How to add Google Analytics to Nuxt 3
We take a look at developing a Nuxt Plugin to enable Google Analytics functionality within our Nuxt Apps
General
Why I use Linux as my developer platform
Detailing how and why I use Linux as my primary operating system even though I am primarily a Dotnet Developer
How to use modules in nuxt 3
adding modules and gradually introduce more of the key features of Nuxt 3 that will help you to build more complex apps and features.
Book Review: User Story Mapping
User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features.
How to manage secrets with dotnet user secrets
A walk-through on How to add and use user secrets to manage application specific secrets using the dotnet cli
How to use HttpClientFactory in dotnet
how to make use of the HttpClientFactory to implement the Typed Client pattern in dotnet.
Understanding Nuxt 3 minimal project structure
When generating a new Nuxt 3 you’re presented with a minimal project structure, we dive into this structure and find out what we should do next
How to create git ignore files
configuration to control and ensure certain types of files and directories
are not included into our git repository
How to add project specific node package management configuration options
A package is basically a folder that contains scripts that can be run and used by JavaScript applications, which is to
say that any folder that has some JavaScript code could basically be considered package, also commonly referred to as a
Module.
How to do Entity Validation with EF Core
Data validation in API’s is crucial task yet is often overlooked, with Entity Framework Core entity data validation is made easier and it can also be expanded upon to provide robust solutions
Book Review: Microservices Patterns
Microservice Patterns teaches enterprise developers and architects how to build applications with the microservice architecture. This book also teaches readers how to refactor a monolithic application to a microservice architecture.
How to build Docker Containers with Cake
we will explore how we can use Cake to build and publish our Docker containers to a Docker Container Registry in this example we will be using Github Container Registry.
How to connect to databases in Rider
Improve your development workflow by connecting to your database within your IDE
Book Review: Software Architecture by Example
Design system solutions using modern architectural patterns and practices. This book discusses methods to keep a system responsive, even when it is being constantly updated, extending a system’s functionality without changing the core code, methods of maintaining data history, and designing a distributed transactional system.
What is this Directory.Build.props file all about?
With introduction of MsBuild we can now manage all these property settings and more in a single file that we can place in the Root of our solution directory along our solution file and it will be applied to all projects defined in the solution automatically.
Book Review: Software Architecture The Hard Parts
All software architecture decisions involve some sort of trade off. This books equips you with the means to make the best choices.
Book Review: Dependency Injection
presents core DI patterns in plain C#, so you’ll fully understand how DI works, covers integration with standard Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET MVC, and teaches you to use DI frameworks like Structure Map, Castle Windsor, and Unity.
How to install and test nuget template packages locally
To pack a nuget package for testing locally is actually a fairly trivial process of using the dotnet pack and defining a local folder you want your package to be located.
How to use the Strategy Pattern in C#
The strategy design pattern splits the behavior (there are many behaviors) of a class from the class itself. This has some advantages, but the main draw back is that a client must understand how the Strategies differ.