Trying to disprove that old-school Devs cannot learn new tricks!
Since the inception of LINQ, methods suffixed with 'By' have played an important role in simplifying LINQ operations by introducing an additional 'selector' parameter. A typical example is the OrderBy method. Without the selector parameter, even a st...
One key reason I find myself drawn to social media is its power to inspire through the diverse perspectives of people. People tweeting or blogging about stuff they do or like, youtube videos and podcasts on different topics, all of these embed little...
Whether you're a seasoned Microsoft tech stack developer or just starting out, this tutorial is the ideal place to begin your Python journey. And, to sweeten things up a little bit, you're going to use ChatGPT to help you get started! Without further...
In line with the title of this blog, I'd like to start posting articles about languages, tools and technologies that I got a chance to use recently. One of the technologies that I was lucky to learn is PostgreSQL. I have always been an avid Microsoft...
Shakespeare will hopefully forgive me for abusing a line from his famous Hamlet. In my post, I won't be covering questions of life and death, but rather something much more prosaic - a lesser-known LINQ materialization method - ToLookup. We all know ...
...which I wish were present in Visual Studio (2019)
Ever wondered how to configure a simple yet secure authentication method in ASP.NET Core? Read on! This article aims to give you a minimum set of steps necessary to configure certificate-based authentication in ASP.NET Core. At the end of the article...
How do you deal with out parameters inside of LINQ queries? Almost every time I come across the need to invoke a method inside of a LINQ query, which uses an out argument, I need to stop for a moment and think about what the correct solution is. And ...
Warning: subjective opinion inside
