Invoking Async Power

Invoking Async Power: What Awaits WinForms in .NET 9
18 minutes by Klaus Loeffelmann

.NET 9 introduces new asynchronous APIs for WinForms applications. These additions enable more responsive applications by preventing UI thread blocking and providing better support for async operations in UI scenarios.

Execution Context Management with AsyncLocal and ThreadLocal in .NET Core
7 minutes by Cyril Canovas

In this article Cyril compares ThreadLocal and AsyncLocal in .NET, explaining their implementation mechanics, architectural patterns, and use cases. The guide includes detailed code examples, performance considerations, and integration patterns for distributed systems.

StackOverflowException vs. OutOfMemoryException
3 minutes by Sergey Teplyakov

Sergey explains how a StackOverflowException can actually mask an out-of-memory condition when running processes within memory-constrained environments. He discovered that in processes running inside a job object with memory limits, stack allocations can trigger StackOverflowException even before reaching the typical 1MB stack limit because stack memory is committed on demand rather than during thread creation.

C# 12: The Experimental Attribute
6 minutes by Thomas Claudius Huber

In this article Thomas discusses the new Experimental attribute feature in C# 12 and .NET 8, which allows developers to mark certain code elements as experimental.

Are Your ASP.NET Core Routes and Query Strings Culture-Invariant?
8 minutes by Jeremy Bytes

The article discusses an important globalization issue in ASP.NET Core where route and query string data in URLs are culture-invariant by default, meaning they only accept US English formatting for numbers and dates. In this article Jeremy presents two solutions to the problem.