dev-links
├─ .NET
├─ SQL Server
├─ Development
├─ Design Guidelines
├─ Architecture
└─ dev-blogs / dev-news
├─ News
├─ AI
├─ .NET
├─ SQL Server
├─ General
└─ Management
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.NET ↑ Top ↓ Community
.NET Blog
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/
Visual Studio Blog
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/
Visual Studio Magazine
https://visualstudiomagazine.com
ASP.NET Core documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/
.NET API browser
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/
.NET API Catalog
https://apisof.net/catalog
.NET Source Browser
https://source.dot.net
https://sourceroslyn.io
https://referencesource.microsoft.com
Book of the Runtime
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/design/coreclr/botr/README.md
https://jurakovic.github.io/runtime/ (GitHub)
Awesome .NET / .NET Core
https://github.com/quozd/awesome-dotnet
https://github.com/thangchung/awesome-dotnet-core
C# documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/types/
C# language reference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/built-in-types
Threading in C# | Joseph Albahari
https://www.albahari.com/threading/
C# in Depth | Jon Skeet
https://csharpindepth.com/articles/
https://jonskeet.uk/csharp/
SQL Server ↑ Top ↓ Community
Technical Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/databases
Transact-SQL reference (Database Engine)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-reference
SQL projects
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sql-database-projects/sql-database-projects
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/sql-server-data-tools-sdk-style
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sqlpackage/sqlpackage (GitHub)
Microsoft SQL Server Blog
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/
https://github.com/microsoft/sql-server-samples
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner Blog
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/
https://github.com/microsoft/sql-server-samples
Markus Winand | SQL Indexing and Tuning
https://use-the-index-luke.com/blog
Development ↑ Top
Engineering Fundamentals Playbook
https://microsoft.github.io/code-with-engineering-playbook/ (GitHub)
Trunk Based Development | Paul Hammant
https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com (GitHub)
Conventional Commits
https://www.conventionalcommits.org (GitHub)
Agile, Software Delivery | Martin Fowler
https://martinfowler.com/agile.html
https://martinfowler.com/delivery.html
Continuous Delivery | Jez Humble
https://continuousdelivery.com
The Twelve-Factor Manifesto
https://github.com/twelve-factor/twelve-factor
https://www.12factor.net (GitHub)
Producing Open Source Software | Karl Fogel
https://producingoss.com/en/index.html (book)
Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers
http://minifesto.org
Design Guidelines ↑ Top
C# conventions
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/identifier-names
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/coding-conventions
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/coding-guidelines/coding-style.md (coding guidelines)
Framework Design Guidelines
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/
Library Guidance
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/library-guidance/
REST API Guidelines
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/api-design
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/azure/ConsiderationsForServiceDesign.md
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/azure/Guidelines.md
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/graph/GuidelinesGraph.md
Additional Resources
https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines
https://github.com/microsoft/typespec
https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/
Clean Code for .NET / .NET Core
https://github.com/thangchung/clean-code-dotnet
Refactoring | Martin Fowler
https://refactoring.com
Refactoring Guru
https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/catalog
https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/catalog
Design Patterns | DevIQ
https://deviq.com/design-patterns/design-patterns-overview (GitHub)
Architecture ↑ Top
Azure Application Architecture Fundamentals
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/
.NET Architecture Guides (books, archives)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/modern-web-apps-azure/ (book)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/ (book)
Azure Well-Architected Framework
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/
Enterprise Web App pattern for .NET
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/…/reliable-web-app/dotnet/guidance
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/…/modern-web-app/dotnet/guidance
Microservices Architecture Style
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/architecture-styles/microservices
Cloud Design Patterns
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/
Software Architecture, Microservices | Martin Fowler
https://martinfowler.com/architecture/
https://martinfowler.com/microservices/
Catalog of Patterns of Distributed Systems | Unmesh Joshi
https://martinfowler.com/articles/patterns-of-distributed-systems/
Chris Richardson | Microservices.io
https://microservices.io
Mark Richards | Software Developer To Software Architect
https://developertoarchitect.com/lessons/
Software Architect Roadmap
https://roadmap.sh/software-architect (GitHub)
Clean Architecture Reference Applications / Solution Templates
https://github.com/ardalis/CleanArchitecture
https://github.com/jasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture
https://github.com/alex289/CleanArchitecture
https://github.com/dotnet/eShop, eShopLite, eShopSupport (archives: eShopOnWeb, eShopOnContainers)
https://github.com/NimblePros/eShopOnWeb
Additional Examples
https://github.com/fullstackhero/dotnet-starter-kit
https://github.com/ivanpaulovich/clean-architecture-manga
https://github.com/evolutionary-architecture/evolutionary-architecture-by-example
https://github.com/Youbiquitous/project-renoir (book)
https://github.com/jbogard/ContosoUniversityDotNetCore-Pages
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ise/next-level-clean-architecture-boilerplate/
Blogs & Sites ↑ Top
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News ↑ Top
Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/news
AI ↑ Top
Simon Willison
https://simonwillison.net
https://github.com/simonw
Steve Yegge
https://steve-yegge.medium.com
https://github.com/steveyegge
Addy Osmani
https://addyosmani.com/blog
https://github.com/addyosmani
.NET ↑ Top ↑ Official
Steve Smith | Ardalis
https://ardalis.com/blog
https://blog.nimblepros.com
https://github.com/ardalis
Scott Hanselman
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/
https://github.com/shanselman
Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
https://andrewlock.net
https://github.com/andrewlock
Stephen Cleary
https://blog.stephencleary.com
https://github.com/StephenCleary
Mattias Karlsson | devlead
https://www.devlead.se
https://github.com/devlead
Steven Giesel
https://steven-giesel.com/archive
https://github.com/linkdotnet
Adam Sitnik | .NET Performance and Reliability
https://adamsitnik.com
https://github.com/adamsitnik
Bart Wullems | The Art of Simplicity
https://bartwullems.blogspot.com
https://github.com/wullemsb
Damien Bowden | Software Engineering
https://damienbod.com
https://github.com/damienbod
Barret Blake
https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/
https://github.com/barretb
Barry Dorrans | Ramblings from a .NET Security PM
https://idunno.org
https://github.com/blowdart
SQL Server ↑ Top ↑ Official
Erik Ejlskov Jensen | .NET Data Access and more
https://erikej.github.io
https://erikej.blogspot.com
https://github.com/ErikEJ
Shay Rojansky
https://www.roji.org
https://github.com/roji
Uwe Ricken | SQL Server Blog
https://www.db-berater.de/sql-server-blog/
SQLPerformance.com
https://sqlperformance.com
General ↑ Top
Martin Fowler
https://www.martinfowler.com/recent-changes.html
Salvatore Sanfilippo | antirez
https://antirez.com
https://github.com/antirez
Brendan Gregg | Systems Performance
https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/
https://github.com/brendangregg
Gergely Orosz | The Pragmatic Engineer
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com
Andrew Wulf | The Codist
https://thecodist.com
Greg Wilson | The Third Bit Blog
https://third-bit.com/blog/
https://github.com/gvwilson
samwho
https://samwho.dev/blog
Sean Goedecke
https://www.seangoedecke.com
https://github.com/sgoedecke
Swizec Teller
https://swizec.com/blog
https://github.com/swizec
Management ↑ Top
Matheus Lima | Terrible Software
https://terriblesoftware.org
https://github.com/matheusml
Will Larson | Irrational Exuberance
https://lethain.com
https://staffeng.com
Edmond Lau | The Effective Engineer
https://www.effectiveengineer.com/blog
Denis Stetskov | From the Trenches
https://techtrenches.dev/archive