23 February 2021

64 links · Tuesday

Proposal: Association of Security Researchers

Security researchers play an important role in the industry, though one that doesn’t always receive the support needed. In this post, I am proposing the creation of a new non-profit entity, the International Association of Information Security Research Profess…

Qml.Net - BuiltWithDot.Net

Qml.Net is cross-platform integration of Qml/QtQuick for Mono/.NET/.NET Core. It is a binding that brings .NET types into JavaScript with full interoperability. Build fully fledged native graphics-accelerated applications on every desktop platform!

Free for developers

Developers and Open Source authors now have a massive amount of services offering free tiers, but it can be hard to find them all to make informed decisions.

Mikkel Paulson

February 23, 2021 • Reading time: 12 minutes

Microsoft Releases .NET 6 Preview 1

Last week, Microsoft released the first preview of .NET 6. The new version of the framework represents the final steps of the .NET unification plan that started with .NET 5, providing a cross-platform open-source platform for all things .NET. This first previe…

JavascriptUtils.NodeJS - BuiltWithDot.Net

JavascriptUtils.NodeJS provides ways to invoke javascript in NodeJS, from .Net applications. On top of providing a way to invoke javascript from .js files on disk, JavascriptUtils.NodeJS provides ways to invoke in-memory Javascript in string or Stream form, as…

Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets

A new proof demonstrates the power of arithmetic dynamics, an emerging discipline that combines insights from number theory and dynamical systems.

SimplCommerce - BuiltWithDot.Net

A cross platform, modularized ecommerce system built on .NET Core, SimplCommerce is completely free and open source. Many modules have been built: Product management, Multi-vendors, Payment, Shipping, Inventory, Coupon, Tax, Theming, Localization and so on

rui314/mold

mold: A Modern Linker. Contribute to rui314/mold development by creating an account on GitHub.

Exico Shopify Framework - BuiltWithDot.Net

Exico Shopify Framework is a donet framework for building Shopify store apps. It uses the latest version of the AspNet Core and EF core. It is built using the best practices (atleast I think :-)) and has a decent unit test coverage. The project is well docume…

Tune in for .NET Conf: Focus on Windows, February 25th | .NET Blog

The .NET Conf team is bringing you another “.NET Conf: Focus” event Thursday, February 25 all about building Windows desktop apps. We have finalized the agenda, speakers, and hosts that will make the day educational and fun. We have .NET and Windows team membe…

Survey: Library & Open Source | .NET Blog

Take the survey and help us to identify pain points and concerns so we can make your experience better!

Pendulum swings

The software development industry goes back and forth on how to do things, and so do I.

liamg/traitor

Automatic Linux privesc via exploitation of low-hanging fruit e.g. gtfobins :arrow_up: :skull_and_crossbones: - liamg/traitor

Experimenting with .NET 5 and 6 using Docker containers

The .NET team publish Docker images for every release of the .NET SDK and runtime. Running .NET in containers is a great way to experiment with a new release or try out an upgrade of an existing project, without deploying any new runtimes onto your machine. In…

(Preview) Creating Azure Functions using .NET 5

    Azure Functions recently released support for .NET 5. Let's take a look at how to upgrade our  existing Azure Functions to use it!   Note: This is a preview experience for .NET 5 support in Azure Functions. The Azure Functions teams notes that the ".NET 5 …

Time for Next-Gen Codecs to Dethrone JPEG

Learn how several next-gen image codecs (JPEG 2000, WebP, AVIF, and JPEG XL) compare to JPEG in compression density, features, etc. as its potential replacement.

Parler Free Speech Social Network

Parler is an unbiased social media focused on real user experiences and engagement. Free expression without violence and no censorship. Parler never shares your personal data.

REST.net - BuiltWithDot.Net

REST.NET is a simple REST and HTTP API Client for .NET Core. Why another REST client? When I started developing .NET core I couldn't find a suitable replacement for RestSharp library that suits my needs, so I decided to create one. It's basically a wrapper aro…

Dark Mode Favicons | CSS-Tricks

Oooo! A bonafide trick from Thomas Steiner. Chrome will soon be supporting SVG favicons (e.g. ). And you can embed CSS within an SVG with a Safari also

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Let's Learn .NET: Web API

This monthly beginner series will walk through the fundamentals of using C# and .NET to build real world applications. Come learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts.Streaming LIVE on Learn TV!Prepare for the d…

Release Preview Release v0.7212202 · dotnet/try-convert

Disclaimer As with all previous releases, this is not a supported Microsoft product. See here for more info: https://github.com/dotnet/try-convert#support-policy Changelog Add ImportWindowsDesktop...

Parsing floating-point numbers really fast in C#

Programmers often write out numbers as strings (e.g., 3.1416) and they want to read back the numbers from the string. If you read and write JSON or CSV files, you do this work all of the time. Previously, we showed that we could parse floating-point numbers at…

Which devices support the Mixed Reality Toolkit? | One Dev Question

April Speight covers the variety of devices that support the Mixed Reality Toolkit. With cross-platform support, your device choice is relatively flexible. For more information, go to Introducing MRTK

How to Take Smart Notes Book Summary – Love Your Work, Episode 249

If you’re a fan of using Getting Things Done to stay on top of all the, well, things you need to get done – you’ll love How to Take Smart Notes for staying on top of all the things you want to learn. I’ll give you an introduction – in my own words – in this

Why I’m Losing Trust in Open Source – gibson.ws

Back when I was starting to code several years ago. I picked up The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond and I was blown away at the idea of free software. Just in case you are not familiar, free software as in freedom and not free beer. Free software back…

Composability in functional and flow-based programming | RIL Labs

I love a lot of the thinking in functional programming (FP): Side-effect free functions - That they do not do hidden things beside doing work on the input and returning output Referential transparency of functions - A bit of the same as above, that what yo…

Rethinking the IDE for the 2020s

Intellij IDEA has been an amazing professional-grade IDE for the last 20 years. However, as computer programs evolve, so must the IDE keep pace to remain a useful tool. major IDE evolutions as I see: 2000s: using AST to represent text and building features ar…

How I use neovim for note-taking | Day 8 of 100

In my previous post I've spoken about my note-taking system, which strives to be minimalistic, simple, funny and (hopefully) function...

Kowainik - Totality

A comprehensive guide to the concept of totality in Functional Programming.

Prodoscore: The Bleak Future of Work

I recently took a sales pitch from Prodoscore at the behest of a colleague, and now I'm very concerned about the future of work. Much in the way that a poor (or even average) credit score can damage and ruin your chances at …