ASP.NET Core 10: Minimal API Validation, OpenAPI 3.1 YAML, and Blazor Prefetching

ASP.NET Core 10, released as part of .NET 10 LTS, delivers significant improvements for web API developers. The headline features—native Minimal API validation, OpenAPI 3.1 with YAML export, and Blazor WebAssembly prefetching—address common production pain points. This comprehensive guide explores each feature with production-ready patterns, migration strategies, and performance considerations for enterprise web applications. What’s […]

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DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 2

Continuing from my previous blog, let’s dive deeper into the implementation of DevSecOps. Integrating Security into DevOps To implement DevSecOps, it is essential to integrate security into every phase of the DevOps lifecycle. The following are the key phases in DevOps and how to integrate security into each phase: DevSecOps Best Practices Here are some […]

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DevSecOps: Integrating Security into DevOps – Part 7

Continuing from my previous blog, let’s explore some more advanced topics related to DevSecOps implementation. Automated Vulnerability Management Automated vulnerability management is a key practice in DevSecOps. It involves using automated tools to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems and applications. Automated vulnerability management includes the following activities: Shift-Left Testing Shift-left testing […]

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GitOps with a comparison between Flux and ArgoCD and which one is better for use in Azure AKS

GitOps has emerged as a powerful paradigm for managing Kubernetes clusters and deploying applications. Two popular tools for implementing GitOps in Kubernetes are Flux and ArgoCD. Both tools have similar functionalities, but they differ in terms of their architecture, ease of use, and integration with cloud platforms like Azure AKS. In this blog, we will […]

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End of Microsoft Virtual Academy–Welcome to Microsoft Learn

In October, During Ignite 2018 Conference in Orlando, Microsoft announced the availability of new free interactive and sandbox based learning platform called  “Microsoft Learn”, and during these months Microsoft has been adding more and more specific contents for different roles such as Azure Developer, Azure Administrator, Azure Architect etc. There is a specific learning path […]

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Azure Cosmos DB–Setting Up New Database using Azure CLI–Sample

Purpose of this article is to help you with few steps of commands to provision a new Azure Cosmos DB database instance through Azure CLI or Azure Cloud Shell. Here is the snippet: <# This Bash script should help you create a Azure Cosmos DB instance using Azure CLI with bare minimal configuration #> export […]

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