Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

Learn the benefits of Data Transfer Objects, why they should be immutable, and how to take advantage of them in your ASP.NET Core applications A Data Transfer Object (commonly known as a DTO) is ...

Trust me: There's actually a tip at the end of this column, but it's going to take me awhile to get there. Be patient -- I do have a point and I am getting to it. When it comes to comparing objects, ...

I've got a very complex object (1000+ properties, and the properties are occasionally changed by another team.) and I am writing code to undo changes if the user desires. (I'm implementing ...

So I'm whipping up something quick and dirty for a work project. I've got a C# class that is all string types, nothing fancy, and once the item is created it gets serialized with the new ...