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EDITORIAL Some folks prefer to stay in their lane and some folks end up as citizen developers, either unwittingly or deliberately doing things that aren’t specifically part of their job. Sometimes, everyone benefits, sometimes it’s a pathway to a different career, and sometimes, it’s annoying and gets in everyone’s way. I got laid off from my day job about a year ago and I’ve done a lot of thinking about the good, the bad, and the ugly at that place. One of the fellows I worked with was a citizen developer, although he didn’t deal with code. He knew everyone, knew what they did and where their expertise lay, knew how to get things done, and he was astonishingly productive. He was always volunteering to be on a team, often…

Paul has been working in the IT industry since 1985. In that time, he has successfully assisted hundreds of companies architect software applications to solve their toughest business problems. Paul has been a teacher and mentor through various mediums, such as video courses, blogs, articles, and speaking engagements at user groups and conferences around the world. Paul has multiple courses in the www.pluralsight.com library (https://bit.ly/3gvXgvj) and on Udemy.com (https://bit.ly/3WOK8kX) on topics ranging from C#, LINQ, JavaScript, Angular, MVC, WPF, XML, jQuery, and Bootstrap. to serialize and deserialize C# objects to and from memory and disk. Along the way, you’re going to create some classes with extension methods to simplify the serialization process. What Is Serialization? Serialization is the process of converting an object into a form that can be easily…

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ’80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP. NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He’s the author of over twenty Pluralsight courses, written eight books, an international conference speaker, and one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com. He’s also making his first, feature-length documentary about software developers today called “Hello World: The Film.” You can see more about it at http://helloworldfilm.com. JavaScript Tooling Whether you’re a full-stack, back-end or front-end developer, you’ve probably been touched by Node.js and NPM. Although Node.js represents a great platform for building server-side JavaScript, to me, the real benefit of it all is the…

Markus, the dynamic founder of CODE Group and CODE Magazine’s publisher, is a celebrated Microsoft RD (Regional Director) and multi-award-winning MVP (Most Valuable Professional). A prolific coder, he’s influenced and advised top Fortune 500 companies and has been a Microsoft contractor, including on the Visual Studio team. Globally recognized as a speaker and author, Markus’s expertise spans Artificial Intelligence (AI), .NET, client-side web, and cloud development, focusing on user interfaces, productivity, and maintainable systems. Away from work, he’s an enthusiastic windsurfer, scuba diver, ice hockey player, golfer, and globetrotter, who loves gaming on PC or Xbox during rainy days. such as CODE Training, CODE Magazine (obviously, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this article.), several nondeveloper oriented endeavors, and CODE Staffing. Our newest off-shoot, CODE Staffing, started in 2022 with the…

Kevin S. Goff is Database architect/developer/ speaker/author, and has been developing custom business solutions since 1988. He has been writing for CODE Magazine since 2004. He was a member of the Microsoft MVP program from 2005 through 2019, when he spoke frequently at community events in the Mid-Atlantic region. He also spoke regularly for the VS Live/Live 360 Conference brand from 2012 through 2015. Scully?” I’ve worked with data for decades and I know a large majority of CODE readers can say the same. When you work with data, you see recurrent scenarios and sequences (patterns) that call for certain approaches. The database tool we use (in my case, usually SQL Server) provides different features in the T-SQL language to deal with those scenarios. You can use a feature optimally,…

Joydip Kanjilal is an MVP (2007-2012), software architect, author, and speaker with more than 20 years of experience. He has more than 16 years of experience in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip has authored eight books, more than 500 articles, and has reviewed more than a dozen books. you need the following installed in your system: • Visual Studio 2022 • .NET 7.0 • .NET 7.0 Runtime If you don’t already have Visual Studio 2022 installed in your computer, you can download it from here: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/. In this article, you'll learn how resource management works in .NET Core and the best practices and guidelines to make optimal usage of resources in a .NET Core application. I'll examine the following points: • An overview of garbage collection and…

Sahil Malik is a Microsoft MVP, INETA speaker, a .NET author, consultant, and trainer. Sahil loves interacting with fellow geeks in real time. His talks and trainings are full of humor and practical nuggets. His areas of expertise are cross-platform Mobile app development, Microsoft anything, and security and identity. to get excited about what we see. But as you appreciate the 14-inch screen in your fancy new car, don’t under estimate the importance of that little cotter pin holding your brake pads in place. That cotter pin is identity and security that, arguably, makes for the world’s most boring demos, and is probably the most important bit holding your life together. As it turns out, acquiring an access token and validating it can be quite nuanced, and a lot of…

Bilal Haidar is an accomplished author, Microsoft MVP of 10 years, ASP.NET Insider, and has been writing for CODE Magazine since 2007. With 15 years of extensive experience in Web development, Bilal is an expert in providing enterprise Web solutions. He works at Consolidated Contractors Company in Athens, Greece as a fullstack senior developer. Bilal offers technical consultancy for a variety of technologies including Nest JS, Angular, Vue JS, JavaScript and TypeScript. We delved into the array of tools and technologies at our disposal, including WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and Long Polling, each offering its unique approach to realtime interaction. As you journey deeper into WebSockets, reflect on the foundations laid in the first article. As you explore, re-altime communication opens a Pandora's box of possibilities, enabling users to seamlessly interact…

Mike is the CEO of EPS’s Houston office and a skilled .NET developer. Mike excels at evaluating business requirements and turning them into results from development teams. He’s been the Project Lead on many projects at EPS and promotes the use of modern best practices, such as the Agile development paradigm, use of design patterns, and test-drive and test-first development. Before coming to EPS, Mike was a business owner developing a high-profile software business in the leisure industry. He grew the business from two employees to over 30 before selling the company and looking for new challenges. Implementation experience includes .NET, SQL Server, Windows Azure, Microsoft Surface, and Visual FoxPro. threefold: To abstract away the underlying LLMs, APIs and tooling; to handle more complex implementations in a generic way; and…