I get to help a lot of people learn C# programming every year. As I watch new developers grow and get used to working in C# and Visual Studio, it has become fairly clear to me that reading C# compiler errors and even their documentation is an acquired skill. …
In this short tutorial, I’ll introduce you to GitHub Next’s Repo Visualization Project and show you how you can use it to visualize your repositories and even generate images of your git repository every time you push new code to GitHub.
What is the Repo Visualization project and what can it do?
GitHub’s repo-visualization project is an experimental project by Amelia…
Simplify your web services
This article is a step-by-step diagnostic guide for working through common issues with web services. The article assumes that you have a web client and a server and are trying to get the two of these to communicate but are having issues.
Web Services and Complexity
Code is complicated and many things can go…
Web Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are incredibly important in modern software development where applications need to be able to communicate with many other systems and sources of data. However, providing and using APIs adds a great deal of complexity to software development which makes things difficult for first-time learners.
In…
In this article, I’ll share my study resources and plan for the Azure AZ-900 exam that results in the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification.
Note: Microsoft exams evolve over time and may change without notice. This guide represents the author’s best knowledge of the AZ-900 exam as of Q1 2021…
Let’s talk about certifications.
And, with that last short sentence, I’ve triggered a good portion of readers. Programming certifications tend to be a very polarizing topic, and I think it’s worth talking about the good and the bad.
In this article, I’ll briefly summarize the traditional arguments around certification, and…
This might be a weird article.
A few years ago I saw the terrific movie “Arrival” and it changed how I look at language. A little later, I encountered F# for the first time and it changed the way I look at programming languages.
In this article I’m going to…
This article is part of the C# Advent Series check it out for more articles from others in the community
I love C#. I’ve been working with the language since 2001 and still view C# as my favorite and primary programming language, despite growing to love many other languages as…
I’ve been living a lie. For 20 years of professional software development, I had convinced myself that I didn’t enjoy database development.
I was wrong.
It turned out that I was getting stuck on the repetitive nature of database code and query generation, instead of the core problems we solve…
Starting a new job can be exciting, intimidating, and frustrating. The first few weeks can set the tone for how you are perceived in the organization as well as your opportunities to succeed in your new role. Here are my thoughts on how to start strong at your new job.
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