Overview Validation is a very crucial part of Web API implementation. Regardless of what kind of Web API you are building, the bottom line is validating a request before processing it. The common thing I will do in validation is null checks, string checks and custom validation rules. Here, I'll...

Overview In this article, I'll explain about the best possible ways to implement the web API, designing of great web API and finally, the things to remember while implementing API. How to design or build great Web API Applications? Basically we’re building applications (web, windows, etc...) for end users who...

What is a helper page? Helper Page enables you to see the list of Web API endpoints, so that the consumers can easily understand what HTTP method will do. What is the use of helper page? Basically, if you work on traditional Web services or WCF services, the consumers will...

Caching is the process of storing the data that’s frequently used so that data can be served faster for any future requests. Suppose we have a very lightweight process which talks to another server whose data is not going to change frequently; “Our service” and “Users Service” (which returns an...

The primary purpose of any caching mechanism is to improve performance of an application. As an ASP.NET developer you are probably aware that ASP.NET web forms as well as ASP.NET MVC could used Cache object to cache application data. This was often called server side data caching and was...

Published: November 23, 2016 At last week's .NET Connect event and two-weeks ago at the MVP Summit we got to hear about Microsoft's vision for .NET going forward. A lot of people - myself included - in recent years have wondered what the future of .NET is. A key component...

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...

Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) are one of the most widely used database management systems in the world. Based on the relational model invented by Edgar F. Codd, these databases store data in the form of tables, and allow the data to be linked by establishing a relationship between...

SQLite and PostgreSQL are among the most widely used relational database management systems (RDMS). They are both open-source and free, but they have some major differences that should be considered when choosing a database to use for your business. 1. Principle SQLite: Ultra-lightweight in setup, administration, and required resource....

While there are as many proprietary authentication methods as there are systems which utilize them, they are largely variations of a few major approaches. In this post, I will go over the 4 most used in the REST APIs and microservices world. Authentication vs Authorization Before I dive into...

We will demonstrate how to setup Elasticsearch and learn how to write basics statements. You will learn about the structure, commands, tools in Elasticsearch API and get it up and running using standard settings. Introduction We will be talking about the basics of Elasticsearch API. We are going to...

Although SQL Server's Full-Text search is good for searching text that is within a database, there are better ways of implementing search if the text is less-well structured, or comes from a wide variety of sources or formats. Ryszard takes ElasticSearch, and seven million questions from StackOverflow, in order...

Microsoft’s second release candidate of .NET 5 arrived October 13, bringing the merger of .NET Framework and .NET Core one step closer to completion. The new unified .NET platform is due for general availability November 10, 2020. Microsoft describes Release Candidate 2 as a near-final release and the last...

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a web feed mechanism, which helps applications or clients get updated content from websites in a timely fashion and empower applications to get content from more than one website regularly without having to manually check for new content. The best example for...

Choosing the best framework for desktop application development isn’t the easiest thing to do. However, the good news is that it’s a tough choice because you have a diversity of options when it comes to the desktop application frameworks. In this article, we will explain what is the desktop framework,...

Lazy initialization is a technique that defers the creation of an object until the first time it is needed. In other words, initialization of the object happens only on demand. Note that the terms lazy initialization and lazy instantiation mean the same thing — they can be used interchangeably. By...

Microservices The term microservices portrays a software development style that has grown from contemporary trends to set up practices that are meant to increase the speed and efficiency of developing and managing software solutions at scale. Microservices is more about applying a certain number of principles and architectural patterns as...

Introduction During this article, we will learn how to work with the microservice architecture patterns and Docker containers using the .NET Core 3 platform to build a distributed system. Monolithic vs Microservices Architecture Before talking about Microservices, we need to understand the difference between traditional application approach and microservices application...