The .NET News Daily Issue #163

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

Picture this: It’s Friday, and the .NET landscape is abuzz with the anticipation of untapped potential and the collective hum of sophisticated code. As seasoned developers ready to leap into the weekend, let's pause to savor the groundbreaking insights and tips curated for you. Whether you're caught in an end-of-week sprint or leisurely compiling your thoughts, this selection will resonate with the wisdom of experience and the thrill of innovation. Grab your favored Friday fuel and explore what's in store—your .NET mastery is about to level up.

Today's Articles

Announcing ABP Studio (beta) General Availability

https://abp.io/community/articles/announcing-abp-studio-beta-general-availability-kcfec59b

ABP Framework makes your daily coding activities much easier, more convenient, and even more enjoyable. However, building a software…

Mastering C# Culture-Specific Formatting: A Developer’s Guide to Global Applications

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/mastering-c-culture-specific-formatting-a-developers-guide-to-global-applications-b8d85808fcba

Building Software That Speaks Every Language: Why Culture-Specific Formatting Matters in Modern Development Continue reading on Towards Dev »

Convert Excel to DataTable or DataTable to Excel in C#

https://medium.com/@andrewwil/convert-excel-to-datatable-or-datatable-to-excel-in-c-48f5e1a67a63

This article details on how to import Excel to DataTable or export DataTable to Excel in C# using a Free .NET library.

Generics in C#

https://medium.com/@payton9609/generics-in-c-bc2a869d1c0a

Generics are one of the most powerful and versatile features in C#, enabling developers to write flexible, reusable, and type-safe code…

Build Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails and .NET

https://www.csharp.com/article/build-responsible-ai-with-amazon-bedrock-guardrails-and-net/

In this article, you will learn to implement the Amazon Bedrock ApplyGuardrail API in a .NET console application to validate content and ensure compliance with responsible AI policies.

What are the origins of async/await in C#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDdO9YXgq0

Entity Framework Core (EF Core) Nedir?

https://cihatemre.medium.com/entity-framework-core-ef-core-nedir-2c8d35912dae?source=rss------csharp-5

Entity Framework Core, Microsoft tarafından geliştirilen, açık kaynaklı, hafif, genişletilebilir ve platformlar arası bir nesne-ilişkisel…

Boost Your Integration Tests: Sharing a Redis Container with Testcontainers for .NET

https://omerugi.medium.com/boost-your-integration-tests-sharing-a-redis-container-with-testcontainers-for-net-8fe8c01d98ec

Integration tests are essential for ensuring your application works with real dependencies. However, managing these dependencies — like a…

Explicit Loading in ASP.NET Core Web API

https://www.csharp.com/article/explicit-loading-in-asp-net-core-web-api/

Explicit Loading in ASP.NET Core Web API is a technique used to manually retrieve related data from the database when needed, using LoadAsync() on navigation properties. Unlike eager loading (Include(...

Why not just use a Tuple or dynamic to return multiple values

https://dotnetfullstackdev.medium.com/why-not-just-use-a-tuple-or-dynamic-to-return-multiple-values-9f8ad1c13eb8

Why go through the trouble of implementing a ‘Result Pattern’?

The Ultimate Guide to Caching in .NET 8: Examples and Real-World Scenarios

https://medium.com/@ashokreddy343/the-ultimate-guide-to-caching-in-net-8-examples-and-real-world-scenarios-c7d5220adf57

Introduction Continue reading on Turbo .NET »

Cleaner code in DotNet: Avoiding Flag Argument Overload with IHttpContextAccessor

https://medium.com/@g.safalidis/cleaner-code-in-dotnet-avoiding-flag-argument-overload-with-ihttpcontextaccessor-e712107f2e79

We’ve all been there (yes, guilty as charged), where an endpoint in our APIs needs a new parameter, and it gets passed down through every…

When to use IsReadOnly or IsEnabled?

https://askxammy.com/when-to-use-isreadonly-or-isenabled/

Sometimes, when implementing forms in our applications, there are certain sensitive data fields that are displayed only for informational purposes and should not be modified by the user.For example, i...

My Journey from Console.WriteLine() to Proper Logging in .NET 9

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/my-journey-from-console-writeline-to-proper-logging-in-net-9-ac39f25b212e

I still remember my early days in .NET when debugging meant stuffing my code with Console.WriteLine() statements everywhere. If something… Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

C# Async Streams: The Modern Way to Process Data

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/c-async-streams-the-modern-way-to-process-data-8567f92ce5cc

A Practical Guide to Mastering Asynchronous Streams in C# with Real Examples Continue reading on Technology Hits »

Filter Auto Suggestion Option in Dropdown List View ASP .NET

https://www.csharp.com/article/filter-auto-suggestion-option-in-dropdown-list-view-asp-net/

Learn how to implement a filterable auto-suggestion dropdown list in ASP.NET. This guide covers creating a dynamic dropdown with search functionality, enabling users to quickly find options as they ty...

C# 12’s Type Aliasing in .NET 8: A Game-Changer for Cleaner Code

https://medium.com/@ashokreddy343/338dc7af5669

Introduction

.NET Aspire 9.1 with Rob Richardson

http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=1942

What's the latest with .NET Aspire? Carl and Richard talk to Rob Richardson about his experiences with .NET Aspire to help build great .NET cloud apps. Rob talks about all the goodness that comes out ...

How to Write Boilerplate Code Using GitHub Copilot

https://www.csharp.com/article/how-to-write-boilerplate-code-using-github-copilot/

This article covers setting up Copilot, generating code snippets, using Copilot Chat, and reviewing AI-generated code. Boost your coding productivity with AI-powered code suggestions for C# and other ...

MVC-Simple Explanation

https://medium.com/@manikarthikgurram2001/mvc-simple-explanation-969ce2f5e390

In an ASP.NET MVC project, the Model, View, and Controller components follow the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern. Here’s a…

Why HybridCache is a Game-Changer for ASP.NET Core Developers with .Net 9

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/why-hybridcache-is-a-game-changer-for-asp-net-core-developers-with-net-9-e77d59f2e6e1

Boost your ASP.NET Core app’s speed and efficiency with HybridCache. This guide covers setup, best practices, and advanced features for… Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »

How to log to Azure Application Insights using ILogger in ASP.NET Core

https://www.code4it.dev/blog/azure-application-insights-ilogger-aspnetcore/

Application Insights is a great tool for handling high volumes of logs. How can you configure an ASP.NET application to send logs to Azure Application Insights? What can I do to have Application Insig...

Learn C#: Refactor Code

https://www.csharp.com/article/learn-c-sharp-refactor-code/

Refactoring in C# enhances code readability, maintainability, and performance by eliminating redundancy, utilizing LINQ, extracting methods, applying null-coalescing operators, and implementing async/...