A collection of 238 posts
Run configurations are one of those things that many .NET developers take for granted. Whenever we start a new project, we have two basic configurations: Debug and Release. For most of us, that’s more than enough to deliver a capable...
HTTP semantics might not be vital to us humans, but they are the essential glue that holds the internet together. HTTP status codes allow clients to interpret the response they are about to receive and make processing accommodations. We may...
Many developers are familiar with your most common HTTP methods of GET and POST. Many of us do not realize that there is a world of other HTTP methods that can we can utilize for additional semantic meaning for our...
Machine learning is a hot topic in modern development. We can find the fruits of data science labors in our digital personal assistants, streaming recommendations, fraud detection, and cancer research. The application of machine learning is boundless and can bring...
macOS is my operating system of choice, but oddly I do most of my professional programming with the .NET Framework. Historically, the choice of Macs paired with .NET would raise eyebrows, but not anymore. The release of .NET Core has...
In a previous blog post, we saw how we were able to build a powerful sorting interface that enhanced the OrderBy functionality found in LINQ. For those of us building HTTP APIs or web applications, it can make solving problems...
Anyone building a web application will eventually have to deal with sorting tabular data. It’s a rule established into the constitution of the internet (if there was one). While it may be simple in concept, its implementation can be daunting...
Equality might seem straightforward, but it tends to get fuzzier the longer you think about it. When it comes to programming, there are two general thoughts around equality.
Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) are great tools for abstracting our database choice away and allowing us to get things done. As time goes on and our applications evolve, we realize the underlying database can get things done faster and more...
Interaction with files is a necessary skill with any programming language. Luckily, with the .NET Framework, we have many reading options provided to us through the System.IO namespace. There are almost too many options, and for .NET coding newbies, it...
