Microsoft is redesigning C#'s unsafe code model so unsafe operations are more explicit, scoped, documented and enforced by the compiler. A recent .NET Blog post says the planned model "most closely ...

In multithreaded C#, it can be wasteful to use one single lock for all threads. Some examples: When creating a lot of directories, you can create one lock for threads that create directories, or you ...

Socket.IO is a performant real-time bi-directional communication library. There are two parts, the server written in node.js and the client typically javascript for the web. There are alternative ...

Imagine this: you’re working on a tight deadline, trying to access a critical app, and bam, you’re locked out because you forgot your password. Again. Now multiply that experience across five apps you ...

Iron Software builds trusted .NET libraries for document automation. In today’s digital-first world, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is essential in automating data capture, streamlining workflows ...

Multithreading is an important concept in programming that allows the creation and management of multiple threads of execution within a single application. By leveraging multithreading, programs can ...

A few months ago, I had a discussion with some friends online. The premise of the discussion was that even if you account for complexity, shorter code is more likely to be bug-free code. As a C ...

Structured concurrency offers a more organized and more intuitive way of managing the lifetimes of asynchronous tasks. Here’s how to take advantage of it in C#. Modern programming languages such as C# ...