Small changes, Big wins: How little tweaks make your code easy on the eye When we think of clean code, our brain jumps to SOLID principles, short classes, no comments, and good design patterns. While all of those apply, they are useless without the simplest thing of all: good naming....

We have been living in a distributed world for quite some time, and when considering how should you implement the communication between any two parties involved, the discussion seems to gravitate around two options: API or messaging. Instead of focusing on the lost battle of which one is better,...

Unlocking Resilience and Transient-fault-handling in your C# Code In an ideal world, every operation we execute, every API we call, and every database we query, would always work flawlessly. Unfortunately, we live in a world where network outages, server overloads, and unexpected exceptions are common realities. To maintain robust, resilient...

I wrote a few articles about design patterns. A few examples are the Repository Pattern (or the generic version) and the Strategy Pattern. Both are very effective when writing software. But I have also mentioned SOLID, which is a collection of design principles. But what is the difference between...

Exploring Key Features, Use Cases, and Performance of Two Popular Real-time Communication Protocols Introduction Real-time communication plays a crucial role in today’s connected world, powering applications such as IoT devices, web-based chat, gaming, and industrial automation. Choosing the right protocol to facilitate this communication is essential to ensure the smooth...

When you have multiple applications and they need to communicate with each other to exchange data you might want to use a protocol that makes something like that happen. In C#, the HTTPClient class provides a powerful and flexible way to make HTTP requests and handle responses. Whether you’re...

Attributes and decorators, which allow you to attach metadata to classes, properties, and methods. Attributes Attributes in C# allow you to attach metadata to your classes, methods, and other code elements. This metadata can then be used at runtime to modify the behavior of your code. Attributes are applied...

Introduction Performance optimization is a key concern in software development, regardless of the programming language or platform you’re using. It’s all about making your software run faster or with less memory consumption, leading to better user experience and more efficient resource usage. For .NET developers, understanding and implementing performance...

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...

This is my first article about gRPC on ASP.NET 6. In this article, I will give a short introduction to what gRPC is and the different types of communication in gRPC. In the end, I will share a simple console chat application and briefly explain how it works. The...

At the end of this article you will understand what “^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*).*” means Introduction to C# Regex: why it’s a powerful tool for text manipulation Before diving into the magical world of regular expressions, let’s get an idea of why using C# Regex is important and how it can boost your...

I’d like to take you on a journey back in time, precisely 15 years ago, when my journey into software development began. As a younger me, armed with nothing but curiosity, I was introduced to the html and css. In the beginning, it was all about figuring out the...

Mastering the art of scalable and resilient systems with essential microservices design patterns Unleash the power of microservices Are you striving to build efficient, scalable, and resilient software systems? As a software developer or senior developer, you must have come across the term “microservices architecture.” This revolutionary approach to software...

In this section, we’ll explore the world of unit testing in C# and .NET, learn what unit testing is, why it’s important, and the landscape of testing frameworks and tools available to developers. What is Unit Testing? Unit testing is the process of verifying the correctness of individual units...

Cyclomatic complexity is a code metric (integer value 1 or more) used to measure how complex a function/method is. It does not take into account lines of code but instead considers complexity to be the distinct paths through a function. Microsoft defines cyclomatic complexity as measuring the amount of decision...

LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a powerful querying tool in .NET that allows you to perform complex queries directly in C#. The System.Linq.Expressions namespace is a part of LINQ that provides classes, interfaces, enumerations and structures to work with lambda expressions and expression trees. Lambda expressions are a way...

Understanding uow to use And and Or operators with Expression Trees As a C# developer, you may have come across scenarios where you need to build complex logical expressions dynamically based on user input or other dynamic factors. In such cases, building expressions statically can become tedious and error-prone. In...

Maximizing performance in asynchronous programming Task and Task<TResult> The Task and Task<TResult> types were introduced in .NET 4.0 as part of the Task Parallel Library (TPL) in 2010, which provided a new model for writing multithreaded and asynchronous code. For demonstration purposes, let’s build an example: using System; using System.Diagnostics;...

In today’s fast-paced world of software development, it is crucial to be familiar with design patterns that can help you create robust, efficient, and maintainable code. One of the most widely used programming frameworks for enterprise applications is the .NET framework. In this article, we will explore the most commonly...

In this article, I’ll show you what the basic steps are for converting a SQL query into LINQ. You’ll learn the basic steps needed while we convert an example query. In this article, it's assumed that you have a basic understanding of SQL, and know how to write C#...