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Despite the name, endpoints are generally where ASP.NET Core development starts for many developers. Endpoints handle incoming requests and provide appropriate responses to clients. While the concept of endpoints has existed since the inception of web development, it was only recently formalized int…

Did you know? Microsoft created a C based language named C# in 1988? 1988!? You heard that right! It's true! This language, of course, was not the C# that we all know and love today. Meanwhile, Rico Mariani says in that same article that the code name for VB version 1 was named "Thunder". Befitting.…

Nullable reference types are one of the biggest and most actively developed C# features. Since their release less than two years ago, a lot has changed. We’ve gotten new attributes such as, annotations for generic types, new constraints syntax, and countless small changes in the data flow analysis a…

With the release of dotMemory 2021.2 around the corner, we thought we'd give you, our loyal JetBrains customers, a sneak peek at some new and exciting features. These newest improvements will make you become a memory maestro in no time! We re-worked the allocation analysis views. Allocations grou…

A custom development environment can be critical to our success when developing software. As developers, we've likely spent hours, if not days, customizing our tools to behave the way we want them to. We've chosen a color scheme, have a list of recent projects, and committed time-saving shortcuts to…

According to our most recent developer survey, ASP.NET Core is the most used technology the .NET ecosystem offers, with ASP.NET MVC following up in the third spot. It's not a surprise because the web is a wild and weird place, where we can all explore the limits of what's possible. (more…)…

Did you know? There are over 220 billion (yes, billion!) lines of COBOL still in use today! It sounds crazy, but it's true. A substantial part of the US government on both the federal and state level use COBOL as well as finance and private industry have COBOL systems. Many .NET developers hope that…