The .NET News Daily Issue #3

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

Author

Jasen Fici
August 13, 2024

Third issue already! Remember, each piece of content has been carefully selected to bring you insights, tips, and tools that I hope you'll find both useful and inspiring. Let's dive right into what I've picked for you today!

(p.s. we are just starting out here, so any feedback is truly appreciated, just reply to this e-mail)

Table of Contents

Developer of The Week

Stefan Đokić | .NET

I'm Your Guide to Becoming a .NET Pro! | Microsoft MVP

.NET Library of The Week

I admit, I’m a bit of a caching wonk. I’ve looked at and used almost every .NET caching library available, and I can wholeheartedly say this one is by far my favorite.

GitHub - ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache

github.com/ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache

Today’s Articles

📰 Get ready to learn the secret sauce of Azure efficiency with Resource Group benefits that even your grandma would understand:

What are Azure Resource Group Benefits?

www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/what-are-azure-resource-group-benefits

📰 Crank up your C# skills and unleash the power of parallelism to make your CPU break a sweat:

Types of Parallelism in C#

jaykrishnareddy.medium.com/types-of-parallelism-in-c-945973d7c009

📰 Time to modernize your code and ditch those ancient switch statements for cool new switch expressions:

Transitioning from Switch Statements To Switch Expressions in C#

www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/transitioning-from-switch-statements-to-switch-expressions-in-c-sharp

📰 Time to untangle the dotnet build vs publish mess on Azure DevOps good luck👨‍💻:

dotnet build vs publish on Azure DevOps

medium.com/@haroldfinch01/dotnet-build-vs-publish-on-azure-devops-4b113fad760c

📰 So you want to sound fancy with microservices that can balance loads and predict the future huh:

Advanced .NET Core Microservices with MediatR

www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/advanced-net-core-microservices-with-mediatr

📰 Trying to avoid a thousand-threaded nightmare Then you'll love Result Objects over exceptions for sure:

Why Result Objects Are Preferred Over Exceptions

medium.com/@malarsharmila/why-result-objects-are-preferred-over-exceptions-in-certain-scenarios-b97d26c3d4d7

📰 Serena learned that juggling code and coffee is the true SWE intern experience:

My Summer Experience as a SWE Intern at Microsoft - Visual Studio Blog

devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/my-summer-experience-as-a-swe-intern-at-microsoft

📰 Ready to wrestle with AppSettings and Environment Variables sounds like a good time right:

.NET Configuration Architecture: Getting Started

medium.com/@vosarat1995/net-configuration-architecture-getting-started-87526b9fbc68