The .NET News Daily Issue #362

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/c-sharp-14-null-conditional-assignment-practical-examples-and-best-practices/

Master C# 14's null-conditional assignment (?.=) for cleaner, safer code! Learn practical examples, best practices, and when to use (or avoid) this powerful feature. Prevent NullReferenceExceptions an...

https://laurentkempe.com/2026/01/03/csharp-14-more-partial-members-partial-events-and-constructors/

In C#, partial has long been a practical bridge between human-authored code and tool-generated code. With C# 14, that bridge gets wider: instance constructors and events can now be declared as partial...

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/the-new-field-keyword-in-c-sharp-14-practical-usage-examples-and-best-practices/

Explore C# 14's `field` keyword: simplify property logic, eliminate backing fields, and boost code readability. Learn practical uses, best practices, and performance tips.

https://jordansrowles.medium.com/memento-pattern-using-the-command-pattern-and-domain-events-in-net-8faa087e6eba?source=rss------csharp-5

Practical implementation of Memento, Command, and Domain Events patterns for building auditable systems with undo/redo in C# .NET

https://medium.com/@melisa.akkus/what-does-typeof-really-do-in-c-typeof-gettype-and-isassignablefrom-4f830ac3ae2c?source=rss------dotnet-5

When learning C#, you will inevitably come across typeof. Especially when reading EF Core, infrastructure, or framework-level code. For…

https://johnnyreilly.com/dotnet-openapi-and-openapi-ts

This post will show you how to write full stack applications with static typing from back to front using OpenAPI, TypeScript and .NET.

http://www.mergeconflict.fm/495

James and Frank unwrap 2025 as the Year of AI Development, covering new models, the rise of agents, and editor integrations like Copilot in VS Code that changed how developers write and maintain code....

https://medium.com/@janindumaleesha99/learning-c-lets-start-together-part-1-hello-c-b54ab47e8aed?source=rss------dotnet-5

My journey from “What is this?” to “Hey, I can build things!”

https://medium.com/@sparklewebhelp/how-to-build-high-performance-microservices-using-net-10-b7342a22beb0?source=rss------dotnet-5

Today’s digital products need to be fast, stable, and ready to grow. Users expect applications to load quickly, work smoothly, and stay…

https://medium.com/@ravikumar.makwana/records-in-c-the-feature-that-quietly-changed-how-i-write-code-36f6c92300b5?source=rss------dotnet-5

At first glance, the records look like just shorter classes.

https://medium.com/@natebennett2/how-to-read-excel-files-with-c-2f2dc1521dfe?source=rss------dotnet-5

This article walks you through a simple, high-efficiency solution to read Excel files with C# (no Office installation required).

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260101-00/?p=111955

Suppose you have a large block of memory, and you want to swap two blocks that reside inside that large block. For concreteness, say you have a block of memory of the form A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, ...

https://medium.com/@vahidbakhtiaryinfo/microservices-design-patterns-in-net-that-actually-survive-production-1d1fe1b51b9b?source=rss------dotnet-5

Most .NET microservices failures are not caused by bad frameworks or tooling. They fail because architectural patterns are applied…

https://faun.pub/i-finally-killed-the-if-else-chain-from-spaghetti-code-to-a-plugin-system-in-python-net-3eb8947f7113?source=rss------dotnet-5

How the Registry Pattern saved my codebase and how to implement it in both Python and C#. Continue reading on FAUN.dev() »