An in-depth exploration of how the .NET Garbage Collector works internally, focusing on its low-level mechanisms and design goals.
Explores Serilog for structured JSON logging in .NET and introduces Serilog.Exceptions to capture full exception details.
Analyzes community contributions to open-source ASP.NET projects (MVC, DNX, Entity Framework, Kestrel) one year after Microsoft's .NET open-sourcing.
A developer shares their experience using AForge.NET to implement a 'magic color' image processing feature, detailing the filter steps and results.
Learn how to install a DLL into the Global Assembly Cache using PowerShell without Visual Studio.
Analyzes community involvement in open-source .NET projects (Roslyn, CoreCLR, CoreFX) one year after Microsoft's announcement, using GitHub data.
A .NET-specific cheat sheet for Big-O algorithm complexity, covering time/space efficiency of common data structures and sorting algorithms.
A guide to creating an auto-mocking Unity container extension using FakeItEasy to simplify unit testing with complex dependencies.
Explores the improved build process for ASP.NET 5 (vNext) projects, highlighting self-contained builds and simplified setup compared to traditional .NET.
Explains and solves common .NET assembly binding errors caused by NuGet version conflicts, with a practical fix.
Microsoft announces open-source .NET, free Visual Studio Community, and expanded Xamarin partnerships for cross-platform mobile development.
Guide to using Azure Management API SDK within a custom Entity Framework database initializer to control Azure SQL database tier creation.
Analysis of .NET vNext's BYOT (Bring Your Own Tool) approach, enabling development on non-Windows platforms like Mac and Ubuntu.
A guide to automatically strong-name signing NuGet packages using custom tools and MyGet webhooks to resolve dependency signing issues.
Part 2 of performance lessons from Stack Overflow, focusing on .NET Garbage Collector optimization and high-performance JSON serialization with Jil.
Announcing the Kindle release of 'Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise' (NAA4E), covering DDD, CQRS, and enterprise architecture.
Explains how commercial mocking tools like Typemock and JustMock mock sealed classes and static methods using the .NET Profiling API.
A developer's hands-on review of NDepend, a static analysis tool for .NET, covering setup, UI, and its powerful CQLinq-based rule engine.
Explains how HdrHistogram's .NET port controls class field layout to minimize overhead for low-latency performance measurement.
An update on measuring .NET GC performance, correcting methodology and interpreting results with expert feedback.
