A collection of 345 posts
The Language Integrated Query (LINQ) syntax is arguably one of the most powerful features of .NET. The ability to express queries over different data sources declaratively has made the .NET ecosystem more productive.
The internet has fundamentally changed the majority of the applications we develop. Rarely is an application designed to exist in isolation. Instead, most apps rely on other networked apps to retrieve and store information. In this post, we’ll explore the...
F# is the .NET language’s premier functional language. The syntax can be more concise than C#, which can arguably reduce overall errors. Regardless, we should still be writing tests as all good programmers should. In this post, we’ll be walking...
Relational databases are the undisputed database paradigm king. The versatility, battle-hardened reliability, and ubiquity make relational databases a comfortable choice for many developers. That doesn’t mean, as developers, we shouldn’t evaluate other databases that may be better suited for our...
I like to think I’m a loyal member of the CLI TILL I DIE team. I’m a macOS user, so naturally, I use a combination of iTerm2 and Oh-My-Zsh.
In a previous post, I talked about handling file uploads with ASP.NET. This time around, we will see how we can protect the integrity of our file uploads by verifying the files are what the user says they are. As...
As developers, we have an arsenal of technologies at our disposal. While using new technologies can make us more productive, setting them up can drain us of enthusiasm and stunt our creative momentum. Container technologies, especially Docker, have blunted a...
Our users will inevitably want to share more than text-based information with us. They may wish to transmit images, videos, or third-party formats to our applications. Uploading files is a long-solved problem, and in this post, we’ll see how we...
Newer versions of ASP.NET have added exciting new functionality to Razor views. ASP.NET developers have never had it so good. In this short but simple post, we’ll walk through the steps necessary to inject a dependency into our views using...
As developers, we have many power-user like applications installed on our machines. Each application is fighting for our love, attention, and shortcut supremacy. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what shortcuts the apps want to register, because most operating systems register universal...
