Performance testing is a critical aspect of the development process, it helps ensure that our applications can handle varying levels of traffic and deliver a smooth user experience under heavy loads. In this article, we will explore how to perform load and stress testing on ASP.NET Core 6.0 applications using...

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service provided by Microsoft Azure. It supports multiple data models, including document, key-value, graph, and column-family data models. In this article, we’ll explore how to add and retrieve data from Azure Cosmos DB using .NET Core, focusing on the document model....

Choosing between .NET Core and .NET Framework is a crucial decision for your business. Your choice between them can significantly impact the smoothness of your software projects and the success of your business. Both of these platforms have their own strengths and weaknesses. In this article, we explore the differences...

Jul 14, 2023 Some time ago, many professionals forecasted that .NET Core would be the upcoming successful thing, which would give an opportunity to developers for a large number of ideas/options in application development. Wherein, developers with good skills have a massive demand in this profession! So let us learn...

I found myself in need of quickly converting my C# console application into a web application, primarily, I was asked to expose our console app’s logic through an API with very little time to manage it. This article will cover on how I eventually exposed our console app on port...

I recently migrated this blog from WordPress to a custom Nuxt site. I moved from WordPress to have more control over the blog and not have to rely on plugins to do everything. It’s worked out really well but there is one plugin I do miss: Smush ☹️ Performance is...

Kestrel Web Server in ASP.NET Core Application In this article, I will discuss the Kestrel Web Server in ASP.NET Core application with examples. Please read our previous article discussing the ASP.NET Core InProcess Hosting Model with examples. At the end of our previous article, we discussed that with the OutOfProcess...

Feature flags, also known as feature toggles or feature flags, are a powerful technique used in software development to enable or disable specific features or code paths in your application without modifying the code itself. This allows you to release new features gradually, test them with a subset of users,...

Fluent validation is a third party library for validating your models in .NET. It is totally free. Why fluent validation? If you already have used data annotation for validation, then you must be aware of validation in .NET. So you might be thinking why do we need fluent validation. Fluent...

These interview questions range from basic to advanced .Net Core, and will assist you in preparing for interviews, revising quickly, and strengthening your technical skills. According to the Stackoverflow Survey 2020,.NET and.NET Core are the second and third most popular frameworks and libraries, respectively. It is frequently the first programming...

gRPC is a powerful framework for working with Remote Procedure Calls. RPCs allow you to write code as though it will be run on a local computer, even though it may be executed on another computer. One of the key advantages of gRPC is its use of HTTP/2, which...

Performance tricks & best practices, beginner friendly Hey there! Today, I’m sharing some straightforward ways to speed up your .NET Core apps. No fancy words, just simple stuff that works. Let’s dive in! • • • 1. Asynchronous programming Asynchronous programming in .NET Core is a powerful way to enhance...

A deep dive into Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation for optimized performance What is it? Traditionally, .NET languages like C# use Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation. In this process, the source code is initially compiled into Common Intermediate Language (CIL) code, a platform-agnostic code representation. Only when the code is executed does the JIT...

HyperText markup language, commonly referred to as HTML, has been the foundation of creating and navigating web pages from the very beginning. Its significance further increases provided how the world is moving towards digitization. Hence, working with this format just can’t be confined to internet use; users even look forward...

In the world of web development, building robust and efficient REST APIs is a crucial skill. Whether you are a C# beginner or have some programming experience, creating RESTful APIs using .NET Core and Entity Framework with PostgreSQL is an excellent starting point to dive into backend development. .NET Core...

Today we will see, how to enable Logging directly to Loki via Serilog for a .NET Core Microservice and visualize the logs in Grafana.   Before we start, What is Loki? Loki is a horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It is designed to be...

Did you ever face a situation where you have a search UI, like a front-end application, that has a data table and you need to support a complex query construction that can contain Free Text search, Sorting of multiple columns, and extra filters and query parameters starts to look...

In this article, we are going to discuss the working of CQRS and MediatR patterns and step-by-step implementation using .NET Core 6 Web API. Agenda Introduction of CQRS Pattern When to use CQRS MediatR Step-by-step Implementation Prerequisites Visual Studio 2022 SQL Server .NET Core 6 Introduction of CQRS Pattern CQRS...

We are going to discuss Caching in .NET Core and how it works. So, we look at the following things one by one. Introduction of Caching. What is Cache. Types of cache. Cache Implementation. So, let’s start one by one. Introduction Caching is very popular nowadays in the software...

Having a system which is composed by distributed applications is a great idea, but a way to communicate with each other is required. A very popular architecture is the so called MDA or Message Driven Architecture, where a system is composed from autonomous components that communicate with each other...