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

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She, her

Work

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Karen Payne

Mar 25

EF Core 7: Json columns

#dotnetcore #csharp #database

9 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 4

Working with the using directive in C#

#dotnetcore #csharp #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Dec 2

Microsoft Entity Framework Core 8 samples

#database #csharp #dotnetframework

4 min read

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Karen Payne

Dec 2

Visual Studio debugging windows services

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity

3 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 26

ASP.NET Core startup validation

#web #csharp #dotnetcore

6 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 26

Soft introduction to Dapper and EF Core

#database #csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial

5 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 10

From MS-Access to EF Core (C#)

#database #csharp #dotnetcore

5 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 6

Import data from a database with Dapper and SpreadsheetLight to Excel in C#

#csharp #dotnetcore #database #tutorial

4 min read

Karen Payne

Nov 4

Using Dapper - C# Part 1-A

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #database

6 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 30

Using Dapper - C# Part 1

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #database

10 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 22

Using FluentScheduler with C#

#csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial #backenddevelopment

5 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 14

View Visual Studio activity logs better

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #codenewbie

2 min read

Karen Payne

Oct 1

Multiple Result Sets for SQL-Server (C#) including Dapper

#csharp #database #dotnetcore #tutorial

6 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 19

Visual Studio minifier for CSS

#css #csharp #dotnetcore #software

2 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 17

Visual Studio JavaScript minifier / compressor

#csharp #javascript #dotnet #software

2 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 16

Visual Studio Appsettings.json schemas

#dotnet #csharp #development

5 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 15

SQL-Server insert record get primary key back

#beginners #database #csharp #dotnet

4 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 8

Get images from resources in Windows Forms

#csharp #coding #tutorial #frontend

4 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 4

ASP.NET Core/Razor Pages export to Excel

#webdev #codenewbie #database #csharp

5 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 3

C# Different way to join string array

3 min read

Karen Payne

Sep 3

Visual Studio unknown keyboard shortcuts

#csharp #codenewbie #productivity

3 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 19

Razor Pages Add Select option to a Dropdown

#webdev #csharp #learning #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 17

Visual Studio tip 3 secret code samples

#beginners #productivity #codenewbie #csharp

3 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 8

Learn to use a databound DataGridView ComboBox in Windows Forms

#dotnetcore #csharp #coding

6 min read

Karen Payne

Aug 6

Using CSS custom properties (variables) in Razor Pages

#webdev #html #csharp #design

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 31

Learn Resharper PostFix and Source Templates

#productivity #csharp #codenewbie #softwaredevelopment

8 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 23

How to better interact with data in Window Forms

#csharp #dotnetcore #codenewbie #beginners

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 20

Razor Pages using Dropdowns

#webdev #dotnetcore #csharp #codenewbie

6 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 9

Storing and reading values from appsettings.json

#webdev #dotnetcore #csharp #architecture

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 3

ASP.NET Core/Razor pages Secret Manager

#webdev #dotnetcore #csharp #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jul 2

EF Core Global Query Filters

#codenewbie #csharp #dotnetcore #webdev

4 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 24

Update Bootstrap in Visual Studio

#productivity #csharp #dotnetcore

3 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 19

Using toast notifications in Windows Forms

#ux #dotnet #csharp #codenewbie

9 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 19

Using toast notifications in ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

#webdev #dotnetcore #csharp #javascript

5 min read

Karen Payne

Jun 4

EF Core order by string column name

#api #csharp #dotnetcore

3 min read

Karen Payne

May 29

Serilog logging and EF Core logging

#webdev #codenewbie #csharp #dotnetcore

4 min read

Karen Payne

May 21

Tips on interacting with a database with C#

#codenewbie #database #csharp #beginners

7 min read

Karen Payne

May 13

ASP.NET Core/Razor pages working with Checkboxes

#javascript #webdev #codenewbie #a11y

3 min read

Karen Payne

May 8

C# Language extensions

#dotnetcore #csharp #codenewbie

10 min read

Karen Payne

May 6

Using sweetalert2 for ASP.NET Core/Razor Pages

#a11y #codenewbie #webdev #csharp

7 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 30

C# file/folder helpers

#dotnetcore #codenewbie #csharp

5 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 28

Window forms data annotation

#codenewbie #dotnetcore #csharp

7 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 24

Tips on making a web site accessible part 2

#a11y #webdev #asp #javascript

3 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 23

.NET Core TaskDialog

#codenewbie #dotnet #csharp

5 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 23

Tips on making a web site accessible part 1

#css #javascript #csharp #a11y

4 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 16

SQL-Server working with images

#database #dotnet #csharp #codenewbie

4 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 15

Bootstrap multiselect

#webdev #css #html #csharp

5 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 9

WinForms communicate between forms

#dotnetcore #dotnet #codenewbie #programming

4 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 8

Creating hot-keys for web applications

#webdev #javascript #css #html

6 min read

Karen Payne

Apr 1

Bootstrap 5 ASP.NET Core

#webdev #javascript #csharp #design

10 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 19

Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #codequality

2 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 19

C# .NET Tools with System.CommandLine

#csharp #dotnetcore #api #devops

5 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 12

Visual Studio [Test Traits]

#codenewbie #csharp #dotnetcore #testing

3 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 10

Microsoft Visual Studio Connection Dialog Hacked

#dotnet #csharp #database #tooling

4 min read

Karen Payne

Mar 4

Working with .zip files in C#

#dotnet #csharp

15 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 26

C# Generic Math

#csharp #dotnetcore #productivity #codenewbie

5 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 25

Visual Studio tips 2

#programming #product #csharp

3 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 24

Insert/read SQL-Server images with EF Core, Dapper and SqlClient

#dotnetcore #csharp #tutorial #database

4 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 23

Visual Studio 2022 Rollback

#programming #dotnet #tutorial #productivity

2 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 19

EF Core string conversions

#webdev #csharp #dotnetcore #tutorial

2 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 18

SeriLog color themes

#csharp #dotnetcore #architecture #webdev

4 min read

Karen Payne

Feb 12

The art of Deconstructing

#csharp #dotnet #codenewbie

8 min read

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