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Versioning and Documenting ASP.NET Core Services

Building an API with ASP.NET Core is only half the job. If your API is going to live more than one release cycle, you're going to need to version it. If you have other people building clients for it, you're going to need to document it.

Build Your First AI Applications with Local AI

"AI right now feels like a vast space which can be hard to jump into," says Craig Loewen, a senior product manager at Microsoft who is helping devs unsure about making that first daunting leap.

Unlocking Deeper Insights: Expert Advice on Azure Monitoring

As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-native solutions, the need for robust, real-time monitoring tools has never been more pressing.

Free (Non-Commercial) JetBrains Rider vs. Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition

With JetBrains making its Rider and WebStorm IDEs freely available for non-commercial use, Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition has a new competitor, not to mention Visual Studio Code. So what's a (non-enterprise) .NET-centric developer to do now?

Copilot Workspace Does Web App in Minutes, No Coding Required

Here's a taste of our no-coding future, thanks to Copilot AI.

Kubernetes for Developers

"Kubernetes has a lot of 'moving parts' so can be intimidating at first," says Dan Wahlin, a principal cloud developer advocate at Microsoft who promises to explain everything at a developer conference next month in Orlando.

See Prompts Microsoft Engineers Use for Bleeding-Edge Multimodal RAG AI Research

Vision-centric queries show how front-line experts are prompting LLMs these days.

Upcycle Your Old Laptops into a Kubernetes Cluster

Learn about Windows-to-Linux conversions and how to break and fix cloud containers -- all while helping to save the world from e-waste with some "sheer geeky fun."

Get Good at DevOps: Feature Flag Deployments with ASP.NET WebAPI

They provide developers with the ability to toggle features on and off without having to redeploy code, making it easier to manage risk, test features in production, and facilitate smoother releases.

Building Secure and Scalable APIs in .NET 8

Tony Champion: "From giving you access to the entire lifecycle of a request, the ability to configure and extend authentication and authorization, .NET 8 gives you the power to create APIs to meet even the most demanding needs."

Lessons Learned Building a GenAI-Powered App

Sometimes, complex technical achievements are best explained through one example. That's the approach Mete Atamel, Developer Advocate at Google, is taking as he makes the rounds detailing the capabilities of Vertex AI and associated tooling on the Google Cloud Platform.

Get Up and Running with Modern Angular

The Angular web-dev framework might seem an odd choice for a Microsoft-centric developer to consider, seeing as it's championed by arch-rival Google, but a closer look reveals many advantages.

From Core to Containers to Orchestration: Modernizing Your Azure Compute

The cloud changed IT forever. And then containers changed the cloud. And then Kubernetes changed containers. And then microservices usurped monoliths, and so it goes in the cloudscape. Here's help to sort it all out.

The Well-Architected Architect on Azure

In the dynamic field of cloud computing, the architect's role is increasingly pivotal as they must navigate a complex landscape, considering everything from the overarching architecture and individual service configurations to the various trade-offs involved. Here's help.

Building and Deploying a .NET 9 App Using Azure, Bicep and GitHub Actions

.NET 9 is coming in November, so here is help in how to build and deploy a modern .NET 9 app using cloud and DevOps tools.

Integrating Blazor with Existing .NET Web Apps

Blazor shook up the .NET-centric web-dev space several years ago with its new ability to create web apps using C# and .NET instead of primarily coding UI with JavaScript like most every other framework, and it has been steadily advancing ever since. Here's a look at using RazorComponents for app integration.

Stop Using Entity Framework as Just a DTO Provider

Chris Klug keeps seeing developers using Entity Framework, Microsoft's open-source object-relational mapper (ORM) for .NET applications, in less optimal ways.

What's Next for ASP.NET Core and Blazor

Since its inception as an intriguing experiment in leveraging WebAssembly to enable dynamic web development with C#, Blazor has evolved into a mature, fully featured framework. Integral to the ASP.NET Core ecosystem, Blazor offers developers a unique combination of server-side rendering and rich client-side interactivity.

Building Planet-Scale .NET Apps with Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed distributed database that can be transparently replicated across regions while remaining highly performant and seamlessly scaling according to needs, making it great for applications of any scale.

All the Copilots: Microsoft Explains 'The Ecosystem Is Larger than You Think'

Unfortunately, the exact number of AI Copilots unleashed on the world by Microsoft is apparently unknowable, like the value of Pi, beyond the comprehension of humans or machines.

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