The .NET News Daily Issue #271

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

Attention, code wranglers! It's the mid-week stretch, and your keyboard might be groaning under the weight of all those keystrokes. As I sit here in my Star Wars themed office, surrounded by a fleet of model X-Wings, I'm reminded that even in a galaxy far, far away, fear leads to bugs, bugs lead to anger, and anger... well, you get the picture. Let this edition of our .NET newsletter guide you through the quirky terrains of innovation with some insightful articles that'll transform any codebase from a Jar Jar Binks to a Chewbacca-level powerhouse.

Today's Articles

WPF vs. WinForms: The Ultimate Guide for Modern .NET Desktop Developers

https://medium.com/c-sharp-programming/wpf-vs-winforms-the-ultimate-guide-for-modern-net-desktop-developers-c275a1ee8a39?source=rss------dotnet-5

.NET — WPF Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Dew Drop – August 20, 2025 (#4480)

https://www.alvinashcraft.com/2025/08/20/dew-drop-august-20-2025-4480/

Top Links Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉 (Allie Barry) Reimagining our front door – Using positive psychology to craft delightful sign-in & sign-up exp...

What is the purpose of Startup.cs?

https://medium.com/@rupanaiduthota20/what-is-the-purpose-of-startup-cs-7b35047a8189

In ASP.NET Core applications, the Startup.cs file plays a central role in configuring how the application behaves at runtime. Its primary…

5 .NET Features That Will Instantly Improve Your Code

https://medium.com/@freakyali/5-net-features-that-will-instantly-improve-your-code-b536c50131eb

From expression-bodied members to binary literals, these tricks improve both safety and readability. Continue reading on Stackademic »

Deploying a Storage Account in Azure using Asure Portal

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/deploying-a-storage-account-in-azure-using-asure-portal/

Azure Storage is a service from Microsoft that lets you save your files, photos, backups, and other data on the internet (cloud). You can create a storage account easily using the Azure website. Azure...

Build Master-Detail Pages in ASP.NET Core MVC — Part 2

http://www.bipinjoshi.net/articles/3efdb497-20f0-4eca-97d9-7cdc916d9c92.aspx

In the previous part of this article series, we introduced the sample application and built the EF Core model, which includes the Team, TeamMember, and AppDbContext classes. In this installment, we'll...

Boost Your .NET Projects: Harness the Power of Async Queues with Spargine’s ChannelQueue

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/boost-your-net-projects-harness-the-power-of-async-queues-with-spargines-channelqueue/

The Spargine library introduces ChannelQueue, an efficient, thread-safe queue for .NET asynchronous programming, addressing the lack of a built-in async queue. It supports various features like async ...

Integration Brighter V10 with AWS SNS/SQS V4

https://medium.com/@actor-swe/integration-brighter-v10-with-aws-sns-sqs-v4-47c9f4ca8e9f

In previous articles, I covered Migrating to Brighter V10 with AWS SNS/SQS. This guide focuses on integrating to Brighter V10 with AWS SDK…

My Journey in Open-Source Library Development

https://medium.com/@empiree/my-journey-in-open-source-library-development-04efdb3c6f52

I want to share my experience of developing an open-source library, talk about the process involved, and inspire you to create your own…

C#: .NET’s Quiet Comeback in 2025

https://medium.com/@bhagyarana80/c-nets-quiet-comeback-in-2025-6ff2272ef073

Why C# is regaining traction as enterprises and modern developers rediscover its power in a fast-changing tech landscape.

How Can You Optimize the Performance and Scalability of a Node.js Application?

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-can-you-optimize-the-performance-and-scalability-of-a-node-js-application/

In this article, we will explore various methods to enhance the performance and scalability of a Node.js application. We’ll use simple words, practical examples, and best practices to make sure you ca...

A Step-by-Step Guide for the Cache-Aside Pattern + Stampede Protection

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/a-step-by-step-guide-for-the-cache-aside-pattern-stampede-protection-3710cd29ade5

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Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/bring-your-own-model-visual-studio-chat/

We’re excited to announce that you can now bring your own language model into Visual Studio Chat. You can connect API keys from providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google) to access a wider range of mod...

The Real Cost of Abstractions in .NET

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/the-real-cost-of-abstractions-in-dotnet

Not all abstractions are created equal. Some isolate real volatility and protect your system from change. Others quietly pile up complexity and hide performance problems. Learn when to embrace abstrac...

AI-Driven .NET

https://medium.com/@aa.adnane/ai-driven-net-812cf96f8afb

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s a tool we can embed directly into our applications today. With Ollama…

New LINQ Methods in .NET 9: A Quick Guide

https://medium.com/@rp99452/new-linq-methods-in-net-9-a-quick-guide-d33214dd6bde

The world of C# development is constantly evolving, and with each new version of .NET, we receive powerful enhancements that make our code…

Mastering Async in C#: A Deep Dive into TAP (Part 1)

https://medium.com/@shahriddhi717/mastering-async-in-c-a-deep-dive-into-tap-part-1-b300071a43fd

Intro Asynchronous programming has come a long way in .NET, evolving from complex callback-based approaches to the elegant Task-based…

The Overlooked Importance of CancellationToken in .NET APIs

https://medium.com/@andresleiva.4/the-overlooked-importance-of-cancellationtoken-in-net-apis-979fa3478492

Why respecting (and sometimes ignoring) CancellationToken is critical for building efficient, reliable, and consistent .NET APIs.

The Most Underrated Feature in .NET — IAsyncEnumerable

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/the-most-underrated-feature-in-net-iasyncenumerable-t-63c03101c508

When I first heard about IAsyncEnumerable<T>, I thought, "Cool, another interface I’ll probably never use." Turns out, I was wrong.

Hello GPT-5 & GPT-5 mini | VS Code Insiders Podcast ep. 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CjwS4V2AkU