New Data Annotation attributes with .NET 8
With .NET 8, the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations Namespace has been revised and some new attributes have been added that have been requested by
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The well-structured Entity in EF Core
A database entity represents an identifiable entry, often also things from the real world, which are to be stored and managed in the database. The pu
When to use optional arguments and parameter defaults in c#
In C#, optional arguments are parameters in a method that have default values specified in the method's declaration. This means that when you call th
.NET 8 makes you faster. Everyday.
As has been the case for many releases, the .NET 8 team is spending a lot of development effort to improve the .NET Runtime in terms of performance.
Convert UnixTime to DateTimeOffset with a custom System.Text.Json Converter
Some APIs do not follow standards, ignore ISO8601 and return UnixTime. This is not nice, but can be easily fixed with a custom converter for System.T
Accelerate your .NET build with Visual Studio 2022
A little more than three months ago, Microsoft integrated a new functionality into Visual Studio 2022: Build Acceleration. This mechanism, which can
Re-use EF Core Expressions to avoid redundant queries
I often see snippets in EF Core code reviews such as the following: dbContext.Users.Where( user => user.Id == id ); The query filter user => u
Easy InMemory Unit Tests with EFCore and Sqlite
Unit testing is a type of software testing that is performed on the smallest unit of a software application, called a "unit". A unit can be
Better Code with custom Strong-Id Types
In many software architectures the problem exists that there are methods, which are specified a multiplicity of type-same parameters, whose meaning i
Value Converters in EFCore
In the field of software development, data transformation plays a key role in ensuring that information flows seamlessly between different components