CSharpPath-Working-with-Nulls

Code practice associated with the Pluralsight course "Working with Nulls in C#"

Table of contents

Course Overview

1m 16s

2 Working with Nullable Value Types and Strings

30m 12s

Introduction 1m 24s

Course Outline 0m 59s

Reference and Value Types Overview 3m 54s

Using Magic Numbers for Null Value Types 9m 44s

Introduction to Nullable Value Types with Nullable 1m 29s

Refactoring to Nullable and Removing Magic Numbers 2m 57s

C# Shorthand for Nullable Value Types 1m 34s

Nullable Boolean Values 2m 51s

Null and Empty Strings 1m 33s

Checking for Null or Empty Strings 1m 48s

Summary 1m 55s

3 Accessing and Checking for Null Values

29m 53s

Introduction 1m 42s

More on Nullable 1m 26s

Using the HasValue and Value Properties 3m 14s

Using the GetValueOrDefault Method 2m 24s

Comparing Nullable Instances 0m 52s

Nullable Implicit and Explicit Conversions 1m 30s

Overview of C# Null-checking Operators 1m 36s

Using the Conditional Operator to Check for Nulls 2m 21s

Using the Null-coalescing Operator 1m 35s

Using the Null-conditional Operator 6m 53s

Using the Null-conditional Operator with Null Array Values 2m 56s

Thread-safe Null Delegate Invocation 0m 58s

Summary 2m 22s

4 Eliminating Null Reference Exceptions

23m 50s

Introduction 1m 45s

Introducing the Null Object Pattern 2m 19s

Pattern Overview 2m 59s

Example Code Without the Null Object Pattern 4m 2s

Implementing the Null Object Pattern Using Interfaces 4m 1s

Refactoring to a Base Class and Single Null Instance 5m 12s

Considerations 1m 35s Summary