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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. If you open any modern […]

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 inside the browser is useful.

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 use your website as a

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 .NET Framework. One of such

.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 is one of the hottest

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 is intended to eventually replace .NET

.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 command line applications with no

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 a way. .NET Core certainly