IntelliTect.Multitool:

Install Instructions

1. Add package to project from nuget.org. More instructions to get started with consuming nuget packages can be found on learn.microsoft.com
2. All tools are under the IntelliTect.Multitool namespace.
3. That's it! Please open an issue if you have any problems with any of these steps or have other questions.

ReleaseDateAttribute - Gets an UTC DateTime of compile time. Allows us to determine the build date/time

Blog Post/Additional Information: How To Display the Build Date of a .NET Application

Samples:

• Assignment of GetReleaseDate() to a local variable

  DateTime? date = IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate(); // Returns a datetime in UTC to date

• Displaying GetReleaseDate() on a cshtml page

  // This example is in cshtml.
  @IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate() // Returns a datetime in UTC

• Converting and displaying GetReleaseDate() on a cshtml page

  // convert this UTC DateTime object into one for my local timezone that is formatted in a “d MMM, yyyy h:mm:ss tt” (ex: 8 Feb, 2023 11:36:31 AM).
  // The following code will format the date and convert it to my local time zone of Pacific Standard Time. 
  Build: @if (IntelliTect.Multitool.ReleaseDateAttribute.GetReleaseDate() is DateTime date)
  {
    @TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(date, TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Pacific Standard Time")).ToString("d MMM, yyyy h:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
  }
  // Result is "Build: 8 Feb, 2023 11:36:31 AM"

Miscellaneous Information:

• To help hot reload in visual studio work properly, the release date attribute will be automatically be generated during compilation on a CI runner, but it won’t generate locally by default. If you want it to generate locally, set the ReleaseDateAttribute to true within a property group in your project file. (<ReleaseDateAttribute>true</ReleaseDateAttribute>)

RepositoryPaths - Provides consistent environment-independent normalized pathing within a git repository

Samples:

• Get file path from the root of a repository

  // In this case, the GetDefaultRepoRoot() method can be used to get the root of a repository.
  string fullPathToTheFile = Path.Combine(IntelliTect.Multitool.RepositoryPaths.GetDefaultRepoRoot(), "TheFile.txt");

Extensions

• StringExtensions: Extension methods for System.String
  • ValidateUrlString: Extension method to validate a URL string by checking to make sure the string is formatted correctly.
  • CreateUrlSlug: Extension method modify a string so that it is URL compatible
• SystemLinqExtensions
  • WhereNotNull: Extension method to allow return of non-null value from a null object.

    • Sample:

      List<string?> listWithSomeNullValues = ["this", null, "is", null, "my", null, "favorite", null];
      List<string> listWithoutNullValues = listWithSomeNullValues.WhereNotNull().ToList();
      // returns ["this", "is", "my", "favorite"]

    • On:

      • System.Linq.Generic.IEnumerable<T>

Contributing

See the CONTRIBUTING.md file here.

If you have any problems, please feel free to check for existing issues or open a new issue.