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Roundup #56: Blazor Server Performance, NetCore3 as Self-Contained, F# and Giraffe, Domain Modeling Made Functional

Here are the things that caught my eye recently in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Blazor Server in .NET Core 3.0 scenarios and performance Since the release of Blazor Server with .NET Core 3.0 last month lots of folks have shared their excitement with us about being able to build client-side web UI with just .NET and C#. At the same time, we’ve also heard lots of questions about what Blazor Server is, how it relates to Blazor WebAssembly, and what scenarios Blazor Server… Read More »Roundup #56: Blazor Server Performance, NetCore3 as Self-Contained, F# and Giraffe, Domain Modeling Made Functional

Avoiding the Repository Pattern with an ORM

For many years now I’ve advocated not using the repository pattern on top of an ORM such as Entity Framework. There are many reasons why that I’ll try and cover throughout this post based on ways that I’ve seen it implemented. Meaning, this post is talking about poorly implemented approaches or pitfalls that I’ve seen. To clarify, since this topic seems to really fire people up, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t use the repository pattern. I’m going to clarify why I don’t think under certain situations it’s very useful and other situations that I do find it useful. This… Read More »Avoiding the Repository Pattern with an ORM

Roundup #55: .NET Core 3, F# 4.7, AWS joins .NET Foundation, .NET Foundation Maturity Model, Finding Service Boundaries

Here are the things that caught my eye recently in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Announcing .NET Core 3.0 We’re excited to announce the release of .NET Core 3.0. It includes many improvements, including adding Windows Forms and WPF, adding new JSON APIs, support for ARM64 and improving performance across the board. C# 8 is also part of this release, which includes nullable, async streams, and more patterns. F# 4.7 is included, and focused on relaxing syntax and targeting .NET Standard 2.0. You can… Read More »Roundup #55: .NET Core 3, F# 4.7, AWS joins .NET Foundation, .NET Foundation Maturity Model, Finding Service Boundaries