Announcing EF Core 2.0 Preview 2

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T18:08:30.000Z

Entity Framework Core (EF Core) is a lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform version of Entity Framework. EF Core follows the same release cycle as .NET Core but can be used in multiple .NET platforms, including .NET Core 2.0 and .NET Framework 4.6.1 or newer. This post highlights some of the new features / improvements coming with the Preview 2 release.

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Computing Technical Debt with NDepend

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:39.000Z

For years, I have struggled to articulate technical debt to non-technical stakeholders. This struggle says something, given that technical debt makes an excellent metaphor in and of itself.

Don't Code Tired | Testing ASP.NET Core Controllers in Isolation with Mock Objects and Moq

by bill-s, 2017-07-01T01:59:45.000Z

In previous posts we saw how to get started testing ASP.NET Core MVC controllers and also how to use the Moq mocking library in .NET Core tests.

Exploring CQRS within the Brighter .NET open source project

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:36.000Z

There's a ton of cool new .NET Core open source projects lately, and I've very much enjoyed exploring this rapidly growing space. Today at lunch I was checking out a project called "Brighter."

Hands on with Visual Studio for Mac

by bill-s, 2017-06-29T02:01:41.000Z

Visual Studio for Mac was released just under two months ago at Build 2017, and already we’ve seen tremendous growth in .NET developers working on the Mac.

Generate C# API Documentation with Wyam

by bill-s, 2017-07-01T02:00:02.000Z

We’ve all ran into the situation of wanting or needing to create API documentation. It could be your open source library/framework or for your internal work projects.

How to run C# code without building the whole project

by bill-s, 2017-07-01T01:59:26.000Z

Ctrl + E, E – the best Visual Studio shortcut I’ve seen so far!

Internet of Things - Use Azure IoT Suite to Boost IoT Development

by bill-s, 2017-07-01T01:59:51.000Z

An Internet of Things (IoT) solution comprises remote telemetry devices, a Web portal, cloud storage and real-time processing. Such a complex structure can make you reluctant to start IoT development.

Hashing, Encryption and Random in ASP.NET Core

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:49.000Z

This post look at hashing, encryption and random string generation in ASP.NET Core. We examine a few different approaches and explain why some common techniques should be avoided in modern applications.

Machine Learning for Developers

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:53.000Z

There’s a lot of talk about machine learning these days and how it will transform applications and services. Most of it is right on target: ML is definitely changing the way certain computing tasks will be implemented in the future, why wouldn’t it?

Microsoft Is for Open Source Developers

by bill-s, 2017-07-01T01:59:59.000Z

Microsoft has always been a company with a focus on developers. Now that the developer communities are increasingly, if not largely, open source, Microsoft has been adapting to this new reality.

Using MessagePack with ASP.NET Core MVC | StrathWeb. A free flowing web tech monologue.

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:50:13.000Z

MessagePack is a binary serialization format. It’s fast and space efficient – more compact than either JSON or BSON.

Value Types vs Reference Types

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:34.000Z

tl;dr structs have better data locality and don’t add any pressure for GC. But they are expensive to copy and you can accidentally box them which is bad.

Windows Template Studio 1.1 released!

by bill-s, 2017-06-30T01:59:29.000Z

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.1. In partnership with the community, we’ve been cranking out and iterating new features and functionality.