The .NET News Daily Issue #217

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

As we power through Thursday, envision yourself driving a finely-tuned CodePorsche, hugging the curves of .NET innovation with precision and intent. This week's tech traction offers insights to elevate your projects into sleek performances. So, warm up those engines, because today's newsletter is your roadmap to mastering the next stretch of coding challenges. Buckle up and let's get your dev-game in high gear!

Today's Articles

🚀 Copilot Studio Kit Explained: Boost Your Microsoft Copilot with These Must-Have Tools

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/copilot-studio-kit-explained-boost-your-microsoft-copilot-with-these-must-ha/

Microsoft’s Copilot Studio Kit is an all-in-one toolkit for Power Platform developers to build, test, monitor, and scale intelligent agents with enhanced control, insights, and seamless UI customizati...

Session vs JWT vs OAuth vs SSO Explained with Real C#.NET Examples

https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/session-vs-jwt-vs-oauth-vs-sso-explained-with-real-c-net-examples-c1a52e3235d8?source=rss------csharp-5

Introduction: Continue reading on Nerd For Tech »

Storing Passwords Securely in .NET: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Hashing and Salting

https://medium.com/@startfromlocalhost/storing-passwords-securely-in-net-a-beginner-friendly-guide-to-hashing-and-salting-992be9088129

When building a login system in .NET, one of the most critical things you’ll ever do is store passwords — securely. But here’s the problem…

Stop Writing Boring C# Code: 7 Genius Patterns That Make You 10x Faster

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/stop-writing-boring-c-code-7-genius-patterns-that-make-you-10x-faster-aa32118ed249

This isn’t another “use async/await” article. These are 7 modern, highly practical, real-world C# patterns used by teams at Microsoft and… Continue reading on Towards Dev »

Factory Method Design Pattern in C#/.NET

https://victormagalhaes-dev.medium.com/factory-method-design-pattern-in-c-net-629c72771977

The Factory Method is one of the most classic — and most misunderstood — design patterns in the .NET universe.

Handling OpenID Connect error events in ASP.NET Core

https://damienbod.com/2025/06/02/handling-openid-connect-error-events-in-asp-net-core/

ASP.NET Core provides great extension points for handling OpenID Connect error events. This blog looks at implementing error handling in an ASP.NET Core application implemented using ASP.NET Core Iden...

Still Writing Boilerplate Code in C#? Here’s How Reflection Saved Me Hours

https://medium.com/c-sharp-programming/still-writing-boilerplate-code-in-c-heres-how-reflection-saved-me-hours-e7374faca8c5

Learn how I used Reflection to eliminate repetitive C# code without overengineering — and reduced development time by 40%. A dev-friendly… Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Catch Up on Microsoft Build 2025: Essential Sessions for .NET Developers

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/catching-up-on-microsoft-build-2025-essential-sessions-for-dotnet-developers/

Get up to date on all of the .NET sessions from Microsoft Build 2025 covering .NET 10, C# 14, .NET Aspire, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, AI development, and more! The post Catch Up on Microsoft Build 2025: E...

C# Memory Management Explained: A Beginner’s Guide to Garbage Collection in .NET

https://medium.com/@joshiabhi777/c-memory-management-explained-a-beginners-guide-to-garbage-collection-in-net-a84406eb3bf2

Explore a complete guide to memory management and garbage collection in C#. Understand how .NET handles memory, what the garbage collector…

C# async/await for Newbies (Fast and Simple)

https://medium.com/@Ray_opr/c-async-await-for-newbies-fast-and-simple-1412522a2744

Introduction

Find a Continuous Subarray with a Given Sum in C#

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/find-a-continuous-subarray-with-a-given-sum-in-c-sharp

Learn how to find a continuous subarray with a given sum in an integer array using an efficient sliding window approach in C#. This tutorial includes clear explanations, step-by-step code, time comple...

Boost Your Dot NET Core Apps with AutoMapper

https://medium.com/@jenilsojitra/boost-your-dot-net-core-apps-with-automapper-bf371e5d827a

In this post, we’ll break down what AutoMapper is, why it’s an essential tool for any .NET Core project, how to get it set up in your…

C# Language Fundamentals: Mastering Syntax, Data Types, Control Flow & More -A Practical Guide for…

https://medium.com/@bhargavkoya56/c-language-fundamentals-mastering-syntax-data-types-control-flow-more-a-practical-guide-for-b79509098013

In this blog I am going to give a brief idea about C# Fundamentals by implementing practical use case which covers the topics like data…

Build a Chatbot with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/build-a-chatbot-with-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag/

Learn how to build a smart RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) chatbot using Python, FAISS, Transformers, and Gradio. It retrieves relevant info and generates accurate answers from custom documents.

Debunking the "Filter Early, JOIN Later" SQL Performance Myth

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/debunking-the-filter-early-join-later-sql-performance-myth

That viral SQL performance tip about filtering before joining? It is complete nonsense. Here is why query optimizers make it irrelevant.

C# Developers: Design Patterns Are Your New Best Friend

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/c-developers-design-patterns-are-your-new-best-friend-4ae0d13f8689

Explore C# design patterns and their impact on .NET with code and visuals. Continue reading on Towards Dev »

7 LINQ Secrets That Even Senior Developers Don’t Know

https://medium.com/@riturajpokhriyal/7-linq-secrets-that-even-senior-developers-dont-know-471561c5e9d6

You use LINQ every day. It’s the fluent, expressive magic wand that transforms clunky for loops into elegant, declarative queries. Where… Continue reading on Dev Genius »

REST API Solution to Over-Fetching: .NET 9 Example

https://medium.com/@vosarat1995/rest-api-solution-to-over-fetching-net-9-example-767ec6c1cdc6?source=rss------csharp-5

Ditch GraphQL, Use This Instead!

The Windows Concept Journey — .NET (previously .NET Core)

https://medium.com/@boutnaru/the-windows-concept-journey-net-previously-net-core-f21c67e42c1d

.NET (previously called “.NET Core”) is a cross-platform implementation for running websites, services, console applications and more on…

API vs MVC Project in ASP.NET Core — What’s the Real Difference?

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/api-vs-mvc-project-in-asp-net-core-whats-the-real-difference-d28b71fe1bdb

You open Visual Studio, click on “Create New Project,” and see two tempting choices:

The Theater of SynchronizationContext: async/await, ThreadPool, UI Frameworks, and Deadlocks

https://dotnetfullstackdev.medium.com/the-theater-of-synchronizationcontext-async-await-threadpool-ui-frameworks-and-deadlocks-872d5b9f651b

The Ultimate Guide for .NET Developers on asynchronous programming

.NET R&D Digest (May, 2025)

https://olegkarasik.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/net-rd-digest-may-2025/

This issues includes bits of stories, AI, research papers, software development, performance, security, C# and as usual — .NET and .NET Internals.

ILoggerFactory vs Direct ILogger Injection:

https://medium.com/@info_4533/iloggerfactory-vs-direct-ilogger-injection-51b82b8d9135?source=rss------csharp-5

Why the Factory Pattern Wins in .NET Logging