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The Battle of C# to JSON Serializers in .NET Core 3

Oct 16, 2019 | 37

.NET Core 3 was recently released and brought with it a bunch of innovations, including a brand new JSON (de)serializer System.Text.Json. We're going to compare this serializer with Newtonsoft.Json and other major .NET serializers. Check out this epic performance battle.

Challenging the C# StringBuilder Performance

Mar 14, 2019 | 28
Pipeline Pattern Implementations in C# .NET – Part 1

Jul 9, 2019 | 28
Logging in C# .NET Modern-day Practices: The Complete Guide

Aug 13, 2019 | 27
C# Job Queue Implementations in Depth – Part 1

Mar 7, 2019 | 25

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Is C# Slower Than C++?

by Michael Shpilt | Mar 16, 2020 | C# | 10

Is C# slower than C++? That’s a pretty big question. As a junior developer, I was sure that the answer is “Yes, definitely”. Now that I’m more experienced, I know that this question is not obvious and even quite complicated.

10 Essential Debugging Tools for C# .NET Development

by Michael Shpilt | Feb 25, 2020 | C# | 6

When it comes to debugging software, tools are extremely important. Get the right tool and you extract the right information. Get the right information and you can find the root cause of the issue. Find the root cause and you’ve solved the bug.

C# to C# Communication: REST, gRPC and everything in between

by Michael Shpilt | Feb 10, 2020 | C# | 16

There are many ways to communicate between a C# client and a C# server. Some are robust, others not so much. Some are very fast, others aren’t. It’s important to know the different options so you can decide what’s best for you.

Debugging ASP.NET Web Request Failures: The Complete Guide

by Michael Shpilt | Jan 6, 2020 | C# | 1

You’re sending an HTTP request to your ASP.NET server, and out of the blue, it returns a 500 error. Now what? The error code doesn’t say too much by itself. Did a database request fail? Was there an exception? In this article we’ll see how to get the most information on the error.

Debugging 3rd Party .NET Code without symbols in Visual Studio

by Michael Shpilt | Dec 9, 2019 | C# | 5

It’s not so rare to see weird things happen in 3rd party library code. Call some method and you’ve got a strange exception. Or an incorrect behavior or even a process crash. It sure would be nice to debug some of these issues. In this article we’re going to do just that – You’ll see how to debug 3rd party library code in Visual Studio.

Debugging Lock Contention Performance Issues in C# .NET

by Michael Shpilt | Nov 19, 2019 | C# | 6

Lock contention is a state where one thread is waiting for another while trying to acquire a lock. Whatever time spent waiting for the lock is “lost” time that is wasted doing nothing and causes performance problems. In this article, you’ll see how to detect lock contention problems, debug them, and find the core cause of the issue.

Performance Profiling of .NET Core 3 applications on Linux with dotnet-trace and PerfView

by Michael Shpilt | Nov 4, 2019 | C# | 4

Performance issues never seem to disappear from the world, no matter how fast new computers become. To deal with those issues we need proper tools. We have some great tools on Windows. On .NET Core with Linux, things are not so great. But they’re getting better.

The Battle of C# to JSON Serializers in .NET Core 3

by Michael Shpilt | Oct 16, 2019 | C# | 37

.NET Core 3 was recently released and brought with it a bunch of innovations, including a brand new JSON (de)serializer System.Text.Json. We’re going to compare this serializer with Newtonsoft.Json and other major .NET serializers. Check out this epic performance battle.