Resolve "BadRequest message: error: code: InUseSubnetCannotBeDeleted" with Bicep IaC

 Bicep is really simple and easy to implement infrastructure as Code tool for Azure. However, there is a bit of an issue with subnet resource when we try to redeploy. Even without no changes Bicep is trying to delete and create subnet resources and cmplaining a subnet cannot be deleted, because the resources are using it. Let's try to understand the problem and a solution to fix the issue.

Create Deployment Groups Dynamically in Azure DevOps Release Pipeline

 Deployment groups are used in Azure DevOps classic release pipelines to define groups of targets an application should be deployed. We may sometime need to create these deployment groups dyamically based on the stage we are running in release pipeline. Let's look at the sample PowerShell code to use for creating depployment group dynamically, using Azure DevOps REST API, and how to use it in a pipeline.

Azure Redis Connectivity Checker App

Here is a simple .NET application to test connectivity to Azure Redis Cache. The application code is available in GitHub chamindac/RedisConnectionChecker. Refer the video for more details.

Use Template Parameter to Create Array in Bash Task in Azure Pipelines

 Converting Azure pipeline parameter type of object, which contain an array of strings, to an array object in bash script task is not clearly documented. We can use the join expression for Azure pipeline tasks to achive this requirement. Let's look at how to do with an example.

Writing a json Easily and Elegently in in C# 11

 In the previous post "No More " Escaping Needed with C# 11" we have discussed, how the json can be writen in C# code, without having to escape each occurance of double quote, when we use the new C# 11 feature Raw String Literals. You might not want to hardcode the entire json in code, instead may want to use variables dynamically setting the json body content. Let's see how we can use String interpolation, in Raw String Leiterals to write json body elegently, and have variables dynamically set values in the josn.

No More " Escaping Needed with C# 11

Writing json body in C# code as a string variable value to pass on to a method or service, is something you may hate as you need to escape every " that you use in your json specification, even though you could use @ (verbatim string literals) to write multi-line strings.  With new Raw String Literals in c# 11, we can write " as content of the strings wihtout having to escape each instance. Let's explore bit about escaping double qutes with Raw String Literals.

Check The C# Language Version of a Project

 C# Language version used in your project is determined by the .NET Framework you are using. We can set specific language version for a project if required for exxampe if we need to use the preview features we can add in the <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion> .csproj file <PropertyGroup>. If the language version is not specifically set and if you want to check the language versio used by your project, the following explained step can be performed.

Getting Started with GitHub Copilot with VS Code

GitHub Copilot is the AI pair programmer who will assit us in writing code efficiently, while we are working with VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs or Neovim. Let's explore how to get started with GitHub copilot with VS Code and C# using a console application.