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How to use OpenAPI in ASP.NET Core
Take advantage of the built-in support for OpenAPI in ASP.NET Core to automatically document your HTTP endpoints. Minimal APIs are supported too.
How to use the null object pattern in .NET
Take advantage of the null object pattern in .NET to eliminate the need for null checks and avoid runtime errors in your applications.
How to use symmetric and asymmetric encryption in C#
Learn how to protect the information handled by your .NET applications by encrypting and decrypting the data using either a single key or a public/private key pair.
Introducing Cadl: Microsoft’s concise API design language
With Cadl, you can write a 500-line OpenAPI definition in 50 lines of code. It’s a logical way for architects and developers to construct and constrain APIs.
How to work with endpoint filters in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of endpoint filters in ASP.NET Core 7 to modify request and response objects, short-circuit the request processing pipeline, or handle cross-cutting concerns for every request.
How to use BufferedStream and MemoryStream in C#
Take advantage of the stream classes in .NET 7 for faster reads and writes of the data in your .NET applications.
How to use EF Core query types in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of query types in EF Core to query types that don’t have keys and to map to tables and views that lack an identity column.
6 state management techniques for ASP.NET Core MVC
You have a number of different ways to store and retrieve data between requests in ASP.NET Core MVC applications. Here’s how to take advantage of them.
How to work with logging in EF Core 7
Learn how you can use Entity Framework Core to log data to the console, SQL Server, and other log targets when working with ASP.NET Core 7 applications.
How to use the in, out, and ref keywords in .NET Core
Take advantage of the in, out, and ref keywords to pass parameters to your C# methods in .NET and make your code more readable and maintainable.
How to use BitArray in .NET 7
Take advantage of the BitArray class in .NET 7 to perform bitwise operations on your data for improved performance.
How to improve EF Core 7 performance
Take advantage of these five best practices to improve data access performance when working with Entity Framework Core in ASP.NET Core 7 applications.
Use model validation in minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6
Take advantage of FluentValidation to validate your model classes when working with minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6.
How to use cancellation tokens in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of cancellation tokens in ASP.NET Core to allow long running operations to be cancelled gracefully and keep applications responsive.
Why the C programming language still rules
The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.
How to use route handler filters in minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 7
Take advantage of minimal API filters in ASP.NET Core 7 to modify request and response objects or short-circuit the request processing pipeline.
How to create a custom configuration provider in ASP.NET Core 6
ASP.NET Core configuration providers read configuration data from common sources such as JSON files and databases. But you can use other sources by creating custom configuration providers.
