A collection of 197 posts
By default, ASP.NET and IIS protect us from large requests by putting hard limits on the transmitted size. IIS buffers files in our server’s memory before passing the byte array to ASP.NET. IIS’ default limit is 4MB and ASP.NET Core...
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...
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...
Database access is easy, but testing database access is hard whether we’re an experienced .NET developer or new to the party. We may also hear a lot of opinions in our ecosystem about testing around data access scenarios. Should I...
