Useful .NET Utilities, published as NuGet package(s), that helps in reducing repetitive tasks.
For now, Font Awesome (free version) and Google Material Design icon font glyphs as a NuGet package to refer in any .NET application.
And frequently used constants, extensions and methods now put together as one NuGet package so that no more code duplication and better reuse.
| Package Name | Version |
|---|---|
| VijayAnand.CommonTemplates | |
| VijayAnand.FontAwesome | |
| VijayAnand.GoogleMaterial | |
| VijayAnand.Toolkit |
For now, a project template for defining a source generator to automate the source code generation and is named as sourcegen.
To support the incremental source generator, it takes the below optional parameter:
-inc|--incremental- Default value isfalse.
To install the template NuGet package, use the below .NET CLI command:
dotnet new install VijayAnand.CommonTemplatesIf you've already installed this package, then it can be updated to the latest version with the below command:
dotnet new update --check-onlydotnet new updateUse the below .NET CLI command to create the project out these template:
dotnet new sourcegen -n XamlAutomationIncremental Source Generator:
dotnet new sourcegen -n XamlAutomation -inc- v1 series compatible with Font Awesome 5 LTS fonts
- v2 series compatible with Font Awesome 6 fonts
Note for Font Awesome v6 glyph usage:
- Number fonts have been named as Number_0, Number_1, ...
- Letter fonts have been named as Letter_A, Letter_B, ...
Brands - FontAwesome.Brands
Regular - FontAwesome.Regular
Solid - FontAwesome.Solid
Material - Google.Material
In both the above packages, class under each of the namespace mentioned is titled as IconFont
And the class is named as Constants, a static class with another nested static class named as Ascii
Within which all are char constants to refer the ASCII character set with meaningful names, covered with frequently used alias names too
Can be referenced with single static using statement as:
using static VijayAnand.Toolkit.Constants.Ascii;