A collection of 345 posts
I’m a big proponent of static site generators. They provide the ultimate combination of performance and deployment options, period. For ASP.NET developers, we have access to powerful application building tools like Razor and ASP.NET Core. Ultimately all these dynamic elements...
Long gone are the days when internet speed was a problem for most technology workers. Anecdotally, I downloaded a video for this post, misplaced it, and rather than search my local machine, I decided to download it again. It’s a...
With each new release of C#, pattern matching improves for C# developers. While developers do not widely use pattern matching today, we’ll likely see its adoption grow as more teams and applications move from the Full Framework (.NET 4.8) to...
Every successful web application inevitably gets more users, and in that crowd of users, there is an individual who enthusiastically carries the torch of desktop apps in their heart. These torchbearers of the desktop have in their fingers the impulsive...
With every new release of .NET comes exciting additions to the base class library, and .NET 6 is no exception. Data structure lovers will be excited to see a new PriorityQueue type added to the BCL under System.Collections.Generic.
As human beings, we have an innate ability to pick out valuable information from less-than-ideal situations. Our brain can process the things we need while ignoring the nonsense. Unfortunately, web mainstays like HTML and HTTP don’t have those same capabilities,...
Console applications are back in vogue, hosting everything from input-focused command-line apps, worker services, and ASP.NET Core. As we all use current and future target frameworks, the upgraded console experience is the glow-up story of .NET.
Working with .NET’s DateTime class can be a pain in the butt. Calculating dates in the future isn’t difficult, but it can take a bit of work to get to the right solution. If you’re reading this, well, you’re in...
Developers just starting their ASP.NET web development journey might have heard the term Razor, and had developers apply it within many different situations. We’ll explore the beginnings of Razor, what it aims to accomplish, the frameworks it is currently in...
As a developer that’s seen most of the iterations of ASP.NET throughout their career, ASP.NET Core reduces the complexity of hosting a web application while giving developer’s the most power they’ve ever had. We can host ASP.NET Core applications within...
