My road for the series is as follows,

    RESTful Day #1: Enterprise level application architecture with Web APIs using Entity Framework, Generic Repository pattern and Unit of Work.
    RESTful Day #2: Inversion of control using dependency injection in Web APIs using Unity Container and Bootstrapper.
    RESTful Day #3: Resolve dependency of dependencies using Inversion of Control and dependency injection in Asp.net Web APIs with Unity Container and Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF).
    RESTful Day #4: Custom URL Re-Writing/Routing using Attribute Routes in MVC 4 Web APIs.
    RESTful Day #5: Basic Authentication and Token based custom Authorization in Web APIs using Action Filters.
    RESTful Day #6: Request logging and Exception handing/logging in Web APIs using Action Filters, Exception Filters and nLog.
    RESTful Day #7: Unit testing ASP.NET Web APIs controllers using nUnit.
    RESTful Day #8: Extending OData support in ASP.NET Web APIs.

Stairway to XML

XML has been part of the SQL Standard since 2003, and is essential for any DBA because so many of the dynamic management views return XML data. Now that the industry is more used to data defined by document markup, it is becoming more important than ever for Database Developers and DBAs to understand the technology and to know where it makes sense to use XML. In this book, originally a series of articles on SQLServerCentral.com, Robert Sheldon flexes his talent to make the complicated seem simple. 

The latest update for Visual Studio 2022 is officially out. Offering a comprehensive suite of enhancements that span productivity, programming languages, and enterprise management, this general release is a monumental step forward. Developed with extensive user feedback, this version is fully compatible with .NET 8, which is also generally available as of today. 

At last, SQL Server has caught up with other RDBMSs by providing a useful measure of JSON-support. It is a useful start, even though it is nothing like as comprehensive as the existing XML support. For many applications, what is provided will be sufficient. Robert Sheldon describes what is there and what isn't. 

Moq is a mocking library for .NET Unit Testing (cue the TDD folks reminding us mocks are unnecessary), and it is by far the most widely used mocking library in .NET (475 million downloads vs 87 million for the next largest, NSubstitute). Yesterday, its author released version 4.20.1; which added nagware and a backdoor to Moq, in a bid to drive up paid usages of Moq through ‘Sponsorships’. 

The ReSharper and Rider 2023.1.4 Bug-fix Release Is Here! 

What is the difference between ToArray and ToList? 

What is the difference between ++i and i++?

.NET Core and .NET Standard: What Is the Difference? 

The Path is Null and Full of Squiggles