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How to port PC games to PS5 or other gaming consoles? A high-level overview explaining how to create a gaming experience that will be appreciated by everyone who plays it

December 19, 2022 - by Alice - Leave a Comment

When it comes to porting a game from the PC to consoles, there are many considerations and factors to consider. How do you make sure your game is successful on …

Business processes / Coding / DevOps / Software

What is Continuous Integration (CI) and why should you adopt it? A list of good reasons why CI/CD in Web Development is important and some popular CI Tools to help you implement it

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 - by Alice - Leave a Comment

What is Continuous Integration (CI) in software engineering and what benefits does it bring to an in-house and dedicated development team setting? In this article, we'll try to shed some …

ASP.NET / Coding / Web

ASP.NET Core backstory: a transition from closed to open source How a company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm became one of the biggest open source contributors in the world

December 6, 2022March 18, 2023 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you are a frequent reader of the Coding section of this blog, there's a good chance you are an ASP.NET Core developer - or an IT enthusiast interested in …

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Testing Web APIs - Manning Book Review A valuable resource that can help to ensure your web APIs are consistent and bug-free with an automated testing process built upon Pact.io

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

As most readers of this blog already know, I've just finished writing Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, a book dedicated to Web APIs built with the ASP.NET Core framework …

Check if an IP Address is within a given Subnet Mask in C# A simple helper method that can be used to check if a specific IP address is part of a given Subnet Mask using C#

October 28, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you're using a reverse proxy, a CDN such as Cloudflare, a third-party Wide Application Firewall, or any other intermediate caching and/or forwarding service to serve your website over the …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services

October 20, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

In general terms, authorization refers to the permission or power to perform, carry out or exercise certain rights. In the IT field, authorization is defined as the process by which …

DevOps Methodology, Lifecycle and Best Practices explained

Agile / Business innovation / Business processes / Coding / DevOps

The Role of Automation in Software Development Lifecycle What a CI/CD pipeline is, how it works, and why implementing it can dramatically increase an organization's productivity, reliability and innovation capabilities

September 30, 2022October 7, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

A few months ago we published a post about DevOps , a software development methodology that combines software development (Dev) with information technology operations (Ops) in the entire service lifecycle: from the initial …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding

.NET - CallerMemberName, CallerFilePath and CallerLineNumber attributes How to use the attributes provided by the System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace to get useful info about the execution context

September 16, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you're a seasoned .NET developer, you most likely know about the importance of logging: when used in an IT context, the term logging defines the process of keeping track …

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Manning Permanent Promo Code - 35% discount on all catalog Are you looking for a promo code to purchase an IT-related Book from Manning? Here's the post you're looking for!

August 1, 2022August 3, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

I'm pleased to say that Manning Publications - a well-known publisher of computer books, videos, and projects for software developers, engineers, architects, system administrators, managers, and all who are professionally …

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ASP.NET Core Web API - Deal of the Day! Exclusive one-day-only offer to save 45% on ASP.NET Core Web API and other Manning titles about ASP.NET Core

June 9, 2022August 3, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I announced that my upcoming book, ASP.NET Core Web API, which I'm currently writing for Manning Publications, has just reached the MEAP state. Today I have another important …