Azure Service Bus: Queues vs Topics
Queues or Topics? How are they similar and how they are different? We'll see how to use those capabilities in Azure Service Bus with .NET and C#
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Azure Service Bus and C# - an introduction
Azure Service bus is a message broker generally used for sharing messages between applications. In this article, we're gonna see an introduction to Azure Service Bus, and how to work with it with .NET and C#
How to expose .NET Assembly Version via API endpoint routing
Knowing the Assembly Version of the API you've deployed on an environment may be helpful for many reasons. We're gonna see why, how to retrieve it, and how to expose it with Endpoint Routing (bye-bye Controllers and Actions!)
Getting resource location with CreatedAtAction and CreatedAtRoute action results
It's not a good practice to return the ID of a newly created item in the HTTP Response Body. What to do? You can return it in the HTTP Response Headers, with CreatedAtAction and CreatedAtRoute.
14 to 2 seconds: how I improved the performance of an endpoint by 82% - part 2
Language details may impact application performance. In this article we'll see some of the C# tips that brought me to improve my application. Singleton creation, StringBuilder and more!
14 to 2 seconds: how I improved the performance of an endpoint by 82% - part 1
Having fast API response is crucial for your applications. In this article you'll see how I managed to improve an API application that took 14 secs each call.
How to use HttpRepl to navigate API endpoints
With HttpRepl you can perform HTTP operations as they were local folders, using the CLI. Let's see how to configure it and run GET and POST operations.
Understanding Swagger integration in .NET Core
Swagger is a tool that exposes the documentation of your APIs and helps collaborating with other teams. We'll see how to integrate it with .NET Core 3, how to add XML comments and status codes.
How to run integration tests for .NET API
Integration tests are useful to check if multiple components fit together well. How can you test your APIs? And how can you mock dependencies?
How to mock dependencies with Manifest resources
Sometimes on your tests you need to access test files, for example for mocking external data. With manifest resources you can easily reference files for your tests.
Enum.HasFlag performance with BenchmarkDotNet
BenchmarkDotNet allows you to test the performance on .NET methods. So let's answer a question: is the Enum.HasFlag method really that slow?
Cool validation with FluentValidation
Validating inputs is crucial for every application. If you want an easy and versatile way, you can try FluentValidation.
Testing internal members with InternalsVisibleTo
Internal members can be accessed only within the same assembly. And for different assemblies? Here's for you the InternalsVisibleTo attribute!
Dependency Injection lifetimes in .NET - my epiphany
Singleton, Scoped and Transient: these are the possible lifetimes for DI with .NET Core. How do they change the way objects are constructed?
Logging with Serilog and Seq
Having a robust logging system is crucial for any application. There are many tools, and one of these is Serilog. Here you'll learn how to use it in a .NET application and how to integrate it with Seq.
How to upgrade Azure Functions v2 to v3
Do you have an Azure Function that you want to upgrade from v2 to v3? Don't panic, it's just a matter of few steps!
How to add a Startup class to Azure Functions
Azure Functions are one of the best examples of serverless applications. By default you can't use Dependency injection: here's how you can configure it by adding the Startup class.
First steps with asynchronous programming in C#
Asynchronous programming is often seen as something cumbersome, so many developers avoid it. What, why and how to use it? Here are the first steps you can take to approach async programming.
How to get video details from YouTube with .NET Core 3
We have already seen how to search for videos in a YouTube channel. Now it's time to get details for a single video.
How to search for YouTube videos in a channel with .NET Core 3
YouTube provides some APIs for getting info about a channel videos. But they also provide .NET libraries to achieve the same result with C#. Let's have a try!
How you can create extension methods in C#
Extension methods in C# are really useful, but there are few rules to follow...
A few tips for performance optimization
More than 50% of mobile users abandon a website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. Here you'll learn few trick to improve your site performance.
A recap of my 30ArticlesForNovember
On November I shared on Twitter an article each day. They were about C#, general programming and advanced topics. For celebrating the conclusion of this challenge, I wrote a poem about that.
C# sorting - a subtle mistake
Is it true that the inverse of a negative number is always a positive number? If you think it's true, you might get a subtle error while implementing comparison.
Type or namespace not found: how to fix Error CS0246 in .NET Core
Error CS0246 - Type or namespace could not be found. What does it mean? Why does it happen? How can you solve it?
A few things I learned at .NET Conference Italia 2018
Some of the things I learned at .NET Conf Italia: interfaces and abstract classes, Blazor, C# default interfaces and .NET Core on Samsung TV