Mirnes articles - 27 total
Understanding the Lifecycle of a .NET Core Web API Request
When you send a request to a .NET Core Web API, it goes thru series of steps before a response is...
Premature Optimization
In software development, performance matters, but chasing it too early can lead you into dangerous...
Design Patterns: Adapter
The Adapter Pattern is a structural design pattern that allows objects with incompatible interfaces...
Web API Versioning and Testing
In the previous post, we have paid attention on our project structure and organizing the code in...
Web API Architecture: Services and Repositories
In the previous post, we added global error handling and logging using NLog. Now that we’ve made our...
Web API Exception Handling and Logging
In the previous post, we set up a basic .NET 9 Web API project. Now it’s time to take things further...
Web API Project Setup and Migrations
Welcome to the first post in the “.NET Core Web API – Step-by-Step Best Practices” series. In this...
Understanding State Machines with a Practical Example in C#
State machines might sound like a complex topic, but at their core, they’re just a way to manage...
Design Patterns: Prototype
In software development, there are scenarios where creating multiple objects with similar attributes...
Code Review Best Practices
Code reviews are a crucial part of writing great software. They help maintain code quality, catch...
TDD and Mocking
In the last post we have discussed core principles of unit testing and TDD. In this post, we’ll walk...
Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) in C#
Writing code without unit tests can be risky—you might not realize issues until it’s too late. Unit...
How To Pay Programmers Less
Before we kick off, just a quick mention that the intention of this post is pure fun, so please don't...
Design Patterns: Decorator
The Decorator Pattern is a structural design pattern that allows behavior to be dynamically added to...
Testable WinForms Applications (MVP pattern)
Today, WinForms apps mainly belong to legacy code because of increasing popularity of WPF. And when...
Dependency Injection In .NET Core With Strategy Pattern
In the previous post, we gave an introduction and explained the basic concept of the Strategy...
Design Patterns: Strategy
8 When To Use It? You Have Multiple Algorithms or Behaviors. Use it when you have a...
Composition Over Inheritence
Inheritence is often misused or overused or even forced for several reasons, and they are mostly due...
Unreasonable Deadlines
“This is the last time I am doing overtime hours. It won’t happen again for sure.” You are thinking...
Why Do Employers Lie In Interviews?
This is a very common subject that many of us have already experienced. But when you realize that...
Design Patterns: Factory Method
Let’s continue our series on design patterns with the Factory Method. Like the Builder or Singleton...
Keep Your Database In Sync With Application: Fluent Migrator
In this post, we continue to explore ways to free your application from being tightly bound to the...
Dapper On Steroids: SqlKata
Dapper is a lightweight, high-performance ORM for .NET. It is widely used because of its simplicity...
Design Patterns: Builder
This is also, like a Singleton, one of the creational design patterns. It provides the way of...
Make Git Log Great (Again): Merge vs Rebase
A well-maintained Git log is more than just a record of commits—it’s a story of your project’s...
Book Review: Clean Code
Undoubtedly, one of the most popular books in software engineering, it teaches the fundamentals of...
Design Patterns: Singleton
Tyipically the first design pattern most people learn, often wrongly ☺ To give an introduction, we...