Published in Level Up Coding·PinnedMember-onlyWhy Are You Still Creating CRUD APIs?It’s an ancient paradigm better left behind. — I heard about CRUD back when I started learning programming and web development. It was pretty much the approach to use. I’d be spending time thinking about entities as ‘resources’ and how to write awesome CRUD-based applications, where each resource was either created, read, updated, or deleted, and only that…Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Published in The Startup·PinnedMember-onlyStop Using If-Else StatementsWrite clean, maintainable code without if-else. — You’ve watched countless tutorials using If-Else statements. You’ve probably also read programming books promoting the use of If-Else as the de facto branching technique. It’s perhaps even your default mode to use If-Else. But, let’s put an end to that right now, by replacing If-Else with the state objects. Note…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 28Member-onlyHow Poorly Designed Software Is Facilitated by Using Dependency Injection and Containers“I’ll just add one more constructor argument.” — Dependency Injection (DI) and Inversion of control (IoC) often make you do stupid things and let you create poorly designed software. Dependency Container frameworks such as Java’s Spring Boot or .NET ServiceCollection lets you get away with lazy designs because, when relied upon, you rarely have to think for yourself. …Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 26Member-onlySpecific Files That Increase Collaborative Scalability in .NET SolutionsEveryone talks about how to organize files and folders, but how about the files themselves? Let’s explore files that help onboard new developers. — I realized we rarely talk about the non-code files that help increase collaborative efforts. Have you considered how seniors can help increase the ease of onboarding new developers, and especially more junior staff, simply by adding specific files? 🔔 Become a Medium member or get articles like this to your…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Sep 23Member-onlyStupid Things Software Developers Say at Work – Making Them Stay MediocreI’ve likely missed a bunch of the stupid things, but these five are quite pervasive. — I’m just going to enumerate a bunch of things I sometimes hear or read developers say, that I believe, make them stay mediocre. If you like this article, you’ll likely also find “how to piss off a developer” entertaining. “Make it as simple as possible.” I honestly don’t think simple solutions are always the best. You’ll…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 12Member-onlyShould Testers Write Bugs on Missing Logging? Perhaps They ShouldLogging is never an acceptance criterion but often a requirement. — Logging is a requirement. Yet, it’s rarely — if ever — mentioned in User Stories, acceptance criteria, refinement, planning, or PO/BA discussions. Logging is frequently demoted to an expensive, potentially crippling, afterthought. There’s never a bug saying “oh, I expected this log statement but got nothing.” Logging is a requirement…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 4Member-onlyThe Repository Pattern Is About Reconstitution, Not (Only) Data Access and FlexibilityEver had a null pointer exception thrown at you after accessing an entity’s property? Repositories make it safe to use reconstituted entities. — Despite the repository pattern being nearly 20 years old, many modern developers seem to have a hard time wrapping their heads around how it works and what pains it is meant to alleviate. There’s a common misconception that the repository pattern is solely concerned with abstracting data access and providing…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Aug 29Member-onlyHow to Design Classes That Are Pleasant to Work With (with examples)A nice developer experience largely depends on characteristics of good design in software development. — Let’s go beyond the generic, typical characteristics such as “high cohesion”, “low coupling”, and “single reason to change”. Sure, those are all three attributes of great classes. But, this is likely not the first article you read on the topic. Humming in unison with all other tech writers, producing the…Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Aug 20Member-onlyParsing 60GB JSON Files Using Streams in .NETExamples using both System.Text.Json and Newtonsoft. — Searching for how to parse a huge JSON file (60GB) doesn’t really turn up encouraging results. Some answers are outright wrong, misleading, saying you shouldn’t do it at all, or even that it can’t be done. I came across StackOverflow and Quora answers such as “you definitely need to load…Programming7 min readProgramming7 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Nov 10, 2021Member-onlyAdvanced Repository Pattern For Beginner DevelopersHow to write proper repository classes that won’t give you headaches. — The repository pattern is possibly one of the very first widely practical design patterns you learn or apply in a real production application. It’s definitely a pattern worth double-clicking on and internalizing as it has almost become a first-class citizen of any data access layer. The repository design pattern is…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
