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Navigating the .NET Ecosystem

In 2002, .NET was released. Over the next 12+ years, the .NET developer community patiently grew at a seemingly steady pace. Then, things started evolving rapidly. Microsoft anticipated the changing ecosystem and embraced the open-source development mindset, even acquiring GitHub.

David Pine
on Sep 05, 2019
Cloud

WebAssembly and Blazor: A Decades Old Problem Solved

A framework, named Blazor because it runs in the browser and leverages a templating system or "view engine" called Razor, enables the scenario .NET developers almost gave up on. It doesn't just allow developers to build client-side code with C#, but also allows developers to run existing .NET Standard DLLs in the browser without a plugin. Here's the story of WebAssembly and Blazor.

Jeremy Likness
on May 30, 2019
.NET

Adapting Projects to Use C# 8 and Nullable Reference Types

This report is a case study on upgrading a C# 7 class library to C# 8 with nullable reference types. The project used in this case study is a collection of MVVM style base classes, reflection code, and various utility functions. It was chosen because it is reasonably small and has a good mix of idiomatic and unusual C# patterns.

Jonathan Allen
on Feb 09, 2019
.NET

Article Series - .NET Core - 2nd Series

In this series, we explore some of the benefits .NET Core and how it can help traditional .NET developers and all technologists who need to bring robust, performant and economical solutions to market

Chris Woodruff
on Jan 06, 2019
.NET

How to Test ASP.NET Core Web API

In this article, we will investigate testing your ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web API solutions. We will look at internal testing with Unit Testing and externally testing your solution with a new testing framework in ASP.NET Core called Integration Testing.

Chris Woodruff
on Dec 29, 2018
.NET

A Quick Tour of the .NET CLI

Arguably, the dotnet cli is one of the most useful features of the .Net Core wave of functionality. In this article we’ll take a look at how several .Net OSS tools take advantage of the dotnet cli and how you can use the new cli tooling in your own daily development.

Jeremy Miller
on Dec 23, 2018
.NET

.NET Core and DevOps

.NET Core was designed with devops in mind, and this article will cover how the .NET Core projects can benefit from the build automation and application monitoring intrinsic to the platform. The author also shows how the command-line accessibility of .NET Core makes this easier to implement.

Dave Swersky
on Dec 14, 2018
.NET

Book Review and Q&A: ASP.NET Core in Action by Andrew Lock

ASP.NET Core in Action by Andrew Lock, covers ASP.NET Core from the beginners start to an ending, with the fundamental knowledge to build web applications using this modern, highly available, highly scalable and cross-platform framework. If you are new to ASP.NET MVC programming, the book gives a good overview of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern as well as the legacy from the .NET Framework

Chris Woodruff
on Dec 09, 2018
.NET

Distributed Caching with ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core applications deployed to the cloud can receive performance benefits from the use of distributed caching. Matthew Groves explores how Couchbase Server can serve this purpose well. Couchbase Server is a memory-first database that is great for use as a distributed cache, and ASP.NET Core makes it easy to utilize this database in your applications.

Matthew Groves
on Nov 30, 2018
.NET

Async Streams in C# 8

Asynchronous programming is an important technique for many modern apps to improve responsiveness. C# 8 debuts Async Streams, which allows an async method return multiple values. Bassam Alugili provides an informative introduction to this new technique.

Bassam Alugili
on Sep 05, 2018
.NET

The Argument for WCF Hosting in .NET Core

Should WCF Hosting be Supported in .NET Core? To a lot of people this seems like a strange question; the answer is obviously... yes? no? Well actually it is quite contentious with people on both sides of the issue fiercely arguing for their position. We’ll try to unpack the debate and explain the arguments on both sides.

Jonathan Allen
on Aug 22, 2018
.NET

C# 8 Ranges and Recursive Patterns

C#8 adds Ranges and Recursive Patterns. Ranges define a sequence of data while the use of Recursive Patterns provides the ability to deconstruct objects that match a given pattern. This expands on the basic pattern matching that debuted in C#7.

Bassam Alugili
on Jul 25, 2018