In this exciting episode of Top End Devs, we dive into the world of .NET development with none other than Jeff Fritz, a recognized community manager at Microsoft. Hosted by Sean Clabo and co-hosted by Caleb Wells and Wailu, this episode explores Jeff's impressive journey from working in the finance and pharmaceutical industries to becoming a pivotal figure in the tech community. Jeff shares his insights on ASP.NET MVC, his experiences with Telerik, and his current role in promoting .NET and Visual Studio at Microsoft. We also explore the revolutionary world of Blazor and its applications, discuss the growing popularity of live coding on platforms like Twitch, and examine how .NET Core is expanding the boundaries of development across multiple platforms. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical advice to elevate your development skills. Tune in, and get ready for a deep dive into the cutting-edge world of .NET with Jeff Fritz!

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In this episode of Adventures in .NET, guest Derek Comartin talks to us about Command Query Responsibility Segregation. He explains CQRS benefits, downsides and usage in real world situations.

Links

• MediatR
• Brighter
• CodeOpinion
• Jimmy Bogard

Picks

• Shawn - A First Look at Unreal Engine 5
• Caleb - DragonHumpers
• Wai - Ring Fit Adventure
• Derek - Build Stuff YouTube Channel

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Caleb recently started a new job. The project he is working on is all in .NET (MVC, Web Api, Azure, etc.). Caleb and Shawn discuss some of the features of MVC and Power BI that Caleb is learning on the fly. Join us for a quick episode all about .NET

Picks

• Shawn  - Drive-in Movie Theaters
• Caleb - HP Spectre x360

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Most developers we know find project management to be a necessary evil but without it a lot of us would be stumbling around in the dark. Shawn and Caleb look back over their careers to discuss different project management methodologies. Whether it is waterfall, agile, scrum, or none of these, projects are hard to manage. Both Shawn and Caleb have seen a lot of different ways that projects can be managed or mismanaged and they have differing opinions on what works best. Join us for this episode to find out which they prefer and what allows them to focus on getting to work coding. What is your preferred project management style? Let us know on Twitter at @dotnet_Podcast

Picks

• Caleb- Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons 
• Shawn- Neewer Desk Mount LED Video Light 

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Unsure about how and why to use Source Generators in .NET? Stefan Schranz explains them in an easy-to-understand way. He compares them to T4 templates and explains that there’s a new and more powerful way to generate code. Learn about how to get started, the limitations, and their use cases in this episode.

Links

• Getting into source generators in .Net

Picks

• Shawn- Watch The Witcher | Netflix Official Site
• Stefan- Watch Explained | Netflix Official Site

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Have you ever thought about mixing two SPA frameworks together? In today's episode we discuss doing just that, Blazor and Angular running in the same application. Both Angular and Blazor have ways to export code as web components that can be reused in other applications. In order to use Angular in Blazor you have to get familiar with IJSRuntime and how JavaScript interoperability works in Blazor. We look at how Blazor can provide input and get output from Angular as well as discuss how you can handle CSS between the two. We also go over some of the use cases for using Angular web components inside a Blazor application. Have you worked with Angular Elements or Blazor web components? Let us know on Twitter at @dotnet_Podcast.

Links

• GitHub - danroth27/Blangular: Blazor + Angular
• Re-Using Angular Components In A Blazor WebAssembly Application Using Angular Elements - Web Components Custom Elements, FTW!

Picks

• Caleb- French Onion Dip
• Shawn- Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
• Wai- All-new Fire TV Stick 4K Max | Wi-Fi 6 Compatible

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Today we take a look at how Microsoft is working with blockchain in Azure. Stefano Tempesta is a senior program manager at Microsoft on Azure confidential computing. Azure confidential computing focuses on securing data in use and one of the technologies they are working with is blockchain. Microsoft is working to develop blockchain solutions that can be used for things like digital signatures and supply chain management. 
We also find out how Microsoft is using blockchain on some internal projects. Since Blockchain technology is here to stay, Stefano discusses a number of future uses outside cryptocurrency. Even so we had to ask Stefano about bitcoin, etherium and NFTs. Have you used Blockchain? Do you see any use for it in the enterprise space? Let us know on Twitter at @dotnet_Podcast.


Links

• Tempesta Space
• Blockchain Applied 
• LinkedIn: Stefano Tempesta
• Twitter: Stefano Tempesta ( @stefanotempesta )

Picks

• Caleb- New World
• Shawn- .NET Conf 2021
• Stefano- Minecraft | Code.org
• Wai- Ichika Nito - YouTube

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VS Code Notebooks provides a way to write quick interactive C# along with documentation to learn and train with.


Links

• .NET Interactive Notebooks
• Aptera Software
• Humble Toolsmith
• Binder
• Project Jupyter | The Binder Project
• LINQPad - The .NET Programmer’s Playground
• Twitter: Eric Potter ( @pottereric )

Picks

• Eric- Concurrency in C# Cookbook
• Shawn- Band | Rush.com
• Wai- Cloudflare DNS provider

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Aaron Stannard joins the Adventures in .NET team this week to discuss Akka.NET. He digs into the Actor model, the reasons to use it and what gave him the impetus to port Akka to .NET.

Links

• https://petabridge.com/bootcamp
• Building Your First Whiskey Collection

Picks

• Shawn  - Locke & Key
• Caleb- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Joel - Fender Special Edition Deluxe PJ Bass Sea Foam Pearl
• Aaron - eaglerare.com

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Most developers we know find project management to be a necessary evil but without it a lot of us would be stumbling around in the dark. Shawn and Caleb look back over their careers to discuss different project management methodologies. Whether it is waterfall, agile, scrum, or none of these, projects are hard to manage. Both Shawn and Caleb have seen a lot of different ways that projects can be managed or mismanaged and they have differing opinions on what works best. Join us for this episode to find out which they prefer and what allows them to focus on getting to work coding. What is your preferred project management style? Let us know on Twitter at @dotnet_Podcast

Picks

• Caleb- Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons 
• Shawn- Neewer Desk Mount LED Video Light 

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We talk to Martin Costello - a .NET developer with a QA background - about integration testing. We walk through the different types of automated testing and discuss the benefits and purpose for each type.
Martin introduces us to useful tools he uses to write tests within the .NET ecosystem and discusses what we should and shouldn't be testing as well as the metrics that are important when evaluating how well tested your code is.


Links

• Integration Testing Techniques for ASP.NET Core
• Reliably Testing HTTP Integrations in a .NET Application 1
• Writing Logs to xunit Test Output
• Integration testing AWS Lambda C# Functions with Lambda Test Server
• Integration Testing ASP.NET Core Resources Protected with Antiforgery Using Application Parts
• GitHub - coverlet-coverage/coverlet: Cross platform code coverage for .NET
• GitHub - martincostello/sqllocaldb: SQL LocalDB Wrapper is a .NET library providing interop with the Microsoft SQL Server LocalDB Instance API
• GitHub - justeat/httpclient-interception: A .NET Standard library for intercepting server-side HTTP dependencies
• GitHub - martincostello/xunit-logging: Logging extensions for xunit
• GitHub - martincostello/lambda-test-server: A NuGet package that provides an in-memory test server for testing AWS Lambda functions
• GitHub - martincostello/dotnet-minimal-api-integration-testing: An example of integration testing ASP.NET Core 6 Minimal hosting and actions
• Twitter: Martin Costello ( @martin_costello )

Picks

• Martin- What We Do in the Shadows
• Shawn- Introducing Your Seattle Kraken
• Wai- Young Sheldon (Official Site) Watch on CBS

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