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How to use Moq to ease unit testing in C#

Take advantage of the Moq open source library to isolate application code from dependencies for testing

03/26/18

How to implement a distributed cache in ASP.Net Core

Take advantage of a distributed cache to improve the performance and scalability of your ASP.Net Core application

03/19/18

How to implement background processing in ASP.Net Core

Take advantage of the IHostedService interface in ASP.Net Core to build and run background tasks or hosted services

03/12/18

How to do integration testing in ASP.Net Core

Take advantage of xUnit and ASP.Net Core’s test host package to run integration tests on your ASP.Net Core web applications

03/05/18

How to use response compression in ASP.Net Core

Take advantage of response compression middleware in ASP.Net Core to reduce bandwidth requirements and improve the responsiveness of your apps

02/26/18

How to use the iterator design pattern in C#

Take advantage of the iterator pattern to traverse aggregate objects without having to expose their underlying data structures

02/19/18

How to work with LiteDB in C#

Take advantage of the fast, lightweight, and easy-to-use LiteDB for your desktop, mobile, and simple web applications

02/12/18

How to consume a Web API using RestSharp

Take advantage of the flexible and easy-to-use RestSharp HTTP API client to consume your REST APIs

02/05/18

How to implement a DelegatingHandler for X-HTTP-Method-Override in Web API

Take advantage of a DelegatingHandler and the X-HTTP-Method-Override in Web API to overcome browser and firewall constraints

01/29/18

When to use WebClient vs. HttpClient vs. HttpWebRequest

Understand the pros and cons of the .Net Framework's various native classes for working with HTTP requests and responses

01/22/18

How to build custom middleware in ASP.Net Core

Take advantage of ASP.Net Core middleware to customize your application’s handling of HTTP requests and responses

01/15/18

How to work with the Interpreter design pattern

This article provides a know how on the Interpreter pattern and how it can be implemented. The code examples are provided in C#.

01/08/18

When to use an abstract class vs. interface in C#

Understanding the differences between an abstract class and interface is key to designing loosely coupled and extensible applications

01/01/18

How to create asynchronous web pages in ASP.Net

Take advantage of asynchronous web pages in ASP.Net to improve the responsiveness and scalability of your applications

12/18/17

How to implement a feature toggle in C#

Take advantage of feature toggles to manage application features without having to maintain multiple source code branches

12/11/17

How to avoid temporal coupling in C#

Two approaches to solving temporal coupling, a 'design smell' that results when members of a class must be invoked in a specific sequence

12/04/17

How to use the Memento design pattern in C#

Take advantage of the Memento design pattern to store and restore an object's state to support undo or rollbacks in your application

11/27/17

How to implement a custom exception class in C#

Take advantage of custom exception classes to extend error handling or add meaningful information to the errors thrown by your .Net applications

11/20/17

How to avoid memory leaks in .Net applications

Learn the causes of memory leaks in .Net, how to detect them, and how avoid them in your applications

11/13/17

How to secure ASP.Net Web APIs using authorization filters

Take advantage of ASP.Net Web API authorization filters to authorize incoming requests to your web API

11/10/17