Introduction to Entity Framework Core 1.0 (Initially Entity Framework 7)
What is Entity Framework (EF) Entity Framework (EF) is an Object/Relational mapping (ORM) framework and is a set of technologies for developing applications that interact with data. A .NET developer spends a lot of time keeping up with the database changes. Entity Framework provides a mapping from the relational database schema to the objects and […]
The Digital Transformation Revolution
The year 1989 was a watershed year. In 1989: • The first of 24 satellites of the GPS system is placed into orbit• Nintendo began selling the GameBoy• The 486 series of microprocessors was introduced by Intel• Microsoft first introduced Microsoft Office and The WWW was invented I graduated from college in 1989 and recall […]
What’s new in ASP.NET 5.0?
ASP.NET 5.0 is a new open-source and cross-platform framework for building modern cloud-based Web applications using .NET. The ASP.NET 5.0 technology is built from the ground up to provide app developers an optimized development framework designed to be implemented as a cloud service or on premises. As with previous versions of the technology, ASP .NET […]
Homegrown vs Partnership Development Teams
A few years ago, I was working for a fortune 100 company. I was responsible leading technology projects such as application development. At the time, our policy was to execute development work internally with our homegrown technical team. After exhaustive requirements gathering, projects were handed to our developers for build-out. Over 50% of the cases, […]
10 Essential VS Code Extensions for FrontEnd Development in 2019
If you are a web developer and not living under a rock for the last couple of years, you would have come across the name VS Code. VS Code is by far the hottest code editor right now with an ever-growing fan base. With around 1000 contributors and around 83,000 stars, it is one of […]
Cloud Computing: Set Up Auto Scaling Using Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Introduction to Cloud Computing Cloud computing has become a go-to service for most companies these days when it comes to web application deployments. Cloud computing infrastructure provides a host of improvements over traditional web hosting architecture, and thus has become more popular by the day. Some of the benefits are: Ease of use when deploying […]
Building Front End Applications Exactly to Specifications
HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript are the three main building blocks of a modern and functional website. HTML5 and CSS3 provides many features for creating modern websites that are not only visually appealing but are also highly functional and user friendly. With Javascript, developers can make websites more interactive and add animations or visual effects. For […]