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InfoQ .NET Trends Report 2022

Every year, all InfoQ editors invite seasoned developers and practitioners from the industry to discuss the current trends in the entire software development landscape. In this article, we discuss some of the .NET Trends for 2022, divided into four stages of adoption.

Arthur Casals Edin Kapić Irina Scurtu François Tanguay
on Sep 26, 2022
.NET

Building Neural Networks with TensorFlow.NET

TensorFlow is an open-source framework developed by Google scientists and engineers for numerical computing. TensorFlow.NET is a library that provides a .NET Standard binding for TensorFlow. In this article, the author explains how to use Tensorflow.NET to build a neural network.

Robert Krzaczyński
on Jul 11, 2022
Cloud

Developing a Cloud-Native Application on Microsoft Azure Using Open Source Technologies

Cloud native is a development approach that improves building, maintainability, scalability, and deployment of applications. My intention with this article is to explain, in a pragmatic way, how to build, deploy, run, and monitor a simple cloud-native application on Microsoft Azure using open-source technologies.

Andrea Grillo
on Jun 22, 2022
.NET

Creating and Using HTTP Client SDKs in .NET 6

In this article, the author explains the process behind developing HTTP Client SDKs in .NET 6. Different approaches for real-world scenarios are presented and explained while the author shows you how to develop your own SDK using .NET 6, step-by-step.

Oleksii Nikiforov
on Feb 07, 2022
.NET

Colors in .NET: an In-Depth Guide

In this article, Peter Huber explains the intricacies of choosing and manipulating colors in .NET, from the basics of understanding how a monitor creates color to generating and manipulating your own color. A must-read for graphic designers and software developers working with .NET.

Peter Huber
on Jan 26, 2022
.NET

Getting Started with gRPC and .NET

In this article, the author introduces the core concepts behind gRPC and how it can be used with API development. The basic pros and cons of using gRPC instead of REST are also explained with a scenario analysis. The text is illustrated with a step-by-step tutorial on how to use gRPC to develop streaming services in .NET.

Mohamad Lawand
on Dec 09, 2021
Architecture & Design

Microservices — the Letter and the Spirit

Microservices to be a pattern of ‘decoupled services’ managed to get the best out of it (the underlying understanding of the pattern (‘small’ vs ‘decoupled’) forces developers to take certain design decisions that are consistent with these objectives. In this article discuss we will discuss well and poor implementations: ‘small-services’ vs ‘decoupled-services’ or ‘Letter’ vs the ‘Spirit’.

Alaa Tadmori
on Nov 23, 2021
.NET

Overriding Sealed Methods in C#

In this article, the author demonstrates how we can change the behavior of sealed methods in C#. This can be done by understanding Operating System mechanisms and how the .NET platform generates and compiles code. The author illustrates these techniques using real-world scenarios, including the modification of the WinPAI wrapper.

Adam Furmanek
on Nov 12, 2021
.NET

Anomaly Detection Using ML.NET

In this article, the author introduces the concepts of Anomaly Detection using the Randomized PCA method. The theory behind the concepts is explained and exemplified. The method is demonstrated with a real-world scenario implemented using C# and ML.NET.

Robert Krzaczyński
on Nov 02, 2021
.NET

Records in C# 9

In this article, Tugce Özdeger talks about Records, a new reference type introduced in C# 9 that provides built-in functionality for encapsulating data. The article shows the potential benefits and advantages of using records and how developers can use them in their applications, with code examples and comparisons with classes and structs.

Tugce Ozdeger
on Oct 27, 2021
.NET

Present and Future of Xamarin Community Toolkit: Q&A with Gerald Versluis

Xamarin.Forms is evolving into .NET MAUI; the Xamarin Community Toolkit is also preparing for the transition. In this Q&A, InfoQ decided to interview Gerald Versluis. He is a software engineer at Microsoft from the Netherlands. In this interview, we will talk about Xamarin Community Toolkit, MAUI transition, and their future roadmap.

Almir Vuk Gerald Versluis
on Oct 18, 2021
.NET

The Fundamentals of Testing with Persistence Layers

Mocking out dependencies such as databases and other persistence layers leads to ineffective tests. Unfortunately, our industry is also focused on function-level testing to the exclusion of all else, so few are trained on how to write any other type of test. This article seeks to correct the issue by reintroducing the concept of testing with databases.

Jonathan Allen
on Oct 11, 2021