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Namaste, I’m Rob Hutton.

Welcome to my blog, where I dive into the world of .NET development with a focus on Blazor, Clean Architecture, Design Patterns, OpenAI, and more. Whether you’re exploring new frameworks or refining your skills, you’ll find practical, real-world step-by-step code examples with clear, easy-to-understand explanations. My goal is to break down complex concepts into actionable insights, helping developers at all levels build better applications with .NET.

Articles

Dapper vs. Entity Framework: Performance, Security, and Practical Comparison

This article explores a real-world example of data retrieval using both tools, comparing their strengths, weaknesses, and performance implications.
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Maximize Performance in Blazor WebAssembly

This article explores essential optimization techniques, supported by practical examples, to help you maximize performance in Blazor WebAssembly applications.
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.NET 9 Hybrid Cache: The Future of Multi-Level Caching

In this article, we’ll demonstrate how to set up, register, configure, and use Hybrid Cache, including examples of the DefaultHybridCache implementation.
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Optimizing EF Core and LINQ for High-Performance Applications

This article dives into effective optimization techniques for EF Core and LINQ, showcasing good and bad code samples, discussing benefits, and highlighting features that improve performance and scalability.
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Understanding the params Collection in C# 13

The params keyword provides a more streamlined and flexible way to handle a variable number of arguments in a method, enabling developers to call methods with any number of parameters without needing to explicitly create arrays or collections.
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.NET Architectural Patterns: Best Practices for Scalable, Maintainable Applications

In this article, we’ll explore some of the most popular .NET architectural patterns — each with its benefits and use cases — and walk through how they work with practical examples.
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Security Best Practices for .NET Web Applications and APIs

This article explores key security practices in .NET, covering authentication, authorization, identity management, and data encryption, along with practical code examples for each.
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Mastering Automated Testing and CI/CD in .NET with xUnit, Moq, and Fluent Assertions

In this article, we will explore unit testing with .NET, particularly when working with repository patterns, and explore how CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps can automate the build and deployment process.
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Mastering SOLID Design Principles in .NET 9 for Robust Applications

In this article, we’ll explore each of the SOLID principles — Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, and Dependency Inversion — by examining bad code examples, explaining the pitfalls, and refactoring them to follow best practices in .NET 9.
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Blazor Data Binding with bind, bind-value, bind:event, and more

In this article, we will explore the different bind features available in Blazor, such as bind-value, bind:event, bind:get, bind:set, bind:after, bind:culture, and bind:format. We’ll also cover real-world scenarios to demonstrate when you might use each of these options.
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