Code Maze Weekly #1

Here are some of the best articles regarding .NET, C#, DevOps, and a bit of humor for this week.

.NET and C#

• Converting a .NET Standard 2.0 library to .NET Core 3.0 [andrewlock.net]
  The first part of the series of articles about upgrading to ASP.NET Core 3.0 by Andrew Lock.
• IHostingEnvironment vs IHostEnvironment – obsolete types in .NET Core 3.0 [andrewlock.net]
  The second part of the series of articles about upgrading to ASP.NET Core 3.0 by Andrew Lock.
• High-Performance Logging in .NET Core [stevejgordon.co.uk]
  Steve shows us how to implement a high-performance logging system to reduce the load and overhead of logging in our applications.

Worthy Reads

• Is Dapper (still) faster than Entity Framework Core [exceptionnotfound.net]
• How does the ASP.NET Core SPA development experience work with React, Angular, and VueJS? [blog.maartenballiauw.be]
• Mocking an Authenticated User in Blazor/ASP.NET Core [visualstudiomagazine.com]

News and Updates

• Improvements in .NET Core 3.0 for troubleshooting and monitoring distributed apps [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• Announcing .NET Core 3.1 Preview 3 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• ASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.1 Preview 3 [devblogs.microsoft.com]

Live & Recordings

• #FAIL [www.infoq.com]
• Podcast: Dave Farley on taking back software engineering [www.infoq.com]

DevOps

• A Jenkins tutorial for beginners with examples [theserverside.com]
• Azure Cosmos DB use cases [searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com]

Other Interesting Articles

• Part 21 – WikiLeaks and Julian Assange [simpleprogrammer.com]
• JavaScript Null vs. Undefined Explained [programmingwithmosh.com]
• Waterfall Process [martinfowler.com]

On Programming and Life

• Biggest challenges in society tackled by IoT [internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com]
• Creating Good Habits for Remote Work [simpleprogrammer.com]

Weekly Dose of Humor

• Dilbert on Dark Matter [dilbert.com]
• Extrapolation [reddit.com]
• Using a Framework Without Documentation [thecodinglove.com]