What is API and How to use it?

what is an api

Have you ever used a library in C#? Yes, that’s an API. An Application Programming Interface is something that let’s you interact with something or with an interface. They are just a set of functions you can call. They have their documentation on what they do, how they behave, what input(s) they need to perform as intended. … Read more

Server Application Unavailable in IIS 5.1

server-application-unavailable

I encountered this error while deploying an ASP.NET website to IIS 5.1 on Windows XP SP2. It’s really been a head hitting issue to track it down until I got something interesting after a lot of Googling exercise that I would love to share with you. But before that please allow me to explain what … Read more

What is toString(“X2”)?

“X2” here denotes the hexadecimal format specifier. Standard numeric format strings are used to format common numeric types. A standard format string takes the form Axx where A is a single alphabetic character called the format specifier, and xx is an optional integer called the precision specifier. The format specifier must be one of the built-in format characters. The precision specifier ranges … Read more