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  • Senior .NET developer with over 20 years of building commercial .NET applications
  • Integrates Entity Framework with SQL Server
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Find out why your EF Core navigation property come back as null. Learn how Include() fixes it, when you need it, and the pitfalls to watch for.

Stop ignoring API failures. Use Polly
Stop ignoring API failures. Use Polly

API calls fail. Learn how to add Polly to an ASP.NET Core Web API to handle retries, circuit breakers and timeouts.

Build a .NET 10 Web API - Minimal APIs, EF Core & SQL Server
Build a .NET 10 Web API - Minimal APIs, EF Core & SQL Server

Build a .NET 10 Web API with Minimal APIs, Entity Framework Core and SQL Server, using Clean Architecture and FluentValidation.

Stop updating NuGet packages on every project
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Learn how Central Package Management lets you manage NuGet package versions from a single file across all projects in your .NET solution.