The evolution of cloud computing has fundamentally transformed how we architect, deploy, and operate applications. Cloud-native architecture and multi-cloud strategies are no longer optional—they’re essential for organizations seeking agility, resilience, and competitive advantage in the digital economy. This comprehensive guide covers cloud-native principles, multi-cloud strategies, Kubernetes orchestration, and practical implementation patterns with real-world examples. Cloud […]
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.
Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune, MSN and the Windows Phone OS. The ensuing rise of stock in the company’s 1986 initial public offering (IPO) made an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires…
.NET 6 Linq Improvements: MaxBy and MinBy
A small but frequent annoyance in LINQ was finding the object with the max value. Previously, we had doing `OrderByDescending(x => x.Val).First()`, which is O(N log N). .NET 6 adds `MaxBy` and `MinBy`. This is O(N) and much more readable. Other additions include `Chunk()` for splitting lists into batches.
Read more →Blazor in .NET 6: Dynamic Components
Blazor now supports rendering components dynamically by type. This is crucial for building CMS-like systems or dashboard widgets where the component to render depends on database configuration. Previously, this required complex Reflection or RenderTreeBuilder logic.
Read more →C# 10: Validating Arguments with CallerArgumentExpression
Validating arguments just got cleaner. C# 10 introduces `[CallerArgumentExpression]`. This allows a method to capture the text of the expression passed to it. Microsoft used this to build the new `ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(name)` helper in .NET 6.
Read more →C# 10: Constant Interpolated Strings
A small but welcome quality of life improvement in C# 10. You can finally use string interpolation for `const` strings, as long as the inputs are also strings. This is fantastic for attributing Controllers or defining consistent routing constants without resorting to `static readonly`.
Read more →Testing .NET 6 Applications: Integration Testing with WebApplicationFactory
Integration testing is the highest value testing you can do. In .NET 6, `WebApplicationFactory` makes it incredibly easy to spin up an in-memory version of your API for testing. Exposing the Program Class With Top-level statements, `Program` is internal. To test it, you need to expose it in `Program.cs`: The Test Setup
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