Using GitHub can be a little intimidating, but it's a better approach for source control. Today, I provide a collection of links to get you started with GitHub to help you understand it better. 

Warp is a modern, Rust-based terminal with AI built in so you and your team can build great software, faster.

Warp is the terminal reimagined with AI and collaborative tools for better productivity.

Ammy is a modern UI language that either replaces or compliments XAML in your projects. 

ASP.NET Core in .NET 8 is your complete solution for modern web development. It handles all of your web development needs from the frontend to the backend. You can build beautiful, richly interactive web experiences with Blazor, and high-performance backend APIs and services that are reliable and secure. ASP.NET Core in .NET 8 is perfect for building cloud-native apps, and great tooling in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code supercharges your productivity. With ASP.NET Core in .NET 8, every developer is a full stack developer! 

Welcome to this short introduction to Blazor! This new Microsoft framework uses a unique approach to leverage your existing C# and .NET skills to create single-page applications running in web browsers. The technology that makes this possible is called WebAssembly, an open standard supported directly by current browsers on desktop and mobile platforms. You write C# and Razor code instead of JavaScript, and the compiled app runs natively on the client.

Sample Source Code: https://github.com/DevExpress/blazor-training-samples  

dynamic excel = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Excel.Application", true));
excel.Visible = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to close Excel.");
Console.ReadLine();
excel.Quit();

 System.__ComObject does not contain a definition for 'Visible'

using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
// ...
var excel = new Excel.Application();
excel.Visible = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to close Excel.");
Console.ReadLine();
excel.Quit();

  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="Interop.WIA">
      <HintPath>..\DNTScanner.Core.TypeLibrary\bin\Debug\Interop.WIA.dll</HintPath>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net40' ">
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.5.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <!--
    The following 'COMReference' items were copied from a .NET Framework project.
    They were added by using the Visual Studio COM References window. 
    See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/managing-references-in-a-project?view=vs-2017.
    Observe the 'EmbedInteropTypes' tag value.
    See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items?view=vs-2017#comreference
  -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <COMReference Include="Microsoft.Office.Core">
      <Guid>{2DF8D04C-5BFA-101B-BDE5-00AA0044DE52}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>2</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>8</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
    <COMReference Include="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel">
      <Guid>{00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>9</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
    <COMReference Include="VBIDE">
      <Guid>{0002E157-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>5</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>3</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

public class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastLogin { get; set; }
}

public static void RunActionMeasurePerformance(Action action)
{
    GC.Collect();
    var initMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch.Start();
    action();
    stopwatch.Stop();
    var currentMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var memUsage = currentMemUsage - initMemUsage;
    if (memUsage < 0) memUsage = 0;
    Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}, Memory Usage: {1:N2} KB", stopwatch.Elapsed, memUsage / 1024);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var length = 1000000;
    var users = new List<User>(length);
    for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
 
        var user = new User
        {
            Id = i,
            UserName = "User" + i,
            Password = "1" + i + "2" + i,
            LastLogin = DateTime.Now
        };
        users.Add(user);
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine("Custom mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userList =
            users.Select(
                o =>
                    new User
                    {
                        Id = o.Id,
                        UserName = o.UserName,
                        Password = o.Password,
                        LastLogin = o.LastLogin
                    }).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("EmitMapper mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var map = EmitMapper.ObjectMapperManager.DefaultInstance.GetMapper<User, User>();
        var emitUsers = users.Select(o => map.Map(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("ValueInjecter mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var valueUsers = users.Select(o => (User)new User().InjectFrom(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.DynamicMap<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
 
    Console.ReadKey();
}

 Custom mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.4869463, Memory Usage: 58,848.00 KB

EmitMapper mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6068193, Memory Usage: 62,784.00 KB

ValueInjecter mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:15.6935578, Memory Usage: 21,140.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6028971, Memory Usage: 7,164.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.0106244, Memory Usage: 680.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable
Elapsed time: 00:00:01.5954456, Memory Usage: 40,248.00 KB

We recently published a BenchmarkDotNet-based benchmark on GitHub: https://github.com/DevExpress/XpoNetCoreDemos/tree/master/ORMBenchmark.

We used it to test the performance of the following Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) libraries for .NET Framework 4.6.1 and higher:

• Entity Framework 6.0.2 (EF 6);
• Entity Framework Core 2.0.3 (EF Core); 
• eXpress Persistent Objects™ 18.1.3 (XPO).  

This is a (non-comprehensive) guide for C# and .NET developers that are completely new to the Rust programming language. Some concepts and constructs translate fairly well between C#/.NET and Rust, but which may be expressed differently, whereas others are a radical departure, like memory management. This guide provides a brief comparison and mapping of those constructs and concepts with concise examples. 

Agile is a term used to describe approaches to software development emphasizing incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning. The term “Agile” was coined in 2001 in the Agile Manifesto. The manifesto set out to establish principles to guide a better approach to software development. The manifesto set out to establish principles to guide a better approach to software development. At its core, the manifesto declares 4 value statements representing the foundation of the agile movement.