If you have just started learning C# and .NET, you might be tired of simple demo apps that don’t do anything other than output “Hello world!” text on the screen. The good news is that if you have mastered the basic syntax of C#, you are already equipped to build Continue Reading

With OpenLayers you can do many wonderful map-related things on your web page that you would normally use Google Map or Bing Map for. And, unlike Google or Bing, you won’t have to pay a penny to do so. In my previous article, I have showed you the simplest way of Continue Reading

My book, SignalR on .NET 6 – the complete guide, is out now! Also available in print. If you are using ASP.NET Core for web application development, you should get yourself familiar with SignalR library. And once you have, you will be surprised how you used to manage without it. Continue Reading

Blazor is a hot framework from Microsoft that makes it possible to run .NET code directly in browser on top of WebAssembly. And it is no longer an experimental project it used to be. It has officially made its way into .NET Core 3. The ability to run compiled code directly Continue Reading

If you want to develop a website that has an interactive map on it, there are plenty of options you can choose from. Google and Bing maps are obvious choices, but both of them have a cost associated with them, which may be excessive, especially if you don’t intend to Continue Reading

As a software-building platform, .NET Core has already reached a sufficient level of maturity and can do many of the things that its predecessor – .NET Framework, can. Microsoft has even recommended to use it instead of .NET Framework, unless it’s absolutely necessary to do otherwise. .NET Core has many advantages over Continue Reading

.NET Core, which is pronounced as dot net core and is, sometimes, written as dotnet core, is a fairly fresh programming platform from Microsoft that is set to dominate Microsoft software development stack. Therefore, if you are enthusiastic about programming and planning to start career in the industry, .NET Core Continue Reading

For well over a decade, .NET Framework was the main software development platform that Microsoft stack programmers were using. As great as it was, it had one significant disadvantage – it could only be ran on Windows. This limitation has prompted Microsoft to release another programming platform, .NET Core, which Continue Reading

.NET Core is great for cross-platform app development. Unfortunately, the compatibility with multiple platforms was achieved primarily by excluding any components that are specific to Windows OS that it’s predecessor, .NET Framework was built for. This is why, out of the box, .NET Core can only be used to build Continue Reading

How do you play sound in .NET Core apps? Is there a version of NAudio NuGet package for .NET Core or it’s equivalent? Sadly, playing sound is nowhere near as straight forward on .NET Core as it is on .NET Framework. And there isn’t a simple NuGet-based solution either. However, there is Continue Reading

Back in the days, if you wanted to run something fancy in your browser, you needed to install a plugin. Each one of those supported only a specific technology. So, Flash plugin only supported Flash, Java plugin only supported Java and if you wanted to run .NET code, you needed Continue Reading

Many people entering a software development career are often told to focus on web applications over desktop ones. Apparently, many believe that desktop apps are a dying technology. While it is true that certain business functionality that was, in the past, performed by desktop apps is now commonly performed by Continue Reading

As a server-side technology, Node.js has it’s advantages and disadvantages. However, many developers who are accustomed to working with other server-side technologies will never even consider Node.js. Sometimes, there are objective reasons for that. Other server-side technologies can, sometimes, achieve what Node.js cannot. However, there are also some popular misconceptions Continue Reading

Node.js has gained a huge popularity among web developers over past few years. It is a runtime that enables server-side execution of JavaScript, which was traditionally confined only to web browsers. In fact, the core of Node.js functionality is done by a V8 engine that is used by Google Chrome to parse and Continue Reading