The .NET News Daily Issue #14

Your Daily Dose of .NET Insights, Tools, and Trends

Author

Jasen Fici
August 28, 2024

Midweek and the code is still hot! While summer might be winding down, your .NET skills are heating up. Today’s issue has the latest to keep you coding strong through the week—no sunscreen required.

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Developer of The Week

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Microsoft MVP and blogger, focused on ASP.​NET Core. Author of ASP.​NET Core in Action

.NET Library of The Week

I’m a SaaS application developer. I do all my development in .NET. I have a ton of direct experience with this framework and have nothing but good things to say about it.

ABP.IO Framework

Open-source web application framework for ASP.NET Core! Offers an opinionated architecture to build enterprise software solutions with best practices on top of the .NET. Provides the fundamental infrastructure, cross-cutting-concern implementations, startup templates, application modules, UI themes, tooling and documentation.

Today’s Articles

What are the benefits and mechanics of .NET source code obfuscation?

### Benefits of .NET Source Code Obfuscation

EF Core migration features that you might not know about

Invaluable Entity Framework Core migration features such as Entity Type Configuration, Seed Data, Value Converters and running a SQL command.

DateTime Formatting in C#: Dev Guide (2024)

Wake up, folks! It’s time to grapple with C#! Programming quirkiness and all. We’re venturing into DateTime country now, where understanding datetime formats

Object Mapping Without any Mapping Framework in C# Using Extension Methods

When developing applications in C#, it’s common to encounter scenarios where you need to map domain models (entities) to Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) and vice versa. DTOs are simplified objects that…

Modernizing Legacy Applications with .NET Core

As technology progresses, organizations face the challenge of maintaining legacy applications built on outdated frameworks. These…

Leveraging Ocelot API Gateway for Seamless Microservices Communication in My Latest .NET Project

In my recent microservices project, I took advantage of the Ocelot API Gateway to streamline communication between the frontend and…

Completed My Latest Microservices Project with .NET 8!

I’m excited to share the journey of completing a significant project in my career as a Full Stack Developer. This project revolves around…

Stored Procedures and Functions

Stored procedures and functions are essential tools in SQL Server that allow you to encapsulate and reuse SQL code. They play a crucial…

Using SQL Database Components in .NET Aspire

We previously looked at Aspire components, special libraries used by .NET Aspire to wrap commonly used applications and infrastructure components.

New IDE features in Visual Studio v17.11 - Visual Studio Blog

Discover the new IDE features in Visual Studio 2022 v17.11, including improved code search scoping, familiar keyboard shortcuts, enhanced component detection with *.vsconfig files, and seamless user authentication via Web Account Manager. Explore these updates and optimize your development workflow. Download now!