.NET Null is Changing AGAIN in C# and it’s Awesome! The null conditional operator (?.) now works with assignment (e.g., customer?.Age = newAge only makes the assignment if customer is not null. AI AWS re:Invent 2024 – How Principal Financial…
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.NET You NEED to Update Your Tests in .NET xUnit v3 is available, and it’s listed as a separate package (not just an upgrade) called xunit.v3.
Software Development JavaScript Developer Roadmap A table of contents for things JavaScript developers need to be aware of. The roadmap has links to free and paid resources if you want to dig deeper. Flexbox Froggy An interactive game for learning…
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.NET WhenAll vs WaitAny The Craziest Feature .NET Released in YEARS The StringComparer class supports a new option — CompareOptions.NumericOrdering — that allows you to do things like have “07” equal to “7”. Another use case is when you have…