A collection of 116 posts
In previous non-core versions of Entity Framework (EF), it was possible to intercept calls to and from the database, but it’s wasn’t a feature many would classify under “first-class support”. Thankfully the community stepped in at the time to fill...
Presentation is an essential part of the language, let alone a software application. How we utilize script can make the difference between an enjoyable user experience or an incomprehensible mess. As developers, we likely spend more time formatting strings than...
I’ve been on a spiritual search for a cross-platform solution that allows developers to play and capture audio using .NET 5. It’s a journey filled with many highs and lows, mostly cursing at my screen and ruing the day I...
I recently saw a tweet from Chris Heilmann, Principal Program Manager for Browser Tools at Microsoft. In this tweet, he gave a quick tip about parsing HTML content using the built-in DOMParser JavaScript class rather than resorting to RegEx, and...
I’m sitting here reading through the “What’s New in C#9” blog post, and one of the listed additions to the language is Covariant return types. It sounds like an exciting feature, but what does that mean for my day-to-day development...
🎄 Part of the C# Advent Calendar event!🎅🤶
.NET developers are spoiled when it comes to runtime features, type reflection being at the top of the list of “features we didn’t know we needed”. Reflection enables us to obtain information about types defined within our application and all...
We take many environmental factors for granted when it comes to running our .NET applications. Information about the operating system may seem insignificant for folks deploying to rigorously maintained target environments. Still, for folks who publish desktop client software, the...
Hello there, fellow enterprise developer. Before we get to the solution to our problem, let’s take a minute to close our eyes and reflect on our past decisions that led us to this moment. What could we have done differently?...
Let’s say we’re building a brand new HTTP API that supports webhooks, and we want the best for our ASP.NET consumers. We should document elements like endpoints, payloads, authentication, and responses our API expects from consumers. Documentation can be overwhelming...
