A collection of 238 posts
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...
Many of us are dependent on open-source software (OSS). Countless hours of work, passion, and effort go into delivering even the smallest packages, and often these critical dependencies are handled by single individuals. Even the most meticulously planned and thought...
C# programming isn’t all about enterprise development, databases, and web APIs. Most folks likely got into software development because of video games. We wanted to create our heroes, worlds, and adventures. Being a millennial myself, Super Mario holds a place...
Coming from a web development background, I find that HTTP has suited most of my client/server communication needs reliably. Honestly, I generally don’t think too deeply about the protocol when working with ASP.NET. While HTTP is a robust protocol, transmitting...
In the whirlwind of new technologies whizzing by us continuously, it is sobering to remember that most of a developer’s role is to get data from one location to another. In the case of HTTP APIs, the response we return...
Getting started in .NET can be overwhelming, because frankly, .NET can do almost everything: mobile, web, native, and embedded programming. For folks beginning, they’ll need to understand how .NET solutions are structured to get the most out of their time...
As software developers, we sure do love us some options, especially when it allows us to change application behavior without reimplementing or compiling our apps. The developer gods have carved configuration into our collective dev DNA. Whether you’re new or...
You may have heard about a new feature in .NET 5 called Source Generators. Developers can now generate dynamic code at compile time that .NET will weave into a consuming assembly. The possibilities are endless and will most likely have...
Computer programming has its roots firmly grounded in mathematics, with the earliest computers used to calculate results that would take average human days to do by hand. One compelling problem in the field of computer science is discovering prime numbers....
Ah, strings, the cause of and solution to all our programming problems. As developers, we’re always balancing our codebase’s readability with the efficient use of string literals. Let’s see how we can work with SQL, a database query language, in...
