The .NET News Daily Issue #176

Better Together: .NET Aspire, Azure Functions, and Visual Studio

https://devblogs.microsoft.com//net-aspire-and-azure-functions-integration-preview

Have you ever struggled with integrating serverless technology into your existing .NET projects? The new update in Visual Studio has got you covered. Say hello to the powerful integration of .NET Aspi...

Optimizing JSON Serialization in .NET: Newtonsoft.Json vs. System.Text.Json

https://blog.elmah.io/optimizing-json-serialization-in-net-newtonsoft-json-vs-system-text-json/

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a popular data storage and transmitting format. Whether you are a front-end or back-end developer, you must be familiar with it. As a.NET developer, you don't need...

Create Foreign Keys Dynamically in SQL Server Database

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/create-foreign-keys-dynamically-in-sql-server-database/

Create the referential integrity constraint i.e. Foreign key dynamically in SQL Server database. This script dynamically adds foreign keys to all tables with a CompanyID column by scanning the databas...

Think Your C# Repository Pattern Is Clean? Think Again…

https://medium.com/@ganesh.s.gurav/think-your-c-repository-pattern-is-clean-think-again-95cb1d85d99a

Repository Pattern: C# Implementation Pitfalls

Integrating Elasticsearch with .NET, SQL Server, and Blazor for Advanced Search and Filtering

https://medium.com/@robhutton8/integrating-elasticsearch-with-net-sql-server-and-blazor-for-advanced-search-and-filtering-5d688e84485c

Learn to integrate Elasticsearch with .NET + SQL Server and build a Blazor UI with autocomplete and filtering features.

Microsoft .NET Code Analysis: Best Practices and Performance for Comparing Strings

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/microsoft-net-code-analysis-best-practices-and-performance-for-comparing-strings/

In .NET, string comparison can be performed using methods like ==, Equals(), and Compare(), each with distinct performance metrics. The most efficient method is Equals() with StringComparison. It's cr...

.NET Data Community Standup - Jiri and Shay talk about EF Core testing and Maurycy corrects them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV5e3-5IOuw

Dynamic Styles and Appearance Behavior in MAUI [GamesCatalog] - Part 12

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/dynamic-styles-and-appearance-behavior-in-maui-gamescatalog-part-12/

This XAML defines a styled "Add Game" button using FontAwesome icons. It binds commands and enables triggers to change text and icon color dynamically based on the button's enabled state.

Integrating .NET 9 with Azure Services

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/integrating-net-9-with-azure-services-2826b066063b

Building Modern Cloud Applications the Right Way

Distributed Leader Election in .NET Microservices

https://quorum-mind.medium.com/distributed-leader-election-in-net-microservices-126af548b6b8

🏆 Distributed Leader Election in .NET Microservices

Thread vs Task.Run in .NET — with Kafka Consumer Examples

https://ahmadminoo.medium.com/thread-vs-task-run-in-net-with-kafka-consumer-examples-a7d74e513e14

When working on real-time systems in .NET — especially ones that integrate with message brokers like Kafka — one common question is:

What is Vector Search? A Concise Guide

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/what-is-vector-search-a-concise-guide

Vector search finds information based on meaning rather than exact keywords, delivering more intuitive results by converting content into numerical vectors that capture semantic relationships.

Build your own Mediator

https://amrelsher07.medium.com/build-your-own-mediator-f25bac97a0ab

MediatR, AutoMapper, and MassTransit — are moving to commercial licenses. Not so long ago, Fluent Assertions also announced its plans to…

C# .NET — Interfaces

https://medium.com/@circuitstocode/c-net-interfaces-0139509744d8

The equivalent of a bolt for an Engineer

Enhancing Search Capabilities in SQL Server and Azure SQL with Hybrid Search and RRF Re-Ranking

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/enhancing-search-capabilities-in-sql-server-and-azure-sql-with-hybrid-search-and-rrf-re-ranking/

In today’s data-driven world, delivering precise and contextually relevant search results is critical. SQL Server and Azure SQL Database now enable this through Hybrid Search—a technique that combines...

Using an MCP Server in GitHub Copilot

https://markheath.net/post/2025/4/10/mcp-playwright

Mark Heath's Development Blog

Explaining Tanspose DataTable Data in C#

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/explaining-tanspose-datatable-data-in-c-sharp/

Dynamically transpose the C# datatable data