The .NET News Daily Issue #19

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

Author

Jasen Fici
September 04, 2024

Midweek, and the post-Labor Day rhythm is setting in. As we shake off the holiday vibes, here’s a fresh batch of .NET insights to keep you motivated and moving forward. Let’s make it a productive one!

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Developer of The Week

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Nick Cosentino | Simplifying software engineering concepts for you | Principal Software Engineering Manager @Microsoft

.NET Library of The Week

We’re going with MessagePack as this week’s library. I’ve had a number of production applications that required high-volume Redis caching and let me tell you .. nothing tests your serializers like Redis. The implementation is a little painful but once you get it working right, MessagePack is hands down the best serializer on the market.

MessagePack for C#

The extremely fast MessagePack serializer for C#. It is 10x faster than MsgPack-Cli and outperforms other C# serializers. MessagePack for C# also ships with built-in support for LZ4 compression - an extremely fast compression algorithm. Performance is important, particularly in applications like games, distributed computing, microservices, or data caches.

Today’s Articles

Broadcasting Messages with Apache Kafka and .NET | no dogma blog

Using Kafka to broadcast a message to all instances of an application seems to be a less common use case than using Kafka to send a message to one of many instances of an application. But broadcasting is easy to do with a single change to the consumer.

Introduction to Event Sourcing for .NET Developers

Discover event sourcing in .NET through a beginner's eyes. Explore core concepts, benefits, and real-world challenges.

Which is More Efficient: First or Single in LINQ?

Choosing the Right Method for Your Needs

Entity Framework (3), with .Net MVC, Model-First

This article will discuss Entity Framework with .Net MVC, Model-First approach

C#: LINQ Expressions with Enumerable Class (Part 6)

Understanding LINQ’s Concat, Union, Select, and SelectMany Methods: Key Differences and Practical Examples

C# .NET Exception Handling: Why You Should Avoid Using throw ex in Catch Blocks

Exception handling is a critical part of any robust C#/.NET application. Properly handling exceptions can help maintain the application’s…

Creating an API for Sending Emails with SMTP Google and .NET 8

In today’s digital world, sending emails programmatically is a common requirement for many applications. Whether it’s for notifications…