To reduce allocations and memory usage when serializing Json.NET 8.0 adds a new IArrayPool interface. Json.NET is already very lean when it comes to allocations, working with raw characters on array buffers instead of allocated strings, but those buffers can easily grow large, and a new buffer is created each time JSON is read or written. IArrayPool allows array buffers to be reused, similar to connection pooling with a database, or thread pooling in .NET. 

Familiarity with code generation tools is key for modern software engineers, and whether you know it or not, you’re probably already using one. In T4 Succinctly by Nick Harrison, you’ll learn what goes on behind the scenes during code generation with T4, Visual Studio’s built-in code generator. Then, use those principles to apply metadata to a template and transform it into source code in a variety of languages. 

The U.S. defense industry is the inventor of numerous software processes and even a programming language. This series discusses the challenges to using agile in the U.S. defense industry and some ways agile has made a difference. 

As Microsoft launches .NET 7, CODE Focus offers high quality insights right from the teams responsible for designing and improving the product. Dig into articles about C# 11, .NET MAUI, Blazor, EF Core 7, CoreWCF and better tools to upgrade your existing .NET and ASP.NET applications to the latest release. Plus performance enhancements everywhere! This is an amazing release. 

2015 is lining up to be the year of React. Lately, it has garnered a lot of attention, for front-end, mobile and server side JavaScript development. 

WhatsApp had 450 million monthly users and just 32 engineers when it was acquired. Imgur scaled to over 40 billion monthly image views with just seven engineers. Instagram had 30 million users and just 13 engineers when it was acquired for $1 billion dollars.
This is the new normal: fewer engineers and dollars to ship code to more users than ever before. The potential impact of the lone software engineer is soaring. How long before we have a billion-dollar acquisition offer for a one-engineer startup? How long before the role of an engineer, artisanally crafting custom solutions, vanishes altogether?

ReSharper 2018.3.2 bug-fix update fixes:

- Many issues in C#, VB.NET, and TypeScript Code Analysis.
- More than a dozen issues related to parameter name hints.
- Missing “Find Code Dependent on Module” item in a context menu for a project node in the Solution Explorer tab.
- Several issues in Unit Testing.
- Some issues related to auto-detect naming style.
 

ReScript is not new. In a way it’s as old as JavaScript itself. ReScript is a rebranding of ReasonML (Facebook) and BuckleScript (Bloomberg), which wrap OCaml on both ends. The former is an interface of the OCaml syntax, while the latter makes sure to compile the AST into JavaScript. ReasonML was created by Jordan Walke, the creator of React. ReasonML still exists as a parallel project to ReScript, with a slightly different syntax and mission. 

While we're waiting for the Windows 10 spring update - codenamed Redstone 4 - to arrive any day now, Insiders that chose the Skip Ahead subset of the Fast ring are already on Redstone 5 Today, Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 17639 to those Insiders