Building a high-performing team of offshore software developers is not merely about recruiting the best offshore software developers or putting together a group of talented individuals; it is about creating one inseparable unit that works cohesively despite a physical distance. In this post, I will share my insights and experience...

Step-by-step guide to creating custom context menus (right-click menu) in JavaScript. Hello Developers 👋, A context menu, also known as a right-click menu or pop-up menu, is a menu that appears when the user performs a specific action, such as right-clicking on an object or pressing and holding on a...

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...

In this article, you will learn: What is hexagonal architecture (or “ports & adapters” as this architecture is officially called)? What are the advantages of hexagonal architecture over classical layered architecture? What distinguishes hexagonal architecture from “clean architecture” and “onion architecture”? How are hexagonal architecture, microservices, and Domain Driven...

The final part of our series brings the user interface to life, integrating our secure ASP.NET 8 Web API with a React and Redux frontend. In this article, we’ll cover how to manage authentication states, securely store and handle authentication tokens, and communicate with the backend API from your React...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a pervasive technology with a significant impact on various industries. IoT refers to the network of interconnected physical devices embedded with sensors, software, and connectivity, enabling them to collect and exchange data. The growth of IoT applications has revolutionized sectors such as healthcare,...

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,...

Introduction In Part 1 of the “Asynchronous programming with async and await in C#” series, we examined some of the theory behind async / await. In today’s Part 2 we are going to go even deeper and discuss about how async / await pattern looks exactly under the hood and...

For individuals who work closely with application development, terms like React and ASP.NET Core are not foreign. The most popular uses of these two technologies are in application and software development. Like any other technology, these aren’t flawless, though. The combination of these two allows for the full enjoyment of...

If you are embarking on the journey to become a .NET Framework developer in 2024, you’re in for an exciting ride! The .NET ecosystem is vast and constantly evolving. To help you navigate this landscape effectively, we’ve compiled a comprehensive roadmap that outlines the essential skills and technologies you...

Content index What are election polls? Using election survey Things to consider while creating election survey Errors in election survey How to conduct election poll survey? Example of election poll survey questions What are Election Polls? Definition: Election polls is a process of deploying surveys or polls in the election...

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...

Background When Michael Akroyd presented the Gypsy AntiPattern at Object World West in 1996, he likened the transient appearance and then discrete vanishing of the gypsy class to a "Gypsy Wagon" that is there one day and gone the next. As we studied Akroyd's model, we wanted to convey more...

Simplifying data transport in C#. In modern C# development, data transport objects (DTOs) play a crucial role in exchanging information between different layers of an application, such as between a client and a server, and traditionally, developers have used classes to define DTOs, which involves writing boilerplate code for properties,...

Constructor We have been using constructors in object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C++, etc. A constructor is a special type of static method which can be invoked using thenew keyword and used to initialize the fields of a newly created object. Problem with constructors The name of the...

Master the art of caching in .NET applications to improve performance and user experience. Caching is a powerful technique to improve application performance and response times. By temporarily storing the results of expensive operations or frequently accessed data, you can reduce the load on your system and provide faster response...

Here’s the simple step-by-step guide that will teach you how to build and code a generic repository. There are oodles of design patterns. Some of these design patterns are floating about on antique blogs full of mad logic. They’re ridiculous enough to make the entire modern cloud rub its belly...

Writing code can be very exciting but it also can be very frustrating if your code is based on nested loops. Iterations are still one the most important parts of coding. So how can we avoid using ugly nested loops in our code? LINQ — Language Integrated Query Microsoft language...

The following are a set of best practices for using the HttpClient object in .NET Core when communicating with web APIs. Note that probably not all practices would be recommended in all situations. There can always be good reasons to break from a certain practice. This list is not...

Elasticsearch and MongoDB are the two most popular distributed datastores used to manage NoSQL data. Both of these technologies are highly scalable and have document-oriented design at the core. There are differences between the two technologies, however, and it’s important to understand these differences in order to choose the...