The .NET News Daily Issue #230

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

As you sip your second coffee and ponder the mysteries of Tuesday, let's take a moment to embrace the subtle art of .NET mastery. Like a finely-tuned classic car, our craft requires precision, patience, and a little bit of flair. This week, we’ve mastered the garage to bring you expert insights into optimizing your .NET projects with the finesse of a V8 engine hitting its stride. Buckle up, because today's lineup is designed to fuel your inspiration and set your week in motion.

Today's Articles

Model building conventions in Entity Framework Core 7.0

https://medium.com/volosoft/model-building-conventions-in-entity-framework-core-7-0-d247755cff31?source=rss------dotnet-5

Continue reading on ABP.IO »

FastMember: The Ultimate Hack for Faster C# Data Operations

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/fastmember-the-ultimate-hack-for-faster-c-data-operations-49d948c93dc7

Boost performance with FastMember’s dynamic member access. Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

Secrets Management in .NET Projects: What You’re Doing Wrong

https://medium.com/@kittikawin_ball/secrets-management-in-net-projects-what-youre-doing-wrong-2c0bd3007bf1

Protect API keys and configs in .NET.

If-Else, Switch, ForEach, While — Are these really control statements or Elevate them with Design…

https://dotnetfullstackdev.medium.com/if-else-switch-foreach-while-are-these-really-control-statements-or-elevate-them-with-design-69d85de28b2a

Control statements like if-else, switch, foreach, and while loops are the backbone of imperative programming. However, as systems scale…

JSON Columns in Entity Framework Core 7

https://medium.com/volosoft/json-columns-in-entity-framework-core-7-de0ecddf6d5f

üIn this article, we will see how to use the new JSON Columns features that came with EF Core 7 in an ABP based application (with… Continue reading on ABP.IO »

17 Proven Tips Every Aspiring .NET Developer Should Know

https://medium.com/@tejaswini.nareshit/17-proven-tips-every-aspiring-net-developer-should-know-2966ae166bbc?source=rss------csharp-5

Real-world advice from a senior .NET developer to help you build cleaner code, avoid common mistakes, and grow confidently in your…

Why Your .NET Architecture Fails at Scale — and 11 Patterns to Fix It

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/why-your-net-architecture-fails-at-scale-and-11-patterns-to-fix-it-ae14fc821db0

Ever felt like you’re drowning in design patterns, wondering which one actually makes sense for your project? You’re not alone. Continue reading on Dev Genius »

Build a Full Email System in .NET with DotLiquid Templates (Already Done in EasyLaunchpad)

https://bizsoltech.medium.com/build-a-full-email-system-in-net-with-dotliquid-templates-already-done-in-easylaunchpad-3a0628798e4e

When you’re building a SaaS or admin-based web application, email isn’t optional — it’s essential. Whether you’re sending account…

“My MAUI CollectionView Crashed… Only on iOS?”

https://medium.com/@orlandomanuel5/my-maui-collectionview-crashed-only-on-ios-1de2f890ebe9

Here’s the Silent Bug That Broke My App — and How You Can Avoid It

Setting Up Azure Data Fabric Workspaces and Lakehouses Using C# SDKs

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/setting-up-azure-data-fabric-workspaces-and-lakehouses-using-c-sharp-sdks/

Learn how to set up Azure Data Fabric Workspaces and Lakehouses using C# SDKs. This guide covers workspace provisioning, lakehouse creation, and automating data infrastructure with .NET.

Diagnosing Latency in .NET: Background GC and the Large Object Heap

https://medium.com/@anders_pedersen/diagnosing-latency-in-net-background-gc-and-the-large-object-heap-09449162b399

I recently encountered a performance issue where some requests occasionally took up to 20 seconds to complete. Usually these requests take…

The Bug Wasn’t in the Service Layer — It Was the Service Layer

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/the-bug-wasnt-in-the-service-layer-it-was-the-service-layer-438274b086d6

I spent a full day chasing a pricing glitch in CheckoutService. Turned out nothing was “wrong” with the calculations — they simply didn’t…

Minimal API with Authorization JWT Token in .NET 9

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/minimal-api-with-authorization-jwt-token-in-net-9/

This article explains how to implement JWT authentication and authorization in Minimal API using .NET Core 9.0, Visual Studio 2022, and Swagger for testing secured endpoints via generated bearer token...

Understanding Exclusive Locks in C#: A Complete Guide to Thread Synchronization

https://towardsdev.com/understanding-exclusive-locks-in-c-a-complete-guide-to-thread-synchronization-28428af97ab5

Thread synchronization in modern C#: traditional locks vs. the new System.Threading.Lock Continue reading on Towards Dev »

Understanding Dependency Injection in C#

https://medium.com/@sanchitvarshney/7cf778a9a88e

Transient vs Scoped vs Singleton Continue reading on Render & Beyond »

I Added ONE Line to My LINQ Query and Deleted 40 Lines of ‘If’ Statements

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/i-added-one-line-to-my-linq-query-and-deleted-40-lines-of-if-statements-53d934f76731

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Making your own MCP server in VS Code

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

In this theater session, Software Engineer Eleanor Boyd walks through building a custom MCP (Model Context Protocol) server in Visual Studio Code using GitHub Copilot and Python. https://code.visualst...