Scheduling one or more background tasks is almost inevitable when building robust, self-sustaining APIs with .NET. A few packages have been around for years, such as Hangfire and Quartz.NET. ASP.NET Core allows background tasks to be implemented as hosted services. However, you might need something more customizable and lightweight with...

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...

In this article, let’s learn about how to perform file upload in ASP.NET Core 6. The file for upload can be of any format like image (jpg, BMP, gif, etc), text file, XML file, CSV file, PDF file, etc. We will learn how to design a web page that allows...

“What the hell was I thinking?!?” It’s 1:30AM and I am staring at a piece of code I wrote no more than a month ago. At the time it seemed like a work of art. It all made sense. It was elegant and simple and amazing. Not anymore. I have...

Introduction In the world of making websites look good, pictures, especially images, are super important. They make up a big part (60%!) of what you see online, making websites more interesting and helping to share information. Among the many tools that developers use, React SVG stands out. It's like a...

Say goodbye to the hassle of having to manually set a default filter for every query EF Core provides a useful feature called Global Query Filters. It enables you to apply a filter to all queries sent to the database. Two examples of how this feature can be practically used...

Sometimes you need to run scheduled tasks for your .NET web app. Automated report creation, status checks, routine admin tasks, that sort of thing. I spent the last few weeks migrating Practical ASP.NET to .NET 8 (static SSR). One requirement involved sending data to an external service. For this I...

Vite.js - это один из инструментов для настройки сред разработки. Чаще всего используется в связке с фреймворками React и Vue. Однако функционал не ограничен только их поддержкой - инструмент способен работать даже с ванильным JavaScript, следовательно, и различными библиотеками, написанным на нем. Подходит для более сложных проектов, где требуется взаимодействие...

Learn how applicant tracking systems (ATS) work, how they impact your job search, and how to create an ATS-friendly resume that will get you more job interviews. Most companies today, including over 97 percent of Fortune 500 companies, rely on an applicant tracking system, or ATS, to help them hire...

Discover the best CI/CD tools for your stack — including tools to help manage and optimize your continuous integration and delivery pipelines. The modern software development lifecycle comprises two key phases: continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery or deployment (CD). In both stages, automation reduces manual labor, minimizing human errors....

async void methods in C# are a source of a lot of problems for many developers getting into writing async await code. The pattern that we’re suggested to use is of course async Task, but there are cases — like with Event Handlers in C# — where the method signatures...

Performance comparison between LinkedList and ToArray Some weeks ago I created an article comparing the performance of ToList versus ToArray when creating short lived collections that won’t be mutated, usually used to prevent multiple enumerations when iterating over a temporary LINQ transformation or to ensure mapping exceptions will be thrown...

Introduction Caching is a technique used to store frequently accessed data in a fast-access storage layer to improve application performance and reduce the load on backend systems. By serving data from the cache, we can avoid expensive database queries or API calls, resulting in faster response times and improved scalability....

The growth of the internet has made instant communication technology more important than ever, especially for the Internet of Things (IoT). With so many devices like smart home gadgets and industrial sensors needing to talk to each other smoothly, having fast and reliable communication is crucial. This is where WebSockets...

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. — Albert Einstein When we were starting off in philanthropy, my wife Cari did a listening tour to try to shape our strategy. We were trying to learn some basic principles about choosing cause areas and...

As a developer working on your current project, can you answer the following question: can your system at current state handle a new client with x1000 client compared to your existing user base? Will you know that running in production system has performance issues? In this post I’ll describe how...

Performance comparison between ToList and ToArray Ever since Microsoft introduced Language Integrated Query to the .NET framework (also known as LINQ) developers have been using it extensively to work with collections. From a simple filter, to an aggregation, to a transformation, LINQ is the technology of choice to keep code...

Dapper and EF Core are popular .NET libraries for data access and management. Both have strengths and weaknesses, and the choice will depend on the project's specific requirements. In this article, we'll compare Dapper and EF Core in terms of their architecture, performance, and features. Architecture Dapper is a simple...

Зачем нужен GraphQL Чтобы ответить на этот вопрос, нужно сказать пару слов об архитектуре REST API. Сегодня этот инструмент повсеместно используется для связи фронтенда и бэкенда. Когда пользователь сайта нажимает на кнопку на сайте, скажем, переходит на страницу в интернет-магазине, за передачу данных с сервера вероятнее всего отвечает именно REST...

Как устроены функции и хранимые процедуры и как их применять для повторного использования запросов. SQL, как и любой другой язык программирования, предоставляет функции и хранимые процедуры. В этой статье мы рассмотрим функции и хранимые процедуры в PostgreSQL, а также будут освещены следующие моменты: что такое функции и хранимые процедуры; разница...