Table of contents for July/Aug 2025 in CODE Magazine

The flute player tootles away, the violinists saw at their instruments, and the drummers are either playing their music or tuning. The room is cacophonous. Individual sounds might spike out and be pleasant, the French horns or the bassoon perhaps, but on the whole, no one would call this music. The elements of music are present, but it isn’t what we normally define as music. Enter the conductor. This is the only musician in the room with sheet music displaying all of the parts. The conductor is also rather likely to be the only one in the room who’s examined the music a gazillion times looking for repeated phrases, moments that should be quiet or fast or loud or slow, sections where one instrument or another is exhibited, and general…

Recent industry surveys reveal what we’ve been seeing firsthand: technical professionals are prioritizing AI and machine learning education like never before. In fact, 61% of developers and IT professionals now cite AI and machine learning as their top learning priority, while 43% rank cybersecurity and privacy as their second most critical area of focus. These aren’t just trending topics—they’re career-defining skills. The software development landscape has fundamentally shifted. What worked five years ago—or even five months ago—may already be obsolete. As artificial intelligence reshapes everything from how we write code to how we secure our applications, technical professionals face an unprecedented challenge: staying relevant in an industry that’s evolving at warp speed. I’ve been in the conference business long enough to see technology waves come and go, but nothing has…

Sonukapoor@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/sonu-kapoor @sonukapoor1978 Sonu Kapoor has been a software developer since 2003. He’s currently focused on web development using the Angular Framework and is a Microsoft MVP and a GDE in Angular. Sonu has written numerous articles that are available on the internet. Sonu is the author of “Beginning JavaScript Syntax: Understanding Syntactical Rules and Structures for Better JavaScript Programming,” published by Apress in 2025. This article provides real-world examples, screenshots, and bundle size comparisons to illustrate the impact of each optimization. It requires that you understand Angular Applications. By the end, you’ll have a clear roadmap for improving your Angular app’s performance and minimizing unnecessary re-renders. Image Optimization: Faster Loads without Quality Loss When it comes to performance improvement, developers often focus on JavaScript bundle size or lazy-loading routes.…

www.winsmarts.com @sahilmalik Sahil Malik is a Microsoft MVP, INETA speaker, a .NET author, consultant, and trainer. Sahil loves interacting with fellow geeks in real time. His talks and trainings are full of humor and practical nuggets. His areas of expertise are cross-platform Mobile app development, Microsoft anything, and security and identity. are very exciting. But as I sat down to write this article, I thought I should write about something that almost every developer needs to know. The reality is that we’re still going to write code by hand, at least for the foreseeable future. Also, the most commonly used version control system on the planet right now is Git. So I thought it made sense to spend some time talking about standard branching strategies for collaborative development using Git.…

csharpartisan@gmail.com YouTube: @csharpartisan Matthew Hess is a software engineer from Albuquerque, NM. Matthew got his start programming using Borland’s Delphi IDE and has been working with C# and the .NET Framework since version 2. Matthew has developed software for many different industries from legal to financial services, to biotechnology, to non-profit. Matthew currently works for CG Infinity, a Dallas-based software consulting firm. His YouTube Channel, @CSharpAristan, is meant to help programmers of all levels become better at the craft of programming in C#. like SPAM filters, daily message send limits and, in the worst case, you might get your domain flagged or blocked. As a result, many people looking to do bulk email end up using a third-party solution to act as a message broker and send the mail on…

Arunvishwanathan88@gmail.com Arun works as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test at Apple, Inc., in the Machine Learning organization. He creates testing automation tools and frameworks for use within the team and across other teams, with a focus on efficiency and improving productivity. These tools help qualify the product stack as a whole and enrich the customer experience. As part of his role, he also presents product health statistics to senior company executives. thereby revealing hidden redundancies. By strategically trimming the test matrix, this approach reduced test cases for the development team I’m on by 35% and reduced CI/CD pipeline execution times by more than one-fourth to half, demonstrating the power of static analysis for smarter test management. Python-based testing frameworks like Pytest are widely used for unit, integration, and…

Ed.charbeneau@progress.com @EdCharbeneau Ed is a Microsoft MVP and an international speaker, writer, online influencer, a Pr. Developer Advocate for Progress, and expert on all things Web development. Ed enjoys geeking out to cool new tech, brainstorming about future technology, and admiring great design. Ed has shared his insights and experiences through training, live streaming, and podcasting at many industry events around the world including Microsoft Build, DevReach, Oredev, and Codemash. He’s a community builder who regularly live streams on Twitch and shares knowledge at meetups. Ed has defined, architected, and implemented line-of-business solutions with a touch of style and UX best practices. He continues to bring this level of detail to the Telerik UI products. language models (LLMs), which are the brain behind natural language processing tasks. In this article,…

joydipkanjilal@yahoo.com Joydip Kanjilal is an MVP (2007-2012), software architect, author, and speaker with more than 20 years of experience. He has more than 16 years of experience in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip has authored eight books, more than 500 articles, and has reviewed more than a dozen books. To work with the code examples discussed in this article, the following software must be available: • Visual Studio 2022 Preview • .NET 10.0 Preview • ASP.NET 10.0 Preview Runtime If you don’t already have a copy of Visual Studio 2022 Preview installed on your computer, you can download it from here: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/. In this article, after exploring the new features, you’ll implement a simple application that leverages ASP.NET Core 10, Blazor 10, EF Core 10, and C# 14.…