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Quick Start

Snipster is a lightweight, open-source .NET utility library packed with extension and helper methods for everyday development tasks including validation, formatting, JSON handling, caching, and repository patterns.

Installation

Add Snipster to your .NET project using the CLI:

dotnet add package Snipster

Or install via the NuGet Package Manager:

Install-Package Snipster

Inside Snipster

Category Description
Validation Extensions Extensions for validating strings, dates, JSON, collections, and security inputs.
Extensions String, DateTime, JSON, Collection, and Security extensions for common tasks.
Helpers Utility classes for JSON, File, Excel, Network, Object and Security operations.
Repository Pattern Generic repository interface with async CRUD support for EF Core.
Unit of Work Centralized transaction and repository management.
Caching Service In-memory cache with configurable duration and async refresh.

Dependency Injection Setup

Easily register services in your application:

using Snipster.Library.Repository;
using Snipster.Library.UOW;
using Snipster.Library.Cache;

services.AddScoped(typeof(IGenericRepository<>), typeof(GenericRepository<>));
services.AddScoped<IUnitOfWork, UnitOfWork>();
services.AddSingleton<ICacheService, CacheService>();

Why Use Snipster?

  • Simplifies repetitive coding tasks.
  • Fully compatible with .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 6+.
  • Clean and consistent naming conventions.
  • Works across web, API, and console projects.
  • 100% Open Source under MIT License.

NuGet

Package: Snipster on NuGet

dotnet add package Snipster

Contributing

Pull requests, suggestions, and feedback are welcome!
Feel free to fork and improve or extend the utility set for the .NET community.

See the Contributing Guidelines for more info.

Maintainers

This project is maintained by: Darshana Wijesinghe

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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