A collection of 356 posts
As a web developer, I rarely need to deal with physical files on disk. It’s a request/response kind of life while communicating with a database engine. When working on this blog, I find myself doing more file manipulation, as I’m...
Quick Response (QR) codes are all around us, helping us quickly retrieve information on our mobile devices. QR codes are high-density barcodes that encode all kinds of information: numbers, alphanumeric, byte/binary, and even script languages like Kanji.
In this post, we’ll be looking at FormattableStringFactory, a factory type used by .NET’s compilers to create instances of FormattableString. We can find the FormattableStringFactory class under the System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace.
The web development community has come a long way since the early days of the web. Building interactive web experiences can leave many developers in a state of paralysis. What web framework should we use? What transpiler should create my...
Hey folks, this is a short but crucial blog post for anyone writing custom middleware for ASP.NET. In this post, we’ll see how we can correctly add headers to an HTTP response and avoid the dreaded System.InvalidOperationException error.
As a JetBrains Developer Advocate, I’ve become more exposed to other languages and technology stacks. Exposure is a good thing, as it allows me to see what the .NET ecosystem does well, and notice the parts where it could improve....
C# 8 came with many new features that make distinct logic branches more apparent for both the developers writing and reading the codebase. Those features include switch expression, property patterns, and tuple patterns.
Have you ever wanted to enrich HTML server-side before reaching the client? Of course, you have! The idea of declaring behavior and then having the tedious parts handled by a framework is what most developers want.
Space: the final frontier. Or at least a topic all developers can enjoy. The most prominent heavenly body in the night sky is the Earth’s Moon, the only natural satellite the Earth has. The moon does many things; amongst them...
I recently worked on a proof of concept library that involves access to the web request at the HttpContext level. The library I’m building needs to register endpoints, and these endpoints need to process basic query string parameters. Fundamental stuff,...
