The .NET News Daily Issue #21

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

Author

Jasen Fici
September 06, 2024

Friday’s here! Before you start daydreaming about weekend plans, take a quick dive into today’s .NET insights. Who knows—maybe you’ll find that spark for one last burst of productivity before calling it a week!

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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

Navigating the Removal of BinaryFormatter in .NET 9: A Guide for Engineers

With the release of .NET 9, the .NET team has taken a significant step by removing the implementation of BinaryFormatter. This change…

Simplifying ASP.NET Core 8 Logging with Serilog and AppInsight

Serilog is a powerful .NET logging library that supports structured logging, enhancing application monitoring and debugging. To integrate Serilog with ASP.NET Core and Application Insights, install essential NuGet packages, configure appsettings.json, and set up Serilog in Program.cs.

Monitoring and Scaling .NET Core Applications

Monitoring and scaling are critical practices for maintaining the performance, reliability, and availability of .NET Core applications

Building Serverless Applications with Azure Functions and .NET

In the era of cloud computing, serverless architectures have gained significant traction due to their scalability and cost-effectiveness

Top Interview Questions for Backend .NET Developers (Part 1)

Mastering Backend .NET Development: In-Depth Guide to Essential Interview Questions and Best Practices

Top Interview Questions for Backend .NET Developers (Part 2)

Advanced Strategies for Backend .NET Development: Key Interview Questions and Expert Insights

Caching in .NET: Understanding the Basics (Part 1)

Exploring the Power of Caching in .NET: Boosting Performance and Scalability

Master Redis Messaging: Real-Time PubSub & Event Notifications

Hi everyone! Guess what? Redis can do more than just store things. It can also send messages. Cool, right? Today, I’ll show you how Redis can help with sending messages fast. Let’s start! Ever heard…

Difference between .NET and Java

In this article we will explore the key differences between Java and .net.

Advanced ASP.NET Core Interview Questions: Going Beyond the Basics for Senior Developers

Elevate Your ASP.NET Core Expertise: Advanced Interview Questions and Answers for Senior Developers

Why You Must Use Asynchronous Programming in C# | Deep Dive🚀 into Async/Await

Asynchronous programming is a programming technique that allows a program to start a potentially long-running operation (like I/O tasks)…

ASPNet MVC Encrypt Decrypt QueryString

explained with an example, how to encrypt QueryString parameter values and send it to another page and then decrypt the encrypted QueryString parameter values ...