Analyzes the impact of the .NET Garbage Collector on application latency, explores GC pause detection, and discusses mitigation strategies.
Explores performance optimization techniques from the Roslyn compiler codebase, focusing on minimizing garbage collector work through allocation avoidance and object pooling.
An overview of the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern for .NET platforms, discussing core interfaces and components needed for implementation.
A developer's deep dive into the complexities and pain points of setting up a .NET build environment, highlighting dependency and SDK management issues.
A review and detailed overview of Elysium Extra, an open-source WPF Metro/Modern UI SDK that extends the Elysium framework with new controls and styles.
Explains how NuGet configuration file inheritance works, allowing settings from multiple config files to be applied to projects.
Explains how to replace traditional .NET timers with Reactive Extensions (Rx) for better control and simpler code in C#.
Explains the Domain Events Pattern and introduces a deferred dispatch solution for web apps needing to commit database changes before event handling.
Explains how to securely store passwords in .NET using Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) and the ProtectedData class.
A practical comparison series between the Nancy framework and ASP.NET MVC, covering core web development concepts.
A developer introduces a tool to analyze .NET project files, extracting build info and dependencies to automate manual tasks.
Introducing the NuGet Package Source Discovery (PSD) specification, enabling automatic discovery and addition of NuGet feeds from trusted sources.
Developer fixes coordinate conversion accuracy in a GeoCoordConversion DLL used for Ordnance Survey data import, releasing an updated version.
Announces v1.1.0 of a MongoDB session state provider for ASP.NET, updating to the latest C# driver with breaking change fixes.
A developer describes a .NET project to import personal Twitter archive data into ElasticSearch for better search and analysis.
A guide on using Octopus Deploy for continuous deployment of Umbraco CMS .NET websites, covering setup and folder management strategies.
A developer troubleshoots a .NET 4.0 issue on Azure VMs where HttpUtility methods fail during Application_Start, highlighting the need for sysadmin-level maintenance.
Developer introduces Fabrik.Common, an open-source .NET utility library, and showcases its useful string extension methods.
A series of blog posts and videos on getting started and advanced topics for developing on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.
Explains a common Azure Blob Storage error when creating a container, detailing the specific naming rules that cause the '400 Bad Request'.
