In this article, we will explore the different categories of C# data types. We will take an in-depth look into the distinctions between value types and reference types, understanding their nature and behaviors when instantiated, compared, or assigned. Value types In C#, there are two main categories of data types:...

Indeed, when an individual decides to build a career in the Software Development field, there is one thing that always comes to his mind – How the career will progress, and what will be future opportunities? However, there are various worthwhile career opportunities after spending an adequate amount in the...

In today's digital age, choosing the right architecture is critical to the success of your web application. Microservices vs. Monolithic Architecture are two popular choices, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. In this blog, We will explore the key differences between Microservices and Monolithic Architecture in this...

This article is mainly about implementing a simple web notification system in a Vue application using basic functionalities provided by SignalR. Here, we will explore how we can configure SignalR in a .NET Core application and how to integrate SignalR client in a Vue application. You can have a better...

Introduction Building real-time applications has become essential in modern web development, especially for features like notifications, chat systems, and live updates. SignalR, a powerful library for ASP.NET, enables seamless real-time communication between server-side code and client-side web applications. In this guide, we’ll walk through creating real-time notifications in .NET Core...

In software engineering, composition plays an important role in object-oriented programming. If you’ve come across other articles or videos I’ve put out about object-oriented programming, you’ll know that I try to push composition over inheritance as much as I can. This is strictly because I have seen overuse of inheritance...

“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...

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...

In today’s connected world, data is piling up very fast. We are generating more data than ever in human history, and a lot of this data is getting stored in non-relational formats like JSON documents. JSON has become a ubiquitous format for modern-day applications — being used for config...

In the article, we are going to examine how to optimize SQL queries and improve query performance by using SQL query optimization tips and techniques and many others. Before going towards the main topic of SQL Query optimization, let us first understand the actual processing of query: Query Processing...

MSSQL and MySQL are two of the most popular relational database management systems in the world Nowadays, even when businesses are selling comparable products, rivalry between them is fairly widespread. In a market where there is competition, a company’s profitability is influenced by its ability to offer the finest...

One of the things that we may struggle with as developers when working on a green field project is our stack. Choosing the right tech to solve a problem can be a harrowing experience. Databases, in particular, can be a bit tough if we’re unsure how our data is...

Introduction to Async and Await in C# Asynchronous programming has come a long way in C#. Prior to the introduction of async and await, developers had to rely on callbacks, events and other techniques like the BeginXXX/EndXXX pattern or BackgroundWorker. These methods often led to complex and difficult-to-maintain code....

The HTTP protocol lets browsers and other applications request resources from a server on the internet, for example, to load a web page. HTTP/3 is the latest version of this protocol, which was published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a proposed standard under RFC 9114 in...

1. JustDecompile JustDecompile is a free decompiler tool that allows you to easily decompile .NET assemblies into readable code. With this tool, you can quickly and easily analyze the code of any .NET application, even if you don’t have the original source code. https://www.telerik.com/products/decompiler.aspx 2. PostSharp PostSharp is a...

Back in 2008, I wrote a series of articles about using iTextSharp to generate PDF files in an ASP.NET application. I still use iTextSharp in a large MVC 5 application that I'm in the process of migrating to ASP.NET Core. The version I use is very old (4.1.6), and...

C# AngleSharp tutorial shows how to parse HTML in C# with AngleSharp library. The library can also parse SVG, MathML, or XML. AngleSharp GitHub: https://github.com/AngleSharp Document Object Model (DOM) is a standard tree structure, where each node contains one of the components from an XML structure. Element nodes and text...

We are going to discuss the Unit of Work design pattern with the help of a generic repository and step-by-step implementation using .NET Core 6 Web API. Agenda Repository Pattern Unit of Work Step-by-step Implementation Prerequisites Visual Studio 2022 SQL Server .NET Core 6 SDK Repository Pattern The repository...

Keeping our SQL server in a healthy state is a matter of concern for sure. Here users can learn the top 11 SQL server maintenance plan best practices that experts, DBAs, architects, and developers follow. No doubt that users often face difficulties with their SQL server. However, with these...

Sometimes we have to perform several queries to the database, put the results into memory, and then process them as needed. For example, we have a Supplier table and a Customer table. Both tables have a substantial amount of data. We want to combine existing Supplier and Customer data...