.NET

Automated Unit Testing

Ensure code quality with unit tests

Automated unit testing ensures your code works as intended and helps prevent bugs. 🧪 What is a Unit Test? A unit test checks one small part (unit) of your code (usually a method) independently fr...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 15, 2025

Docker Image Building

Containerize your .NET apps

Docker lets you package your .NET apps and run them in any environment. 🏗️ Basic Dockerfile 1 2 3 4 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0 AS base WORKDIR /app COPY . . ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "M...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 14, 2025

Dependency Injection

Decouple your code for testability and flexibility

Dependency Injection (DI) is a technique for achieving loose coupling and easier testing. 🤝 What is DI? Instead of creating dependencies (classes/services) yourself, you “inject” them (usually...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 9, 2025

Simulating a Collaborative Development Cycle

Working together with Git, PRs, and reviews

Collaboration is key in real-world development. 🔄 Typical Workflow Clone the repository Create a new branch for your feature or fix Write code and commit often Push your branch to the re...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 8, 2025

Implementing Agile Methodologies in Software Development

Scrum, Kanban, and iterative delivery

Agile methodologies help teams deliver software quickly and adapt to changing requirements. 🏃 Scrum Work in sprints (1-4 weeks) Daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives Backlog...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 7, 2025

Applying Theory and Practice in a Real Project

From classroom to production-ready code

Now it’s time to put your .NET knowledge into practice. 🏗️ Pick a Project To-do list app (Web API + frontend) Online store (API, DB, authentication) Chatbot (API, async processing) 🗂️ St...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 2, 2025

Simulated Enterprise Environment

Applying .NET skills in a real-world context

Enterprise environments are complex (multiple teams, services, and technologies work together). Here’s how your .NET skills fit in. 🏢 Typical Architecture API Layer: ASP.NET Core Web APIs for ...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on February 1, 2025

Managing Threads in Scalable Applications

Threading strategies for robust .NET apps

Thread management is key for scalable, high-performance applications. 🧵 Thread Pool Use the .NET ThreadPool for short-lived, parallel tasks: 1 ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(_ => DoWork());...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on January 31, 2025

Working with Task and Parallel Processing

Harness the power of concurrency in .NET

.NET provides many ways to run code concurrently and in parallel. 🚀 Task Parallelism 1 2 var task = Task.Run(() => DoWork()); await task; 🔄 Parallel.ForEach Run a loop with iterations in...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on January 26, 2025

Using async and await

Simplify asynchronous code in C#

async and await make asynchronous programming straightforward in C#. 🏁 Declaring an Async Method 1 2 3 4 5 public async Task<int> GetDataAsync() { await Task.Delay(1000); // Simulate as...

Posted by Rodrigo Castro on January 25, 2025