How to test ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
How do you test that your ASP.NET Core Minimal API behaves as expected? Do you need to deploy your application? Can you write tests with frameworks like xUnit, NUnit, or MSTest? Read more »
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Techniques and tools to update your C# project - Migrating to nullable reference types - Part 4
Previously, we saw how you can help the compiler’s flow analysis understand your code, by annotating your code for nullability. Read more »
Annotating your C# code - Migrating to nullable reference types - Part 3
In the previous post, we looked at some internals of C# nullable reference types, and the nullable annotation context. Read more »
Internals of C# nullable reference types - Migrating to nullable reference types - Part 2
In the previous post, we saw that with nullable reference types enabled, you get better static flow analysis when working on your code. While nullable reference types don’t give you runtime safety, the design-time and compile-time help is priceless! Read more »
Nullable reference types in C# - Migrating to nullable reference types - Part 1
The C# nullability features introduced in C#8 help you minimize the likelihood of encountering that dreaded System.NullReferenceException. Nullability syntax and annotations give hints on whether a type can be nullable or not. Better static analysis is available to catch unhandled nulls while developing your code. W... Read more »
A journey towards SpeakerTravel - Building a service from scratch
For close to two years now, I’ve had SpeakerTravel up & running. It’s a tool that helps conference organizers to book flights for speakers. You invite speakers, they pick their flight of choice (within a budget the organizer can specify), and the organizer can then approve and book the flight with a single click. Read more »
Custom bindings with Azure Functions .NET Isolated Worker
If you’re building workloads on Azure Functions, there’s a good chance you’ve looked at building custom bindings. Custom bindings can greatly reduce the boilerplate code you have to write in an Azure Function, so you can focus on the logic in your function instead. Read more »
Running a .NET application as a service on Linux with Systemd
In this post, let’s see how you can run a .NET Core / .NET 5 application as a service on Linux. We’ll use Systemd to integrate our application with the operating system and make it possible to start and stop our service, and get logs from it. Read more »
Building a supply chain attack with .NET, NuGet, DNS, source generators, and more!
For a couple of months now, I’ve been pondering about what tools are at your disposal in .NET to help build and execute a supply chain attack. My goal was to see what is available out there, and what we, as .NET developers, should be aware of. Prepare for a long read! Read more »
The process, thought and technology behind building a friendly .NET SDK for JetBrains Space
Early December 2020, we released JetBrains Space. Along with it, we built a Kotlin SDK and a .NET SDK. In this post, I want to walk you through the process of building that .NET SDK. Read more »