Whether you’ve worked on a large or a small project, throughout your career, someone has initiated an architecture pattern on the project you’re working on; more often than not, it’s you on small personal projects, but you’re not aware you’re using one. In this article, we’ll endeavour to discuss what...

IoT implies physical objects linked via wireless and wired networks. It refers to a group of internet-connected devices that communicate independently over the internet without needing a person to mediate the information exchange. You might wonder how this varies from the “internet” as most individuals realize it. It’s not...

Introduction With the release of .NET 8, Microsoft takes a significant stride forward, introducing the native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation for ASP.NET Core. This advancement not only enhances application performance but also simplifies the development process, marking a new era in the .NET ecosystem. The emergence of native AOT in .NET...

Pagination is in front of us everyday yet we take it for granted kind of like we do with most things. It’s what chunks huge lists of data (blog posts, articles, products) into pages so we can navigate through data. This is how you did pagination until this point. using...

During interviews for senior .NET developer positions, technical questions are often asked to test skills and understanding. This article contains seven commonly asked questions based on my experience in various .NET developer interviews, both as an interviewer and a candidate. 1. How to implement asynchronous programming? Asynchronous programming in .NET...

Table of contents Introduction Prerequisites Step 1: Create Action Groups Step 1.1: Action Groups Structure Step 1.2: Create Action Groups Step 1.3: Test Action Group Step 2: Create a new alert rule Step 2.1: Setup Conditions Step 2.2: Write Log Query Step 2.3: Associate Action Group Step 2.4: Test Alert...

In a previous blog post, I showed you how to use PostgreSQL in C# with Npgsql, Dapper, and Entity Framework Core. But if you’re going to use one of them, it’s probably a good idea to make sure you’re not choosing a library that has really bad performance. Or at...

If you’re a .NET developer, chances are you’ve had to deal with scheduling tasks at some point. Cron jobs are a common way to do this, but they can be tedious to set up and maintain. Enter Hangfire, a powerful and easy-to-use library that simplifies scheduling Cron jobs in .NET....

Introduction Website downtime can be a critical issue for companies in industries such as Insurance, Healthcare, Finance, and Banking, especially for applications that are mission critical. It can lead to inconvenience for users and potentially result in significant financial losses. To proactively address this challenge, Azure Application Insights offers a...

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,...

Scenario: You are the web administrator for User Illusions, a virtual reality gaming company based in Hollywood, CA. You must ensure that your company website is up and running at all times. If an outage is detected, you must be notified so that you can take action quickly. You will...

Kestrel Web Server in ASP.NET Core Application In this article, I will discuss the Kestrel Web Server in ASP.NET Core application with examples. Please read our previous article discussing the ASP.NET Core InProcess Hosting Model with examples. At the end of our previous article, we discussed that with the OutOfProcess...

Application Insights - Telemetry 1. How do I instrument (monitor/record/enabling to capture telemetry) an application? Autoinstrumentation - if you don’t have access to source code You only need to install the Application Insights SDK if: You require custom events and metrics. You require control over the flow of telemetry....

Remote work has come a very long way. In previous years, remote work was widely seen as ‘not real work’. Then Covid-19 happened, and… well, you know the rest. Even since the pandemic, our understanding of the positive impacts of remote work — both for tech professionals and companies—has evolved...

.NET 8 introduced a powerful API in system diagnostics, making it seamless for developers to add custom application metrics adhering to the open telemetry standard. In this post, we’ll explore this new feature, demonstrating how it can be leveraged to publish metrics from a minimal API. Additionally, we’ll cover...

In a Microservices Architecture, services typically collaborate with each other to serve business use cases. These services may have their own software characteristics in terms of Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, etc. but there will always be a situation when the downstream service you are trying to communicate with is either not...

Lesser-known techniques for optimizing SQL queries in a high-traffic application, especially when dealing with complex joins and indexing challenges The success of high-traffic applications hinges on the efficient performance of their underlying databases. As the complexity of SQL queries grows, especially those involving intricate joins and indexing challenges, query optimization...

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...

With the release of C# 10 in November 2021 developers were introduced to a new concept called records, in this post I’ll outline some of the key differences between records and classes. For this comparison I’ll only consider the default/common approach for creating class’ and records’, since a record is...

Introduction LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a powerful feature in C# that allows developers to perform complex queries on collections and databases using a syntax that is both expressive and readable. However, writing LINQ queries efficiently is essential to ensure that your application performs well. In this article, we will...