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What Are Git and GitHub? An Introduction to Version Control
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What Are Git and GitHub? An Introduction to Version Control

Why version control exists, how centralized and distributed tools differ and why Git and GitHub are not the same thing. We try distributed work by reading history and committing in a clone whose server is gone, then look at Git's short history, its place in DevOps and how the series is organized.

Read more → Nov 6, 2026 · 8 min
What Is Entity Framework Core? The ORM Idea and EF Core's Architecture
Database

What Is Entity Framework Core? The ORM Idea and EF Core's Architecture

Starting from plain ADO.NET code we see why ORMs exist: EF Core's DbContext, model, provider and change tracker, the different SQL SQLite and SQL Server generate from the same LINQ, EF6 versus EF Core, a Dapper comparison and how the series is organized.

Read more → Nov 5, 2026 · 9 min
What Is an ASP.NET Core Web API? HTTP and REST Fundamentals
Backend

What Is an ASP.NET Core Web API? HTTP and REST Fundamentals

We meet the Web API through the HTTP window: request and response anatomy, methods and idempotency, status code families and resource-oriented URLs. We also lay out the series: a .NET 6 core, then version posts.

Read more → Nov 4, 2026 · 9 min
What Is Angular and Why Does It Exist? The Reason Behind the Framework
Frontend

What Is Angular and Why Does It Exist? The Reason Behind the Framework

What exactly is Angular, why does it exist and what problem does it solve? We cover framework vs library, the TypeScript requirement, when Angular is the right choice and how this series unfolds.

Read more → Aug 23, 2026 · 6 min
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Angular Setup and Your First Project: Preparing the Environment from Scratch
Frontend PART 02

Angular Setup and Your First Project: Preparing the Environment from Scratch

We install Node 16 with nvm and Angular CLI 12, create our first project, and walk through every file from app.module.ts to the environments folder to see what each one does.

23 Aug 2026 7 min 329
What Is Angular and Why Does It Exist? The Reason Behind the Framework
Frontend PART 01

What Is Angular and Why Does It Exist? The Reason Behind the Framework

What exactly is Angular, why does it exist and what problem does it solve? We cover framework vs library, the TypeScript requirement, when Angular is the right choice and how this series unfolds.

23 Aug 2026 6 min 327
Angular 21: Zoneless by Default, Experimental Signal Forms and Vitest
Frontend PART 30

Angular 21: Zoneless by Default, Experimental Signal Forms and Vitest

In Angular 21 new projects start without Zone.js, Signal Forms arrive as an experiment and become [formField] in 21.1, and Vitest becomes the default test runner. We compare it all with Angular 12.

31 Oct 2026 7 min 84
Angular Template-driven Forms: ngModel, ngForm and Form Validation
Frontend PART 15

Angular Template-driven Forms: ngModel, ngForm and Form Validation

We build a template-driven form in Angular 12: FormsModule, ngModel and name, ngForm with ngSubmit, required/email/pattern validators, touched/dirty states, CSS classes and ngModelGroup.

31 Oct 2026 7 min 78
What's New in Angular 17.x: input(), model(), output() and Signal Queries
Frontend PART 26

What's New in Angular 17.x: input(), model(), output() and Signal Queries

input(), input.required(), model(), output() and the viewChild()/viewChildren() signal queries from Angular 17.1–17.3, side by side with their Angular 12 @Input, @Output and @ViewChild counterparts.

31 Oct 2026 7 min 76
Component Communication in Angular: @Input, @Output, @ViewChild and ng-content
Frontend PART 07

Component Communication in Angular: @Input, @Output, @ViewChild and ng-content

How components talk in Angular 12: data from parent to child with @Input, notifications back with @Output and EventEmitter, your own two-way binding, @ViewChild and content projection with ng-content.

