LokiJS is an in-memory database which prioritises performance over everything. LokiJS supports field indexing for faster document access and performs really well (near 500,000 ops/s) on those. Its built-in DynamicView class also enables to utilize indexes on data subsets for even faster performance.  

JSON.NET is a great framework for working with JSON data. We will perform JSON Serialization and Deserialization operations and query data using LINQ.  

For those who don’t know, the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is alive and well, and has been ported to .NET Core as Microsoft.Composition.

Redis Fundamentals for .NET Developers

Redis is an open source, in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a database, cache, streaming engine, and even a message broker.
In this live sessions, Stephen Lorello, Senior Field Engineer at Redis, joins us to show the the fundamental features .NET developers show know about using Redis 

Results and Impact
- Average Latency improved from 350ms to less than 250ms.
- CPU during peak time was [60–40%]. This dropped to [15–25%].
- AWS Cost Reduction by replacing Windows with Linux servers [by 45%]
- Apache benchmarking [89 vs. 57 req/s]: .NET Core — 89.68 requests / second. .NET Framework on Windows — 57.21 requests/second
- JMeter [Throughput — 142.9 vs. 60.5 per second]: .NET Core Solution: Hit 1000 requests on http://XXXX.redbus.pe/ , Throughput was 142.9/Sec. NET Framework on Windows: Hit 1000 requests on http://XXXX.redbus.pe/, Throughput was 60.5/Sec.
- Blazemeter [90% response time — 417ms vs. 1.09s]: .NET Core Solution: 90% Response time was 417ms. .NET Framework on Windows: 90% Response time was 1.09s.

A web site that helps you discover awesome .NET open source and community resources  

.NET Memory Performance Analysis
Know when to worry about it, and what to do if you need to worry about it 

If Not a And b Then
  ...
Else
  ...
EndIf

if(!(a) && b)
{
...
}
else
{
}

public interface ICommand
{
}

public class Command1 : ICommand
{
}

public class Command2 : ICommand
{
}

ICommand command = new Command1();
if (!(command is Command2))
{

}

if (command is not Command2)
{

}

if ((command is ICommand) && !(command is Command2))
{

}

if (command is ICommand and not Command2)
{

}

if (command is Command1 or Command2)
{

}

var number = new Random().Next(1, 10);
if (number > 2 && number < 8)
{

}

if (number is > 2 and < 8)
{

}

public static bool IsLetterOrSeparator(char c) =>
   (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || c == '.' || c == ',';

public static bool IsLetterOrSeparator(char c) =>
   c is (>= 'a' and <= 'z') or (>= 'A' and <= 'Z') or '.' or ',';

 var number = new Random().Next(1, 10);
 if (number <= 0)
 {
     Console.WriteLine("Less than or equal to 0");
 }
 else if (number > 0 && number <= 10)
 {
     Console.WriteLine("More than 0 but less than or equal to 10");
 }
 else
 {
     Console.WriteLine("More than 10");
 }

// C#9.0
 switch (number)
 {
     case <= 0:
         Console.WriteLine("Less than or equal to 0");
         break;
     case > 0 and <= 10:
         Console.WriteLine("More than 0 but less than or equal to 10");
         break;
     default:
         Console.WriteLine("More than 10");
         break;
 }

// C#7.0
 switch (number)
 {
     case int value when value <= 0:
         Console.WriteLine("Less than or equal to 0");
         break;
     case int value when value > 0 && value <= 10:
         Console.WriteLine("More than 0 but less than or equal to 10");
         break;
     default:
         Console.WriteLine("More than 10");
         break;
 }

 var message = number switch
 {
     <= 0 => "Less than or equal to 0",
     > 0 and <= 10 => "More than 0 but less than or equal to 10",
     _ => "More than 10"
 };

private static int GetDiscount(Product p) => p switch
        {
            Food => 0, // Food _ => 0 before C# 9
            Book b => 75, // Book b _ => 75 before C# 9
            _ => 25
        };

Checked C is an extension to C that adds static and dynamic checking to detect or prevent common programming errors such as buffer overruns, out-of-bounds memory accesses, and incorrect type casts.  

Bjarne Stroustrup Defends C++ As Safe 

NSA advises organizations to consider making a strategic shift from programming languages that provide little or no inherent memory protection, such as C/C++, to a memory safe language when possible. Some examples of memory safe languages are C#, Go, Java, Ruby™, and Swift®.