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Report finds few open source projects actively maintained
Sonatype’s annual software supply chain analysis finds open source project maintenance in decline, while 1 in 8 open source downloads have a known risk.
How to use TinyIoC in ASP.NET Core
TinyIoC is a lightweight and fast inversion of control container that makes dependency injection simple and easy. Here’s how to take advantage of it in ASP.NET Core applications.
How to implement in-memory caching in ASP.NET Core
You can take advantage of the decorator design pattern to add in-memory caching to your ASP.NET Core applications. Here’s how.
Microsoft’s F# refines loops in computation expressions
The while! keyword is geared for clarity and expressiveness and will appear in F# 8.
Build an API gateway using YARP in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of an API gateway to provide a single point of entry to your back-end services and keep your services secure. YARP makes it easy.
How to build a microservice in ASP.NET Core
A microservices architecture can help you build applications that are flexible, scalable, and easy to maintain. Here’s how to get started with microservices in ASP.NET Core.
How to improve API security in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of authentication and authorization, API keys, rate limiting, CORS, API versioning, and other recommended practices to build secure and robust APIs in ASP.NET Core.
The key new features and changes in .NET 8
With Microsoft’s yearly .NET release just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about the changes you will need to make to your code.
How to map object relationships using Dapper in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of Dapper to create one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many entity relationships in your ASP.NET Core applications.
How to improve data access performance in EF Core
Take advantage of these 10 strategies to improve data access performance when using Entity Framework Core in your data-driven .NET applications.
Visual Studio 2022 updates spotlight productivity
Visual Studio 2022 17.7 and a preview of 17.8 promise to streamline development with enhancements to diffs, comparisons, searches, pull requests, unit tests, and more.
How to use Fluent Assertions in C#
When unit tests fail, they should clearly explain why. Take advantage of the Fluent Assertions library to write unit test methods that are simple, readable, concise, and expressive.
Microsoft previews new F# syntax for string interpolation
Improved syntax makes it easier to work with text like CSS that contains many curly braces, while maintaining backwards compatibility with F#’s triple-quoted strings.
How to handle null values in C#
Null pointer exceptions are no fun. You can avoid them and keep your code clean and maintainable by using these techniques to elegantly handle null values in C#.
C# 12 boosts AOT compilation
Latest C# 12 preview introduces an experimental feature that allows generators to reroute code to provide context-specific optimization.
How to use the is and as operators in C#
Take advantage of the is and as operators in C# to perform casting operations elegantly and write code that is well structured, concise, and maintainable.
Microsoft improves F# language hints in Visual Studio
Microsoft is previewing inline type hints, inline parameter name hints, and return type hints for the F# programming language in Visual Studio.
