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...

Introduction As a passionate .NET developer, I find myself continuously seeking opportunities to expand my understanding of the .NET ecosystem. In this, my first article ever, I embark on a journey to explore the intricacies of .NET performance, with a specific focus on two prominent JSON frameworks: Newtonsoft.Json and Microsoft’s...

Imagine that you ask your development team to enable users to search for a product in an online bookstore by category. You expect a straightforward interface with category links to click on (e.g., fantasy, nonfiction, history, etc.) After two weeks of development, you receive a search bar feature where...

Long polling is a server-push technique used in web applications to efficiently update clients with new information. Unlike traditional polling, long polling keeps the request open until the server has new data to send. This method is beneficial when you want to reduce the latency for data updates without overloading...

Background tasks are crucial in many software applications, and scheduling them to run periodically or at specific times is a common requirement. In the .NET ecosystem, Quartz.NET provides a robust and flexible framework for scheduling such tasks. Let’s delve into what Quartz.NET is, why it is useful, and how we...

You can’t miss these 50 questions if you are preparing for interviews. Last month I was preparing for the interviews and I have collated all the questions from different companies. Although there were many questions but I have picked top 50 that are asked regularly and are highly important for...

Follow me on Twitter, happy to take your suggestions on topics or improvements. Introduction Many third-party feature flagging services are available, or your internal team could develop its own feature flag service. For those who prefer standardization, following the OpenFeature guidelines is also an option. However, none of these solutions...

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,...

Explore the benefits and risks of using AI-generated code in software development and when and how to leverage it to stay competitive. Artificial intelligence (AI) has shaped numerous industries over the past few years, from automation and minimizing errors to boosting worker productivity. One key field that AI is revolutionizing...

One of the most used databases these days is PostgreSQL (aka Postgres). Its accomplishments include being the most popular DB [among professional developers] according to Stack Overflow survey of 2022, the database in all of the fastest TechEmpower benchmarks, and being the most advanced open source database (self-proclaimed). We’ll talk...

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...

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...

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...