Code Maze

Issue #123 of the Code Maze weekly.

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

.NET and C#

• Raw String Literals In C# 11 [dotnetcoretutorials.com]
  C# 11 brings us something new and convenient when working with strings. Let’s find out what it is with Wade Gausden.
• Building a Stack Overflow browser as a VS extension [blog.elmah.io]
  An interesting VS extension with some really useful tips, like how to pull data from Stack Overflow API with Thomas Ardal.

Other Great Reads

• Polly with .NET 6, Part 5 – Using a Cancellation Token [nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net]
• Coding Faster with dotNetTips Spargine 6: Validating Arguments Made Easy [dotnettips.wordpress.com]
• ActivityIndicator in .NET MAUI Made easy [askxammy.com]
• Serializing a #CookieContainer in C# [blog.dotnetframework.org]
• Use a gateway service for a software UI with microservices architecture? [damienbod.com]
• Testing ASP.NET Core gRPC services in JetBrains Rider [andrewlock.net]
• Using ASP.NET Core MVC Value Providers With Minimal APIs [khalidabuhakmeh.com]

News & Updates

• Announcing gRPC JSON transcoding for .NET [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Release Candidate 2 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• Regular Expression Improvements in .NET 7 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• Announcing .NET 7 Preview 4 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 7 Preview 4 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• Announcing Entity Framework 7 Preview 4 [devblogs.microsoft.com]
• .NET MAUI Release Candidate 3 [devblogs.microsoft.com]

Podcasts

• Monsters Weekly 249 – Azure SQL VMs [aspnetmonsters.com]
• Secure Open Source Practices with Jillian Ratliff [www.dotnetrocks.com]
• AWS Microservices Extractor for .NET with Josh Hurley and Norm Johanson [dotnetcore.show]
• Site Reliability Engineering – Eliminating Toil [www.codingblocks.net]

Other Interesting Articles

• Deploying on Azure Functions – GitHub Actions [dotnetthoughts.net]
• Mapping a wildcard domain name to an Azure App Services [dotnetthoughts.net]
• Setting up an Azure Virtual Machine as Azure DevOps build agent [dotnetthoughts.net]
• Enabling IntelliSense for GitHub Actions workflows in VS Code [www.meziantou.net]
• Microservices gets it WRONG defining Service Boundaries [codeopinion.com]
• Domain Modeling – Anemic Models [ardalis.com]

On Programming & Life

• How Programmers Can Effectively Manage Their Email Inbox and Improve Day-To-Day Productivity [simpleprogrammer.com]
• Top 5 Online Coding Certifications [simpleprogrammer.com]

Weekly Dose of Humor

• When I come back on my project after my 2-weeks vacation [thecodinglove.com]
• When the client wants us to use a deprecated technology for his new project [thecodinglove.com]
• When the sales guy triggers our easter egg with dubious taste during his demo [thecodinglove.com]
• When I achieve bugfix after bugfix and they ask me how things are doing [thecodinglove.com]