Best of C Programming — December 2023

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   Sandor Dargo·2y

   The 3 best books I read in 2023

   The author highlights three books as the best books they read in 2023: 'Ordinary Men' by Christopher Browning, 'The Psychology of Money' by Morgan Housel, and 'Nonconform' by Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy.

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   Milan Jovanović·2y

   Value Objects in .NET (DDD Fundamentals)

   Learn about value objects in Domain-Driven Design and how to implement and persist them in .NET using examples and best practices.

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   InfoWorld·2y

   The best new features in Microsoft .NET 8

   Microsoft .NET 8 has arrived with a plethora of new features and enhancements. Highlights include improvements in the garbage collector, JSON serialization and deserialization, time abstraction, cryptography, compression, native AOT compilation, code generation, and performance. Additional resources are available for further reading.

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   Discover .NET·2y

   Validating appsettings becomes much faster with .NET 8

   Learn how option values from appsettings.json can be validated faster with .NET 8. Discover the performance impact of validating configuration options and how to validate options on startup.

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   InfoWorld·2y

   How to use IEnumerable, ICollection, IList, and IQueryable in C#

   Learn how to use IEnumerable, ICollection, IList, and IQueryable in C# to work with collections of data efficiently.

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   Code Maze·2y

   Using the CLI to Build and Run .NET Applications

   This article explores how to use the CLI to build and run .NET applications. It covers creating a new project, running the application, building the application, adding package references, publishing the project, creating a solution, and testing the solution using the CLI.

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   Visual Studio Blog·2y

   Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2 has arrived!

   Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2 brings new features and enhancements to C++ and .NET MAUI development experiences. It includes improvements such as '#include Diagnostics' for C++ and Live Property Explorer support for .NET MAUI.

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   Code Maze·2y

   Local Functions in C#

   Learn about local functions in C#, how to create them, and best practices. Compare them with lambda functions.

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   Code Maze·2y

   How to Get an Access Token from HttpContext in ASP.NET Core

   This article explores different ways to get an Access Token from HttpContext in ASP.NET Core. It explains the role of access tokens in maintaining secure communication and outlines the Headers and GetTokenAsync approaches for extracting the access token. It also discusses how access tokens can be accessed from HttpContext in a controller or via middleware. The article concludes by emphasizing best practices and security considerations for handling access tokens.

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