31 Oct 2026 6 min 75
What's New in Angular 18: Zoneless Change Detection, @let and Stable Control Flow
Frontend PART 27

What's New in Angular 18: Zoneless Change Detection, @let and Stable Control Flow

Experimental zoneless change detection in Angular 18, control flow and @defer going stable, @let from 18.1, ng-content fallback content, unified form events and redirect functions.

31 Oct 2026 7 min 72
What's New in Angular 16: Signals, Required Inputs and takeUntilDestroyed
Frontend PART 24

What's New in Angular 16: Signals, Required Inputs and takeUntilDestroyed

Signals, computed and effect, the toSignal/toObservable bridge, required inputs and transforms, and subscription cleanup with takeUntilDestroyed in Angular 16, compared with Angular 12.

31 Oct 2026 8 min 68
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Upgrading C# and .NET: Moving an Old Project to .NET 10
Backend PART 06

Upgrading C# and .NET: Moving an Old Project to .NET 10

Moving a .NET 6 project to .NET 10: the support calendar, how LangVersion relates to the TFM and the latest trap, pinning the SDK with global.json, reading the real CS8981 and CS9258 warnings, the silent behavior change of the field keyword and reading breaking-change pages; C# 15 gets its own post.

7 Nov 2026 10 min 14
What's New in C# 14: Extension Members, field and Null-Conditional Assignment
Backend PART 05

What's New in C# 14: Extension Members, field and Null-Conditional Assignment

C# 14 next to its C# 10 and C# 13 equivalents: null-conditional assignment skipping the right-hand side, extension properties, static extension members and extension operators, the field keyword, arrays converting to spans, nameof(List<>), lambda parameter modifiers, partial constructors/events and compound assignment operators.

7 Nov 2026 8 min 14
What's New in C# 13: params Collections, Lock and Partial Properties
Backend PART 04

What's New in C# 13: params Collections, Lock and Partial Properties

C# 13 next to its C# 10 equivalents: the new Lock type and the CS9216 trap, params collections with an allocation measurement, ref structs implementing interfaces and allows ref struct, partial properties, OverloadResolutionPriority, the \e escape and ^ indexes in initializers.

7 Nov 2026 8 min 14
What's New in C# 12: Primary Constructors and Collection Expressions
Backend PART 03

What's New in C# 12: Primary Constructors and Collection Expressions

C# 12 next to its C# 10 equivalents: why a primary constructor is a parameter rather than a property and the CS9124 warning, square-bracket collection expressions and spread, default lambda parameters, alias any type, inline arrays, the Experimental attribute and a note on interceptors.

7 Nov 2026 8 min 11
What's New in C# 11: Raw Strings, required and List Patterns
Backend PART 02

What's New in C# 11: Raw Strings, required and List Patterns

How we wrote it in C# 10 and how we write it in C# 11: raw string literals and the culture trap, required members and SetsRequiredMembers, list patterns, generic math with its language and library legs, file-local types and UTF-8 literals.

7 Nov 2026 8 min 13
C# Versions: A Short History from 1.0 to 10
Backend PART 01

C# Versions: A Short History from 1.0 to 10

The signature features, release dates and .NET pairings of every version from C# 1.0 to C# 10; compiling the same code with different LangVersion values to see how the compiler tells you which feature came from which version.

7 Nov 2026 13 min 17
Unit Testing in C#: xUnit, Theory/InlineData and Testable Code
Backend PART 14

Unit Testing in C#: xUnit, Theory/InlineData and Testable Code

The hidden dependencies behind a flaky test, an xUnit test project, Fact and Assert, Theory/InlineData/MemberData, taking time from outside with IClock, and pitfalls like decimal InlineData and async void.

7 Nov 2026 8 min 13
Dependency Injection Basics in C#: Lifetimes, the Container and Captive Dependencies
Backend PART 13

Dependency Injection Basics in C#: Lifetimes, the Container and Captive Dependencies

Constructor injection with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, singleton/scoped/transient, the container's disposal duty, captive dependencies and ValidateScopes, multiple registrations, TryAdd and factories.

7 Nov 2026 9 min 8
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