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SignalR is an inbuilt ASP.NET Core library that makes it easy to create interactive real-time applications. It enables fast two-way messaging between the client and the server. Under the hood, it uses some complex logic to enable all of this. But its external APIs hide all this complexity, so using SignalR in your code is […]

Many design patterns were developed with SOLID principles in mind. Therefore it will be hard to learn design patterns unless you know SOLID principles. But SOLID principles aren’t merely a tool to help you learn design patterns. Every software developer who uses object-oriented programming languages needs to be familiar with SOLID principles and know how

My book, SignalR on .NET 6 – the complete guide, is out now! Also available in print. A while ago, when ASP.NET Core didn’t even exist, Microsoft has created a library for .NET Framework-based ASP.NET that enabled a two-way communication between the clients and a server in real time. This library was called SignalR. The

This article is a chapter from the book Microservices Communication in .NET Using gRPC Since gRPC is often used for processing large volumes of data inside a distributed application, this communication mechanism must be optimized for the best performance. In this chapter, we will cover some best practices when it comes to using gRPC on

This article is a chapter from the book The easiest way to learn design patterns This chapter summarizes which design patterns can be used to solve any specific type of a software development problem. It’s intended to be a reference guide to help you find the right design pattern quickly. All problem categories that we

Docker is a very popular containerization technology. It makes deployment of complex distributed applications easy. This is achieved by running each individual service inside an isolated environment. This isolated environment has it’s own operating system, but it’s really lightweight. Unlike a virtual machine, it only has those components that a particular service needs. And because

Design patters is something that you will need to get familiar with as a programmer who works with object oriented languages. And this is primarily because they represent well-defined solutions to common problems. So, instead of thinking through all the details of your solution, you can simply check if any of the existing design patterns

Before the code your wrote can go out of the door and get released, it needs to be sufficiently tested. And unit tests are something that will validate that the smallest atomic units of your code work correctly. Of course, unit tests are limited in their scope, but they are extremely important nonetheless. It’s almost

Knowing a programming language doesn’t make you a software developer. Absolutely every software developer who works with any object oriented language need to be familiar with SOLID principles.For those who are new to programming and doesn’t yet know what those principles are, SOLID is an acronym, which stands for the following: Single responsibility principle Open-closed