Did you know? Atari celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. While the organization has changed hands a few times in 50 years, the original Atari, Inc., was founded in Sunnyvale, California, in 1972 and is currently owned by Atari SA. Atari made video games in the home a popular pastime. Happy anniversary Atari!
Getting Started with DevOps and .NET MAUI – We’re on a “Getting Started” roll this month, as Sweeky Satpathy pens this introductory post about MAUI but including DevOps.
Connecting to PolyScale with JetBrains DataGrip – Mark Rendle demonstrates how to connect to PolyScale, a “plug-and-play global database cache that reduces global query latency for databases” with DataGrip. DataGrip can be used to connect to any major (and even some obscure) data sources.
Using PathBase with .NET 6’s WebApplicationBuilder – In web apps, it’s often important to know which route a request is from. In this post, Andrew Lock shows what you need to know about path management in an ASP.NET app.
How to test ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs – ASP.NET minimal APIs are the latest backend tech from Microsoft. Maarten Balliauw demonstrates how to test your new minimal APIs.
Minimal API Route Handler Filters – Continuing on with minimal APIs, Khalid Abuhakmeh pens a nice post on minimal route handler filters.
Add Effects Like a Pro Using .NET MAUI Effects View – Syncfusion’s Effects View control is a really cool way to build a professional UX. Check out this post by Selva Ganapathy Kathiresan to see how you can jazz up your UX with Effects View.
Runtime C# Code Compilation Revisited for Roslyn – Roslyn has a set of C# code compilation APIs, and Rick Strahl has used them to dynamically compile code at runtime for one of his popular apps. Read his post to see the benefits and why you might want to consider this approach in some of your software.
Lambda Expressions in C# – More basics with Code Maze, detailing the important aspects of Lambda expressions.
Speed Up Logging in .NET 6 – We’re always looking to optimize for performance, and we almost always need some sort of logging in apps. So David McCarter penned this post on speeding up logging. It’s a win-win. You get logging, and it’s fast.
Perhaps Too Much Validation – Have you considered that some of what goes into validation code belongs elsewhere, for example, in your tests instead? Derek Greer demystifies validation boundaries in this post.
Sidecar Pattern for Abstracting Common Concerns – Who doesn’t like a good pattern? Have you implemented the Sidecar pattern (it’s common though many might use a different name)? Unsure of what it is? Check out this blog post w/video by Derek Comartin that shows how to most effectively use it.
The Basics of Images, Containers, and Docker – Not everyone has jumped on the containerized bandwagon yet. So it’s back to basics, but this time it’s about all things Docker, by David Giard.
Working Effectively with GitHub Issues – A lot of folks jump into GitHub and are mostly concerned with other aspects of Git and GitHub, when in fact GitHub issues properly done can make the dev process a lot more streamlined and clear for everyone. So read this post by Steve Smith so you can make the most of GitHub issues.
Releasing Color.js: A library that takes color seriously – Software that incorporates colors into its UX well is one hallmark of great software. And Lea Verou brings those vivid colors to us in the form of a library to help you get that great UX you want.
How to be a successful solopreneur – A solopreneur is an entrepreneur who builds their business without staff. If you’ve been considering leaving the workplace to work on that pet software project, listen to this podcast featuring Jennifer Yip and how she does solopreneuring (Is that a word? It is now).
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