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How to work with Azure Key Vault in .NET Core
Azure Key Vault is a safe and secure place to store the tokens, keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data used in your .NET Core applications. Here’s how to work with it in C#.
How to use EventCounters in .NET Core
Take advantage of EventCounters in .NET Core to gain insights into your application’s performance in real time.
How to avoid spaghetti code in C#
Spaghetti is good eating but bad programming. Follow these 10 best practices to keep your C# code clean, lean, and easy to maintain.
Composition vs. inheritance in OOP and C#
Understand the key concepts behind composition and inheritance that allow you to build reusable and flexible types in your .NET applications.
How to use advanced Dapper features in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of stored procedures, query pagination, query caching, and other advanced Dapper feature to simplify data access and ensure high performance.
How to use factory-based middleware activation in ASP.NET Core
Factory-based middleware activation is a more flexible and dynamic approach to configuring and activating middleware components. Here’s how to take advantage of it in ASP.NET Core 7.
Microsoft .NET 8 boosts Blazor, WebAssembly
Microsoft works to improve web app performance with Blazor server-side rendering and streaming rendering, Blazor WebAssembly runtime improvements.
How to use the rate limiting algorithms in ASP.NET Core
Learn how to use the fixed window, sliding window, token bucket, and concurrency algorithms in ASP.NET Core 7 to protect your applications and APIs against malicious attacks or overuse.
How to use response compression in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of response compression middleware in ASP.NET Core to reduce bandwidth requirements and improve the responsiveness of your apps.
Microsoft .NET Community Toolkit 8.2 shines on MVVM
Custom attributes for [RelayCommand], new property change hooks for [ObservableProperty] fields, MVVM code fixers, and MVVM source generator optimizations are also featured in the update.
How to use request decompression in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of the request decompression middleware in ASP.NET Core 7 to enable your API endpoints to accept requests that contain compressed content.
Applying the DRY, KISS, and YAGNI principles in C#
If you don’t repeat yourself, keep it simple, and implement only the functionality you really truly need, your C# code will be cleaner, simpler, and much easier to maintain.
Microsoft unveils C# 12 language enhancements
Three new features for C# 12 are available in the latest .NET 8 and Visual Studio 17.6 previews.
How to use the unit of work pattern in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of the unit of work design pattern to build flexible, extensible, and reusable data access layers in your ASP.NET Core applications.
Get started with the rate limiting middleware in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of the new rate limiting middleware in ASP.NET Core 7 to protect against malicious attacks on your applications and ensure equitable use of server resources.
Working with Azure’s Data API builder
Add REST and GraphQL APIs to any database with a handy .NET CLI tool.
How to work with EF Core migrations in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of migrations in EF Core to manage database schema changes over time and keep them in sync with the data models of your ASP.NET Core applications.
How to handle errors in minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core
How to use the exception handling middleware in ASP.NET Core to handle errors gracefully in your minimal API applications.
.NET 8 Preview 2 brings Blazor performance boosts
ASP.NET Core improvements in the second .NET 8 preview include a high-performance Blazor component for displaying tabular data and partial JIT compilation for Blazor WebAssembly apps.
Microsoft introduces reliable web app pattern for .NET cloud apps
Microsoft’s reliable web app pattern is a set of best practices for migrating ASP.NET web applications to its Azure cloud.