Many years ago, I moved to a new city for work, and I looked for local user groups to help connect with the software development community. Unfortunately, the local .NET user group was defunct, so I decided...

My first real-world single-page app (SPA) was written using the Knockout library , and it opened my eyes in terms of how powerful JavaScript has become. It appealed to me due to my familiarity with the...

Depending on a project’s size, scope, and requirements, you may have opted to use an ORM such as Entity Framework without further abstraction or encapsulation. Larger enterprise applications may need...

The clock is ticking. Your project’s deadline is fast approaching, and completing it on time is nearly impossible. Perhaps extra work was thrown at you at the last minute, or perhaps things took an unexpected...