The .NET News Daily Issue #211

Singleton Design Pattern in C#/.NET

https://victormagalhaes-dev.medium.com/singleton-design-pattern-in-c-net-5aa6d04990af

Understanding the Singleton Pattern in Modern .NET: When to Use It, How It Works, and Why Dependency Injection Is the Preferred Approach

AI and Remote Development in VS Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErYP9LRo7e0

C# Delegates and Events: Powering Flexible Callbacks

https://ameliagherdan.medium.com/c-delegates-and-events-powering-flexible-callbacks-4b75dff765f1

Delegates and events are core concepts in C# that enable code to respond dynamically to actions, user input, or system changes. Delegates… Continue reading on Nerd For Tech »

Improve the commands in your extensions

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/improve-the-commands-in-your-extensions/

As Visual Studio extension authors, our goal is to create tools that empower developers across diverse environments. A key part of this mission involves ensuring that your extension commands remain ac...

Boost Your C# Skills with Anonymous Methods

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/boost-your-c-skills-with-anonymous-methods-dba5b5d30314

Programming is not just a game of writing code — it is a thoughtful art, where behind every line of code there is a logic, a purpose. The… Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »

Boosting Productivity with .NET Source Generators

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/boosting-productivity-with-net-source-generators/

Discover how source generators transform development by analyzing code at compile time. Learn their structure, compiler integration, and how to use syntax trees and semantic models to auto-generate ef...

C# Tip: Pagination in EF Core — A Complete Guide

https://medium.com/@shreyans_padmani/c-tip-pagination-in-ef-core-a-complete-guide-c9dffeef3952

When building data-heavy applications in ASP.NET Core, it’s crucial to fetch data efficiently. Imagine a scenario where your database…

Integrating GPT-4 in C# Applications Using Azure OpenAI Services

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/integrating-gpt-4-in-c-sharp-applications-using-azure-openai-services/

Integrate GPT-4 into your C# apps using Azure OpenAI Services for powerful AI features like chat, summarization, and analysis.

Protect Your Secrets in .NET : A Dev’s Guide to User Secrets

https://medium.com/@jfowe/protect-your-secrets-in-net-a-devs-guide-to-user-secrets-214c03e07709

Storing secrets like API keys, JWT secrets, or database passwords directly in your code or appsettings.json is risky, even during…

Clean Querying with QueryBuilderSpecs

https://medium.com/@gobranfahd/clean-querying-with-querybuilderspecs-e377e329db91

🧠 Build Clean and Dynamic Querying in .NET Using Specifications, Filters, and Unit of Work

Understanding GUID, UUID, and ULID in C#

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/understanding-guid-uuid-and-ulid-in-c-sharp/

Explore the differences between GUID, UUID, and ULID in C#. Learn their use cases, performance impact, and when to choose each for efficient and unique identifier generation in your projects.

Variables! — The building blocks of programming

https://medium.com/@240131/variables-the-building-blocks-of-programming-d78696176241

The very basic piece of every code is variables, they are used to store information and give it when we ask. Better to show example how it…

A Practical Guide to C#’s Null Operators for Robust Code Development

https://medium.com/@krativarshney7/a-practical-guide-to-c-s-null-operators-for-robust-code-development-a5e81080610e

In software development, handling the absence of a value, often represented as null, is a frequent necessity. In C#, an attempt to use a… Continue reading on Cubed »

Using Oracle with Entity Framework

https://nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net/2025/05/using-oracle-with-entity-framework/

Download full source code. Just for fun, I thought I would try out Oracle with Entity Framework Core. It’s not something I would recommend, in the short time I played with it I found it had difficult...

An Alternative to nuget install-package

https://nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net/2025/04/an-alternative-to-nuget-install-package/

Recently I was trying out Aeron on .NET while using Linux. One of the steps required me to extract the contents of the Aeron.Driver NuGet package. But there is no nuget executable for Linux. To get i...

🚨 Xamarin Is Dead! Here’s What You MUST Know Before Migrating from Xamarin to MAUI

https://doumer.me/migrating-from-xamarin-to-maui/

Our beloved Xamarin was sunset a while ago, and MAUI is now stable enough to start building production apps with it. As you may know from my blog’s history, I’ve been a long-time mobile developer, who...

SQL Server Transaction Locks: Identification & Resolution

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/sql-server-transaction-locks-identification-resolution/

Learn how SQL Server transaction locks ensure data integrity, identify locking issues using DMVs and Activity Monitor, and explore strategies like query optimization, isolation levels, and deadlock re...

Enums on Steroids! — Building Strongly Typed Enums in C# for Rich Behavior and Clean Code

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/enums-on-steroids-building-strongly-typed-enums-in-c-for-rich-behavior-and-clean-code-31b64c9b72a1

What’s the story about? Plain C# enums are like cardboard cutouts — great labels, zero personality. Need a discount rate for each…

Dense vs Sparse Matrices in C# .NET 9: Concepts, Performance, and CSR/CSC Formats

https://medium.com/@anderson.buenogod/dense-vs-sparse-matrices-in-c-net-9-concepts-performance-and-csr-csc-formats-852060d024a3

In scientific and engineering development with .NET, especially when dealing with large matrix data, choosing between dense and sparse…

ExpandoObject in C#: Dynamic, Flexible, and Powerful

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/expandoobject-in-c-dynamic-flexible-and-powerful-7e0b2c6bfef1

Learn ExpandoObject usages and best practices with practical examples. Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

C# Async/Await, Tasks, and Threads — Demystified for Everyday Coders

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/c-async-await-tasks-and-threads-demystified-for-everyday-coders-927ae99a15b4

If you’ve been using C# in Visual Studio daily, chances are you’ve typed async and await a hundred times. You’ve probably also seen…

Boost Your .NET Projects: Enhance Your Workflow with AssemblyHelper in Spargine

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/boost-your-net-projects-enhance-your-workflow-with-assemblyhelper-in-spargine/

The AssemblyHelper class from the DotNetTips.Spargine.Core assembly is an essential tool for .NET developers, offering numerous high-performance methods to manage assemblies efficiently. It simplifies...

Circuit Breaker Policy Fine-tuning Best Practice - .NET Blog

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/circuit-breaker-policy-finetuning-best-practice/

Summary of some best practice and insights about circuit breaker resilience policy fine-tuning.

Brighter and the Outbox Pattern: At-Least-Once Delivery for Resilient

https://medium.com/@actor-swe/brighter-and-the-outbox-pattern-at-least-once-delivery-for-resilient-47f3957b4c7d

Introduction

Permissions > Roles— A Practical On-Ramp to Fine-Grained Authorization in ASP.NET Core

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/565b176ba096

What’s the story about? You decorate an endpoint with [Authorize(Roles = "Admin")]. Six months later, product asks for “Managers who can…