The .NET News Daily Issue #20

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

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Jasen Fici
September 05, 2024

Thursday’s the new Friday, right? Whether you’re powering through or starting to coast, today’s .NET insights are here to give you that extra push. Let’s finish the week strong!

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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

Understanding .NET stack traces

Detailed information about the error and the call stack

Getting Started with Back-end Web Development in .NET: A Beginner’s Guide

If you’ve ever wondered how the server-side magic happens in web applications, or if you’re looking to dive into back-end development…

Optimize SQL Server Storage with Sparse Columns

If you’re dealing with tables that have many null values, Sparse Columns can be a game-changer.

Options pattern in ASP .Net Core

Today, we’ll talk about adding validations using Options pattern in ASP .Net Core application.

How to Add IConfiguration to a Custom ServiceProvider

In ASP.NET Core and .NET Generic Host, IConfiguration is available by default via dependency injection. For a console app without default settings, use a custom CreateServices() method to configure IConfiguration.

C#: LINQ Expressions with Enumerable Class (Part 7)

Master LINQ Operations: Grouping, Intersecting, and Joining Collections in C#

Attribute Routing Overview | MVC | .NET Core

Attribute routing in ASP.NET Core allows you to define routes directly on controller actions using attributes. This provides precise control over routing, enabling complex scenarios with route parameters, optional values, constraints, and combined routes, enhancing clarity and flexibility in your API design.

C# .NET 8 — MediatR Notifications and Notification Publisher

Understanding MediatR Notification and Notification Publisher in C# .NET 8.

How and Why We Rolled Our Own Field Encryption Using Entity Framework

How we broke down our complex Encryption requirements using Field Encryption with Entity Framework Core. Including code, performance…

10 Essential Tips for Mastering ASP.NET Core MVC Applications

Introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC Applications