Hey, I'm Steven a .NET Developer and Freelancer in Zurich, Switzerland. I am a Microsoft MVP. Also, this blog is open source on GitHub.

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  • 10/7/2024
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Centralize your packages in .NET with NuGet

A feature that isn't really new but still didn't get my attention until recently is: "Central Package Management". So let's have a look at this in this blog post.

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xUnit v3 and some stuff about TUnit

I know that there is a lot of fuse about TUnit and I am here writing about xUnit. I might cover TUnit in the future, but for now, the topic is the v3 prerelease of xUnit!

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Fullstack Web Applications with .NET, Nx and Angular Seminar

Join us for an exciting seminar with Fabian Gosebrink about .NET 8, Nx, and Angular! Learn the latest trends and best practices. More details: here

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Swagger Replacement in ASP.NET 9

You might have heard that Swagger is removed in the templates of ASP.NET 9. So this blog post will show you alternatives.

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Managing TaskCancellationTokens in a central service in ASP.NET

In async code it is very common to pass a CancellationToken to the method that is being awaited. This allows the caller to cancel the operation if it is no longer needed. But this will lead to some ceremonial code that is repeated in every method. In this article I will show you how to manage CancellationToken in a central service in ASP.NET.

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LINQ Joins on multiple columns in Entity Framework

I came across a very annoying "issue" with LINQ joins (left joins) in Entity Framework where the compiler drove me nuts!

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To Soft Delete or Not to Soft Delete

In this blog post I will discuss the pros and cons of soft deleting records in a database versus other approaches you can take. Heat up your pop corn and get your salt ready!

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FormattableStringFactory - Creating dynamic FormattableString instances

I recently came across the FormattableStringFactory to create dynamic FormattableString instances. This is a very useful feature in combination with safe SQL queries and the SqlQuery method of Entity Framework Core.

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async2 - The .NET Runtime Async experiment concludes

The .NET team has been working on a new experiment called async2, which is a new implementation of the async/await pattern that is designed to be more efficient and more flexible than the current implementation. It started with green threads and ended with an experiment that moves async and await to the runtime. This post will cover the journey of async2 and the conclusion of the experiment.

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