The C# PDF Library
using IronPdf;
// Disable local disk access or cross-origin requests
Installation.EnableWebSecurity = true;
// Instantiate Renderer
var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();
// Create a PDF from a HTML string using C#
var pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>Hello World</h1>");
// Export to a file or Stream
pdf.SaveAs("output.pdf");
// Advanced Example with HTML Assets
// Load external html assets: Images, CSS and JavaScript.
// An optional BasePath 'C:\site\assets\' is set as the file location to load assets from
var myAdvancedPdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<img src='icons/iron.png'>", @"C:\site\assets\");
myAdvancedPdf.SaveAs("html-with-assets.pdf");
Install-Package IronPdf
The .NET package manager library is called NuGet. One of the languages that developers use the most frequently is C#, which suggests that it is a very productive language. There are other free NuGet packages available that boost C# productivity even more. NuGet packages feature in various IDEs, for example, Visual Studio.
We can use the same package of NuGet on different environments like Web, Windows, and Mobile, etc. We can install the NuGet package with newer versions under Package Manager Console. Visual Studio has a built-in high-performance NuGet extension installed. With NuGet Package Manager, you can produce and consume packages in a convenient way within a repository. It also helps us in publishing packages.
Execute the following command in Visual Studio source control project to add a NuGet package:
dotnet add package --source {source_name} --version {package_version} {package_name}The top 10 NuGet packages for increasing developers' productivity when using C# in multiple projects are covered in this article:
Representational State Transfer is known as REST. With an average of over 43,000 downloads each day, RestSharp has passed over 190 million downloads on NuGet. It is the most widely used HTTP client library for .NET projects, making it simple for C# developers to call remote resources over HTTP, taking care of the request body's serialization to JSON or XML and deserialization in the response. The new version of the RestSharp NuGet package supports:
Json.NET is a minimalistic JSON handler library. With over 1 billion NuGet downloads/installations, Json.NET is one of the free and open-source packages for the .NET platform. Its salient characteristics are as follows:
For .NET and Entity Framework (EF) Core programmers working with PDF, OCR, Excel, and barcodes, Iron Software created a collection of public repository software libraries with useful code. With over 5.5 million downloads, it can be available in the NuGet Package Manager with different package names as described below. The key features of the Iron Software products are detailed.
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Logging is crucial for application development as it assists developers in finding and fixing issues. Serilog is a new logging and change tracking system in .NET that logs actions, exceptions, information, and warnings in JSON format. Serilog offers structured logs which enhance traditional logging by providing better context and data insights. It supports diagnostic logging to files, console, and various storage systems.
Testing is vital for ensuring code correctness. NUnit is an open-source unit testing framework for .NET, easing the process of testing by breaking down large applications into smaller testable units. It helps in identifying bugs during development and is distributed under the MIT license.
Insight.Database is a micro-ORM for .NET that simplifies database operations by converting C# objects to database records and vice versa. It provides extension methods for easier database handling and schema migrations. Key features include:
FluentValidation is a .NET package used to create strongly typed validation rules using lambda expressions and Fluent interfaces. It helps maintain clean domain code by providing a location for verification logic. FluentValidation 11 supports various platforms like .NET Standard, .NET Core, and .NET 5, 6, and 7.
FluentEmail is an open-source .NET library designed to make email-sending capabilities easy to integrate into .NET applications. It supports creating email templates with Razor and sending emails via SendGrid, MailGun, SMTP, and others.
Hangfire is an open-source framework enabling .NET and .NET Core applications to perform background tasks. It manages jobs such as mass email notifications, graph processing, and batch importing from different formats like XML and JSON.
LazyCache provides a straightforward in-memory caching service that improves application performance by caching web service calls, complex object constructions, and database operations. Its default settings cache content for up to 20 minutes.
The top 10 NuGet packages to enhance C# programming productivity have been discussed. These packages alleviate the workload and expedite the development process. NuGet client tools facilitate the creation and consumption of packages, while Iron Software provides advanced solutions for enterprises and startups with libraries compatible across various .NET frameworks and languages such as C#, VB, and F#.
NuGet is a package manager library for .NET, widely used by developers to manage and distribute software packages. It is integrated into various IDEs like Visual Studio.
You can install a NuGet package in Visual Studio by executing the command `dotnet add package --source {source_name} --version {package_version} {package_name}` in the Package Manager Console.
NuGet packages enhance productivity by providing reusable code libraries, making it easier to manage dependencies, and offering tools to simplify the development process across different environments such as Web, Windows, and Mobile.
Json.NET is one of the most popular NuGet packages for handling JSON in .NET, known for its performance and features like serialization and deserialization of .NET objects to and from JSON.
IronPDF provides functionalities such as generating PDFs from HTML, printing, merging, splitting PDFs, extracting and searching text, and converting PDFs to and from HTML.
Serilog is used in .NET applications for logging. It provides structured logs that offer better context and data insights, supporting logging to files, consoles, and various storage systems.
IronOCR can extract text, barcodes, and QR codes from images or PDFs, supports over 127 languages, is compatible with multipage GIF and TIFF formats, and improves poorly scanned image quality.
FluentValidation is used to create strongly typed validation rules in .NET applications. It helps maintain clean domain code by providing a location for verification logic.
Hangfire benefits .NET applications by enabling them to perform background tasks such as mass email notifications, graph processing, and batch importing from different formats like XML and JSON.
LazyCache is an in-memory caching service that enhances application performance by caching web service calls, complex object constructions, and database operations, with default caching for up to 20 minutes.
Install-Package IronPdf
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