A collection of 167 posts
We all would like to believe that our applications are bug-free and will run without exceptions. Those of us who’ve been around long enough will know that users will find a way to break our most meticulously tested codebases. In...
The purpose of this post is to walk through the basics of starting an ASP.NET Core HTTP API. A fundamental understanding of all the parts that make an ASP.NET Core HTTP API work and why each element matters. We’ll also...
Working with databases is a fun yet challenging task. As our application’s mature, we see opportunities to optimize our codebase along with query performance. Views are a great way to achieve both goals. With Entity Framework Core 5 (EF Core),...
There are times we need to resolve services during the start-up phase of our application. We’ll take a quick look at many of the possible approaches available to a developer building an ASP.NET Core application.
Zip files are the most ubiquitous compression format in computing history, with it first being invented in 1986 by Phillip Katz. Since then, the Zip file has found its way into every operating system as the de facto compression method....
I’ve recently been scanning the C# sub-reddits to better understand my fellow C# developers. The questions come from a range of individuals trying to solve an array of issues. The topics that interest me are approach-style questions, which generally start...
Part of me has always been jealous of the polish and effort applied to the JavaScript community’s offerings. Vue.js provides developers with a unique graphical user interface in the form of Vue CLI. With the installation of an NPM package,...
Entity Framework Core 5 (EF Core) and LINQ allow developers to write powerful expressions that translate into SQL. Ultimately, ORMs are about balancing convenience and power. Generally, EF Core’s default features are enough to accomplish most data access-related tasks, but...
Working with databases means writing queries, getting results, measuring performance, and then optimizing. The cycle never ends. Luckily, for Entity Framework Core 5 (EF Core) users, we have a few options for optimizing our queries. With an IDE like JetBrains...
I’ve been diving into Entity Framework Core 5 and learning all I can about the object-relational mapper’s (ORM) inner-workings. With EF Core 5, the newer ORM has learned from its namesake Entity Framework’s past sins. With extensibility points and smarter...
