert binary files into SQL-Server table

#database #csharp #dotnetcore #dotnetframework

7 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 15

Dapper DateOnly/TimeOnly

#csharp #dotnetcore #api

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 13

Working with ListView in Windows Forms

#csharp #dotnet #dotnetcore

12 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 6

Bogus custom Dataset

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 2

Gentle introduction for generics (C#)

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #devops

7 min read

Karen Payne

Jan 1

C# User-defined explicit and implicit conversion operators

#csharp #dotnetcore #devops #productivity

5 min read

Karen Payne

Dec 24 '23

Window Forms change notification

#dotnetcore #csharp #tutorial

3 min read

Karen Payne

Dec 22 '23

Windows form move items up/down in ListView and more

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #database

9 min read

Karen Payne

Dec 9 '23

Visual Studio tip: Scope to

#tutorial #productivity #learning

2 min read

Karen Payne

Dec 2 '23

Microsoft Entity Framework Core 8 samples

#database #csharp #dotnetframework

4 min read