The .NET News Daily Issue #28

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

Author

Jasen Fici
September 17, 2024

As Ferris Bueller once said, ‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.’ Same goes for the .NET world—things are moving quickly, and today’s edition has what you need to stay ahead. Let’s jump in before you miss a beat.

Today’s Articles

API Versioning Best Practices in .NET 8

Learn how to implement API versioning in .NET 8 to manage changes and maintain compatibility. This article covers versioning strategies like URI Path, Query Parameter, Header, and Content Negotiation. Follow steps to configure API versioning, set up Swagger, and create a versioned UsersController.

Performance Improvements in .NET 9 - .NET Blog

Take an in-depth tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 9.

Optimizing Performance with Caching in .NET REST APIs - Treblle

Discover caching techniques to boost .NET REST API performance. Learn step-by-step methods and practical examples to reduce server load and speed up response times.

Understanding LINQ: Simplifying Data Queries in .NET

In modern software development, handling data efficiently is essential. This is where Language Integrated Query (LINQ) comes in. LINQ is a…

What is Indexer in C#?

An indexer in C# allows objects to be indexed like arrays, enabling access to elements using an index. It’s defined with this keyword and can be used to encapsulate data access in a class or struct. Indexers enhance the flexibility and readability of code by simplifying element retrieval and storage.

How to get files from Google Drive in .NET

In recent days I needed to play around with files from Google Drive in .NET but I struggred with it and I couldn’t find any…

Adding Serilog to ASP.NET Core: a practical guide

How to add Serilog to your ASP.NET Core project and why you should do it.

Accessing Contiguous Memory in .NET Core: Best Practices and Techniques

This article will explore contiguous memory, why it's essential, and how you can access and manage it effectively in .NET Core.

Demystifying async/await in C# .NET 8: Optimizing Performance and Responsiveness

Introduction

Async vs Multithreading: Unraveling the Secrets of Concurrency and Parallelism in .NET

While asynchronous programming (using async/await) and multithreading both aim to improve the responsiveness and performance of an…

Developer of The Week

TIm Heuer

.NET | Visual Studio | Azure Product at Microsoft / Cyclist

.NET Library of The Week

Polly is a library I never thought I needed, until I definitely needed it once. Now I can’t imagine writing server apps without it. If you haven’t done a deep dive into Polly, you gotta turn that corner.

GitHub - App-vNext/Polly

Polly is a .NET resilience and transient-fault-handling library that allows developers to express policies such as Retry, Circuit Breaker, Timeout, Bulkhead Isolation, and Fallback in a fluent and ...