Entity Framework (EF) Core is the rearchitected and rewritten version of the Entity Framework object relational mapping engine for .NET Core applications. It is very light-weight, extensible, and cross platform.

However, high transaction .NET Core applications using EF Core face performance and scalability bottlenecks in the database-tier under peak loads. This is because, although you can linearly scale the application tier by adding more application servers, you cannot add more database servers to scale it.

But, if you use a distributed cache like NCache in your .NET Core applications, you can quickly remove these performance and scalability bottlenecks and handle extreme transaction loads. 

With the rise of multi-core processors and multi-threading, Asynchronous Programming has become an essential tool for building efficient and responsive C# applications. Fortunately, C# provides a rich library for making Asynchronous calls. However, this complex and advanced topic can be challenging for many developers. 

As we’ve been moving forward on the Outdated Answers project, one of the things that’s been clear is that on questions with multiple answers, we need a way to surface newer answers that may be more current, while reducing the visibility of older answers that may no longer be correct or relevant 

Space is an integrated team environment that provides teams and organizations with the tools they need to collaborate effectively and efficiently. It has Git-based Version Control, Code Review, Automation (CI/CD) based on Kotlin Scripting, Package Repositories, Planning tools, Issue Tracker, Chats, Blogs, Meetings, and Team Directory, among other features.  

ASP.NET Core 2.1 introduces new application host for Windows services. We can now run ASP.NET Core applications as Windows services with minimal effort. This blog post introduces how it is done and how to build and run Windows services on ASP.NET Core without any need for dirty hacks.