Code Maze Weekly #114

Issue #114 of the Code Maze weekly.

Check out what’s new this week and enjoy the read.

.NET and C#

• Classes, Structures, and Records, Oh My! [dotnettips.wordpress.com]
  Do you know the main difference between Class and Structure? Do you know when to use Records? David McCarter gives us a nice refresher on these concepts and sums up the important things we should keep in mind at all times.
• Executing code before Main in .NET [www.meziantou.net]
  Is the Main method really the first thing to be executed when the application starts. Let’s find out with Gérald Barré.

Other Great Reads

• Downloading and Pushing NuGet packages in C# [markheath.net]
• Adding feature flags to an ASP.NET Core app [dotnetthoughts.net]
• Working with Feature Flags in ASP.NET Core MVC application [dotnetthoughts.net]
• How to send Email in C# .NET using SMTP and SendGrid [swimburger.net]
• Replicating Contact & Message UI in Xamarin Forms [askxammy.com]
• Canceling await calls in .NET 6 with Task.WaitAsync() [andrewlock.net]
• Creating a Static Web Content Project for Publishing with WebDeploy [weblog.west-wind.com]
• Loop Around Index with C# Collections [khalidabuhakmeh.com]
• Open Banking for OAuth Developers [www.scottbrady91.com]
• Building a gRPC Server in .NET [sahansera.dev]

Podcasts

• Accessibility First with Alexander Lemkin [6figuredev.com]

News & Updates

• .NET March 2022 Updates – .NET 6.0.3, .NET 5.0.15 and, .NET 3.1.23 [devblogs.microsoft.com]

Other Interesting Articles

• Automating PRs in Azure DevOps [markheath.net]
• Use Angular directives to extend components that you don’t own [timdeschryver.dev]
• Consuming a GraphQL API with Angular [dotnetthoughts.net]
• Domain Logic: Where does it go? [codeopinion.com]

On Programming & Life

• How to Make Your Software Documentation Compatible for Web 3 [simpleprogrammer.com]
• Deploy More Often [ardalis.com]

Weekly Dose of Humor

• When I hear my manager ask my coworker if he can stay a little longer this Friday evening [thecodinglove.com]
• When I check how the users are working with the app [thecodinglove.com]
• When I’m back from vacation and I check my inbox [thecodinglove.com]
• When I demo the feature I made with an underground lib [thecodinglove.com]

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