--- title: "Swimburger - Blog - C#" description: "Swimburger.net is a blog about .NET, cloud, web development, and whatever comes across Swimburger's plate. Swimburger.net is run by Niels Swimberghe." canonical: "https://swimburger.net/blog/csharp" --- [ .NET logo ## Change the ServiceLifetime after the service has been added to the .NET ServiceCollection 3/31/2023 - .NET Learn how to change the lifetime of services already added to a service collection. ](/blog/dotnet/change-the-servicelifetime-after-the-service-has-been-added-to-the-net-servicecollection)[ Build a URL Shortener with .NET and Redis ## How to build a URL Shortener with C# .NET and Redis 3/21/2023 - .NET Learn how to build a link shortener using C#, .NET, and Redis. You'll be using ASP.NET Core to build the URL forwarder and the System.CommandLine libraries to manage the data. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-build-a-url-shortener-with-csharp-dotnet-and-redis)[ Generate TwiML using Strings in C# ## How to generate TwiML using Strings in C# 2/21/2023 - .NET Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML using strings in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-generate-twiml-using-strings-in-csharp)[ Use Raw String Literals to generate TwiML in C# 11 ## Use Raw String Literals to generate TwiML in C# 11 2/15/2023 - .NET Learn how Twilio uses webhooks and TwiML to give you control over how to respond to a call or text message. You can generate TwiML in many ways, and with C# 11 you can now also use Raw String Literals. ](/blog/dotnet/use-raw-string-literals-to-generate-twiml-in-csharp-11)[ Use Visual Studio dev tunnels to handle Twilio Webhooks ## Use Visual Studio dev tunnels to handle Twilio Webhooks 2/8/2023 - .NET Learn how to develop webhooks on your local machine using Visual Studio dev tunnels and ASP.NET Core. ](/blog/dotnet/use-visual-studio-dev-tunnels-to-handle-twilio-webhooks)[ Visual Basic logo ## How to create an ASP.NET Core Minimal API with Visual Basic .NET (there's no template) 8/25/2022 - .NET Visual Basic .NET (VB) is not dead, but it's not getting the same amount of love as C# or even F#. Luckily, all that is .NET can be used by all .NET languages including VB, so you can still use ASP.NET Core and Minimal APIs with the VB language. ](/blog/dotnet/create-an-aspdotnet-core-minimal-api-with-vbdotnet)[ Conversation between an iPhone user and the SMS bot. The user says "Hi" and the bot responds with "Welcome to the U.S. Representative lookup bot. Respond with your address. The user sends an address and the bot responds with "Your representative is Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic Party) representing Virginia"s 11th congressional district. Then the bot sends an image of the representative. ## Find your US Representatives and Congressional Districts with SMS and ASP.NET Core 8/2/2022 - .NET Learn how to create an SMS bot that looks up U.S. Congressional Districts and Representatives using the Google Civic Information API, C#, ASP.NET Core Minimal API, and Twilio SMS. ](/blog/dotnet/find-your-us-representatives-and-congressional-districts-with-sms-and-aspdotnet-core)[ .NET bot flying with a jetpack ## How to Bulk Email with C# and .NET: Zero to Hero 8/2/2022 - .NET There are many ways to bulk email, each with their own strengths. Learn how to bulk email with C# and .NET using SendGrid. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-bulk-email-with-csharp-and-dotnet-zero-to-hero)[ Provide default configuration to your .NET applications ## Provide default configuration to your .NET applications 5/23/2022 - .NET Learn how to provide default options into your .NET configuration to reduce redundancy ](/blog/dotnet/provide-default-configuration-to-your-dotnet-applications)[ Twilio logo ## How to better configure C# and .NET applications for SendGrid 5/12/2022 - .NET Learn how to configure your .NET applications better for sending SendGrid emails ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-better-configure-csharp-and-dotnet-applications-for-sendgrid)[ .NET Bot holding a browser URL bar and a toolbox ## How to get the full public URL of ASP.NET Core 4/24/2022 - .NET Learn how to get the public full URL of your ASP.NET Core application ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-get-the-full-public-url-of-aspdotnet-core)[ .NET Bot holding a browser URL bar and a toolbox ## How to generate absolute URLs in ASP.NET Core 4/19/2022 - .NET Learn how to generate full absolute URLs in C# and ASP.NET Core web applications. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-generate-absolute-urls-in-aspdotnet-core)[ Twilio logo ## How to better configure C# and .NET applications for Twilio 4/11/2022 - .NET Learn how to use multiple configuration sources, strongly-typed objects, and implement the options pattern in your .NET applications ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-better-configure-csharp-and-dotnet-applications-for-twilio)[ .NET Bot holding a phone and bag with the Twilio logo ## What's new in the Twilio helper library for ASP.NET (v5.73.0 - April 2022) 4/6/2022 - .NET Learn about what's new and old with the Twilio helper library for ASP.NET in version 5.73.0 ](/blog/dotnet/whats-new-in-the-twilio-helper-library-for-aspdotnet-april-2022)[ Twilio logo ## How to Send SMS without a Phone Number using C# .NET and an Alphanumeric Sender ID 4/5/2022 - .NET You don't always need a phone number to send SMS! Learn how to send text messages using Alphanumeric Sender IDs. ](/blog/dotnet/send-sms-without-phone-number-using-csharp-dotnet-and-alphanumeric-sender-id)[ How to prevent Email HTML injection in C# and .NET ## How to prevent email HTML injection in C# and .NET 4/1/2022 - .NET Learn how bad actors can inject HTML into your emails in your C# .NET applications and how to mitigate it. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-prevent-email-html-injection-in-csharp-and-dotnet)[ Twilio SendGrid logo ## How to send ASP.NET Core Identity emails with Twilio SendGrid 3/15/2022 - .NET Learn how to use SendGrid to send account verification and password recovery emails in ASP.NET Core ](/blog/dotnet/send-aspdotnet-core-identity-emails-with-twilio-sendgrid)[ Twilio SendGrid logo ## How to send Email in C# .NET using SMTP and SendGrid 3/8/2022 - .NET You can use the SendGrid APIs to send emails, but you can also use SMTP with SendGrid. Learn how to send emails using SMTP, SendGrid C# .NET ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-send-email-in-csharp-dotnet-using-smtp-and-sendgrid)[ Twilio logo ## Send Scheduled SMS with C# .NET and Twilio Programmable Messaging 2/4/2022 - .NET Learn how to schedule SMS with C# .NET and Twilio Messaging's latest feature: Scheduled Messaging! ](/blog/dotnet/send-scheduled-sms-with-csharp-dotnet-and-twilio-programmable-messaging)[ .NET Bot ## How to get ASP.NET Core's local server URLs 1/25/2022 - .NET Learn how to access the ASP.NET Core's local server URLs in Program.cs, in controllers using Dependency Injection, and in IHostedService or BackgroundService. ](/blog/dotnet/how-to-get-aspdotnet-core-server-urls) [Show All Posts](/blog/csharp/all#main-content)[Next Page](/blog/csharp/page/2#main-content) [Next](/blog/csharp/page/2#main-content)