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Vest js form validation library

Vest is a form validations framework inspired by the syntax and style of unit testing tools like Mocha or Jest, so naturally, using Vest will feel familiar. Under the hood, though, Vest has some differences that make it more suitable for use with form validation.
vestjs.dev/docs/concepts

Structured Logging and Logs Management in .NET Core | Medium

Using Serilog and Seq
medium.com/@stavsofer/structured-logging-and-logs-management-asp-net-core-serilog-seq-61109f740696

ClosedXML – .NET library for Excel files

ClosedXML is a .NET library for reading, manipulating and writing Excel 2007+ (.xlsx, .xlsm) files. It aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface to dealing with the underlying OpenXML API.

Source: ClosedXML
License: MIT / Open source project
Doc: https://closedxml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
Wiki: https://github.com/closedxml/closedxml/wiki

ClosedXML is a wrapper of the offical .NET Open XML SDK:
https://github.com/dotnet/Open-XML-SDK

Creating and downloading zip files with ASP.NET Core

blog.elmah.io/creating-and-downloading-zip-files-with-asp-net-core/

Using EF Core’s InMemory Provider To Store A “Database” In Memory

I’ve had several situations arise recently where I needed a database, but I didn’t particularly want to go through the process of creating one on our test servers. On this latest occasion, I started wondering if it was possible to create a database in memory, so that I could just dispose of it when I no longer needed it.
exceptionnotfound.net/ef-core-inmemory-asp-net-core-store-database/

.Net Nuget – Central Package Management | Microsoft Learn

In situations where you manage common dependencies for many different projects, you can leverage NuGet’s central package management (CPM) features to do all of this from the ease of a single location.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/central-package-management

NgRx – global state management for Angular applications – Getting started

Store is RxJS powered global state management for Angular applications, inspired by Redux. Store is a controlled state container designed to help write performant, consistent applications on top of Angular.

Key concepts
Actions describe unique events that are dispatched from components and services. State changes are handled by pure functions called reducers that take the current state and the latest action to compute a new state. Selectors are pure functions used to select, derive and compose pieces of state. State is accessed with the Store, an observable of state and an observer of actions.

Local state management
NgRx Store is mainly for managing global state across an entire application. In cases where you need to manage temporary or local component state, consider using NgRx ComponentStore.

Source: NgRx – @ngrx/store

Rendering cycle in Angular applications — browser, angular and zone.js interaction | Angular In Depth

This article is an excerpt from my Angular deep dive course

Modern web stack involves lots of moving parts. A browser provides DOM to describe what should be rendered on the screen and API to manipulate that presentation. It runs JavaScript as a reaction to some kind of asynchronous events initiated by user actions. The JavaScript code is usually split into framework code and application code. Application code implements business logic that processes input data and updates application state. The task of a framework is to transform the application state into DOM updates. The common name for this phrase is rendering, but it has different names in different frameworks. In Angular it’s known as change detection.

Source: Rendering cycle in Angular applications — browser, angular and zone.js interaction | by Max Koretskyi | Angular In Depth | Jan, 2023 | Medium

GitHub Copilot vs. Amazon CodeWhisperer

Auto-completion tools are the ABC of increased productivity for developers. But what if those tools were even better? What if your code completion guessed what you wanted to write next and offered complete lines of code? That is what AI/ML-assisted coding is bringing to the table. In a few years, you’ll open an IDE without a coding assistant and get the feeling of a missing tool.
www.tabnine.com/blog/github-copilot-vs-amazon-codewhisperer/

3 Ways to Clone Objects in JavaScript | SamanthaMing.com

Great blog post explaining different ways for cloning objects in JavaScript. Also explains the difference between shallow and deep copy.

As you can see, the deep copy is a true copy for nested objects. Often time shallow copy is good enough, you don’t really need a deep copy. It’s like a nail gun vs a hammer. Most of the time the hammer is perfectly fine. Using a nail gun for some small arts and craft is often case an overkill, a hammer is just fine. It’s all about using the right tool for the right job

Source: 3 Ways to Clone Objects in JavaScript | SamanthaMing.com