NDepend: first overview
There are a bunch of tools that help c#-developers write code better, more performant and with a better quality. NDepend is one of them. Here is my experience of using this tool.
ASP .NET WebApi: Model validation
You may know about ValidationAttribute. First appeared with .NET Framework 3.5 it is still used for validation. This article is about data model validation in ASP.NET WebApi.
LINQ: Group by byte
LINQ is a powerful tool for collection (or enumeration) operating. You use functional-like syntax for filtering, grouping, transforming data. All LINQ methods work with common interface IEnumerable<T> and usually methods do not check real type of collection, or data type. Sometimes, if you know the type of collection or generic type, you can optimize code for better performance (like in Any vs Count).
This article will show, how you can speed up grouping by specific key - byte.
LINQ: Any vs Count
This post started from discussion on SO: Why LINQ method Any does not check Count? This article shows a comparison of performance methods Any and Count = 0.
Patterns: Specification
Specification pattern unites Domain-Driven Design, application architecture modeling and Entity Framework in C#. Specification pattern is designed to order business rules and connect our code to the business terms. This article shows an example of the implementation with Entity Framework.