When working with any technology, I want to take advantage of everything that makes that technology unique. SQL Server is a powerful technology, but features can hide behind abstractions created by developers.
If you make your living as a software developer, you undoubtedly have had to deal with databases. In my case, I primarily work with Microsoft SQL Server and specifically the Windows Azure permutation. For simple applications, you may find Object...
One of my favorite features of modern web development is Middleware. Middleware is a powerful abstraction that can encapsulate your intent, enrich an incoming request, enhance an outgoing response, or do all the above. Once you embrace Middleware as a...
When we think about programming, we usually think about well-intentioned systematic instructions executing when and how we intended. In a digital world of One’s and Zero’s, the idea of randomness is madness. In the real world, randomness is a necessary...
With ASP.NET Core, developers have several new tools to build their web applications. One feature that I am incredibly excited about is request features.
Data formats are an essential part of any programming toolbox. C# developers must understand how to take plain-old-C#-objects (POCOs) and convert them into standard data formats. The .NET community commonly refers to the conversion of data objects as serialization.
As a web developer, it’s important to remind ourselves that we push our work onto the internet for the world to see. Our development team utilizes Windows Azure for many environments, and all those environments need to be publicly accessible....
Over a decade ago, I started my software development career. A search experience within my applications was the furthest thing from my mind. From then to the present, Search has become an unavoidable reality of not just software development, but...
As a developer, I want to build the best software my users can have. More often than not, a great search experience is at the forefront of that user experience. In this post, I’ll show you how to build a...
As the .NET Core community matures, we continue to get more options for the applications we build. This post describes how configuration works in a .NET Core application, some of the best options I’ve found, and how to configure each...
