The .NET News Daily Issue #295

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

Picture this: It's Thursday, the unsung hero of the workweek, standing between you and a well-deserved break. Today, we're steering the .NET express into productivityville, equipped with the latest tech insights to turbocharge your projects. Whether you're unraveling new frameworks or optimizing legacy code, today's newsletter packs just the punch you need to drive those innovations home. Buckle up, because by the time we're through, that weekend horizon will be shimmering with successful lines of code.

Today's Articles

Modernize .NET apps in days with GitHub Copilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKguff5GY8

Get started with modernizing your .NET apps (https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/dotNET) today and learn more about the details here: https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/blog Supercharge your .NET app modernization wi...

The New Standard for AI in.NET: A Deep Dive into Microsoft.Extensions.AI

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/the-new-standard-for-ai-in-net-a-deep-dive-into-microsoft-extensions-ai-9c2d27986323

How to Implement API Versioning in .NET Core Web APIs: Best Practices and Migration Guide

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-to-implement-api-versioning-in-net-core-web-apis-best-practices-and-migration-guide-1e0d2131270b

Learn how to implement API versioning in .NET Core Web APIs, avoid breaking changes, and migrate existing services safely. Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

Building Real-Time Features with Azure SignalR in .NET 9

https://medium.com/simform-engineering/building-real-time-features-with-azure-signalr-in-net-9-cacc934b7a47

A hands-on guide to building scalable private messaging, broadcasting, monitoring and Scaling with Azure SignalR in .NET 9 Continue reading on Simform Engineering »

Building Extensible .NET Applications with Plugin Architectures

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/building-extensible-net-applications-with-plugin-architectures/

Unlock the power of extensible .NET applications with plugin architectures! Learn how to build flexible systems that adapt to evolving business needs using reflection, MEF, and dependency injection. D...

Containerizing .NET Core Web Applications with Docker: Step-by-Step Guide

https://blog.stackademic.com/containerizing-net-core-web-applications-with-docker-step-by-step-guide-f6bf9bd6705c

In today’s fast-paced development landscape, containerization has become a cornerstone of modern application deployment. Docker, the… Continue reading on Stackademic »

Building a Reverse Proxy with YARP in .NET

https://medium.com/expertminds/building-a-reverse-proxy-with-yarp-in-net-fe2866512ab4

Modern microservices architectures often involve multiple services running independently. Managing and exposing these services efficiently… Continue reading on ExpertMinds »

How to Zip a Folder in C#.NET — A Quick Guide

https://www.asmak9.com/2021/08/cnet-how-to-zip-folder.html

Overview

C# Channels Demystified: Stop Fighting Threads and Start Writing Cleaner Code

https://blog.stackademic.com/c-channels-demystified-stop-fighting-threads-and-start-writing-cleaner-code-7f9bf514c996

Part 1 in a beginner-friendly guide to thread-safe async messaging in .NET Continue reading on Stackademic »

Compress HttpClient requests with GZIP

https://josef.codes/compress-httpclient-requests-with-gzip-dotnet-core/

By streaming the gzip compression instead of using MemoryStream, we can significantly reduce memory allocation and avoid OutOfMemoryExceptions with large payloads.

Exploring Bulk Operations in EF Core

https://codingsonata.medium.com/exploring-bulk-operations-in-ef-core-a3a62b6297a8

Working with databases is at the heart of most .NET apps, and Entity Framework Core makes it easy to query and persist data. But when you…

Null-Conditional Assignment in C# 14

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/null-conditional-assignment-in-c-sharp-14/

C# 14 introduces null-conditional assignment (?.=), a syntactic sugar that simplifies null checks before assignments. This feature reduces boilerplate code, enhances readability, and aligns assignment...

Your .NET Protobuf Collections Might Be Slowing You Down (and Burning Cash)

https://medium.com/@thegregjames/your-net-protobuf-collections-might-be-slowing-you-down-and-burning-cash-f8a937de14cc

How hidden inefficiencies in Protobuf parsing can crush performance and inflate your cloud bill.

Expression Trees in C#: Building Dynamic LINQ Queries at Runtime

https://blog.elmah.io/expression-trees-in-c-building-dynamic-linq-queries-at-runtime/

Tired of endless if-else blocks just to build queries? What if your LINQ queries could write themselves at runtime? Today, we will unfold expression trees, which can be used to create dynamic queries ...

Shrinking the Whale: Optimizing .NET Docker Images for AWS ECS

https://medium.com/@lakindu1995/shrinking-the-whale-optimizing-net-docker-images-for-aws-ecs-f862e290d347

If you’ve ever containerized a .NET app and deployed it on AWS ECS, you’ve probably faced this problem:

5 Traps That Break .NET Background Services in Production (and How to Fix Them)

https://medium.com/@vivek-baliyan/the-5-traps-that-break-net-backgroundservices-in-production-5fd8ebd4ba04

Five production traps with .NET BackgroundServices — and the patterns that kept them from silently killing our system.

.NET 10 Features I Can’t Wait to Use

https://medium.com/@metoz.florian/net-10-features-i-cant-wait-to-use-2cd26f7a96a6

C# 14 is bringing a wave of subtle yet powerful improvements designed to boost developer productivity, improve code readability, and…

Lazy Loading vs Eager Loading in EF Core: Which One Should You Use?

https://medium.com/@kittikawin_ball/lazy-loading-vs-eager-loading-in-ef-core-which-one-should-you-use-e67d3bfb88e3

When to prefer Lazy Loading in EF Core for small datasets, and when Eager Loading works best for APIs and dashboards.