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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In this episode of Adventures in .NET, the panel discusses creating Udemy developer courses and .NET Core APIs with course author Taurius Litvinavicus

Links

• https://www.udemy.com/user/taurius-litvinavicius/

Picks

• Shawn - The Shannara Chronicles
• Caleb - www.amazon.com/Boys-Season-Official-Teaser-Trailer
• Wai - Orai
• Taurius - Azure DevOps

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Bobby Johnson introduces us to modern identity and the use of external providers to outsource your authentication layer.

Links

• Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

Picks

• Bobby  - Follow Bobby on Twitter @NotMyself , Github, Website
• Bobby  - The Live Coders
• Bobby  - Rest Client
• Shawn - Follow Shawn on Twitter > @DotNetSuperhero
• Shawn - Aussie Gold Hunters
• Wai  - TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time

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Microservice architecture is very popular today. The panel talks with microservice security authors about their book and all aspects of securing microservices.

Links

• Microservices Security in Action: Design secure network and API endpoint security for Microservices applications, with examples using Java, Kubernetes, and Istio
• APIsecurity.io

Picks

• Shawn - Oculus Quest 2 Elite Strap
• Joel - Ice Spiker Off Road Bike Tires
• Nuwan - OAuth 2.1

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In this episode of Adventures in .NET, guest David Dieruf joins the panel to discuss .NET microservices. They clear up the confusion about what microservices are and how to use them?

Links

• Steeltoe
• Project Tye
• dieruf.net

Picks

• Shawn  - Doom Eternal
• Wai - Tandem
• David  - Identity Server

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In this episode of Adventures in .NETm we get deep into .NET with Andrew Lock. Kubernetes, .NET Framework to .NET Core and everyone’s favorite topic configuration. Join us and you are guaranteed to learn something new.

Links

• https://andrewlock.net
• https://helm.sh/docs/chart_best_practices/templates
• https://helm.sh
• https://www.jetbrains.com/rider

Joel Schaubert

• https://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.php

Shawn Clabough

• https://www.oculus.com/quest-2

Caleb

• The Finders

Wai

• Adjustable Dumbbell Set Weights Dumbbells Home Gym Fitness Hand

Andrew Lock

• https://www.octotree.io/
• Steam: Streets of Rage 4

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Today we look at using simplicity both in your code at work an in your life and why the two are intertwined. How to bring Occam’s Razor to work to help keep projects from getting out of hand. A better way to look at dead time and why its necessary to allow your mind to rest.

Links

• OMNIA-Low-Code Business Application Development Platform
• Embracing Simplicity - Guilherme Ferreira
• Google Graveyard- Killed by Google

Picks

• Caleb- Waking Up with Sam Harris
• Guilherme- The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win By Gene Kim
• Guilherme- Netflix Series: The Last Dance
• Joel- Adventure Fatbikes | Alaska | 9:ZERO:7 Bikes
• Wai- Garmin Forerunner® 245
• Shawn- MV 7- Podcast Microphone

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Most developers we know are constantly learning new things and growing their skills. Jort Rodenburg has been a book reviewer for Manning for several years and was approached to write a book on C# which he thought would be a great opportunity to grow. His book, Code like a Pro in C#, was a great learning experience for him and is intended to help bridge the gap between beginner and advanced developers. 
We discussed the process of writing the book, some of the resources he used and his favorite chapter. What is the best way you have found to grow as a developer? Let us know on Twitter at @dotnet_Podcast.

Links

• Code like a Pro in C#
• You’ve been Blazored! – .NET 070
• Jort Rodenburg 
• LinkedIn: Jort Rodenburg

Picks

• Caleb- Fantasy Football 2021
• Jort- The Last Door
• Shawn- SoundLink Color Bluetooth® speaker II
• Wai- Dead to Me | Netflix

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Tools like Intellicode and LiveShare make developers more productive. Tim Heuer discusses with the panel about what Azure is good for and what tools help with leveraging it best.


Links

• Visual Studio Roadmap

Picks

• Tim - GitHub Actions
• Tim - Bardstown Podcast
• Shawn - JetBrains Monos
• Caleb - Darknet Diaries
• Caleb - Malicious Life
• Wai - Blindness Harvest by Jose Saramago

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Michael Jolley joins us to talk all things containers, live coding and being bald! Michael is a Developer Advocate for Vonage with 20+ and does live coding multiple days a week on twitch as baldbeardedbuilder.
.NET Summit Belarus 2020 | Get 15% off tickets with promocode DOTNETtoDEVCHATTV15


Links

• SQL Server in Containers

Picks

• Michael  - Follow Michael on Twitch
• Michael  - KymPhillpotts - Twitch
• Michael  - Gist - Visual Studio Marketplace
• Michael  - Remote Development - Visual Studio Marketplace
• Michael  - VIKINGS BLADE
• Michael - Duke Cannon Best Beardsman's Bundle
• Caleb  - Caleb's website
• Caleb  - Epic Games
• Wai  - Kingpins — Parcast
• Joel  - f.lux: software to make your life better
• Joel  - Xamarin

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