Jamie BurnsA short guide to fixing bugs in softwareMost developers will spend some of their time fixing bugs, and having a rock-solid process to follow will make you much more efficient·11 min read·Sep 5, 2023----
Jamie BurnsinITNEXTA Walkthrough of Azure FunctionsFrom development and testing to deployment, we’ll look at what Azure Functions are and how to get you started with them.·20 min read·Apr 27, 2023----
Jamie BurnsinITNEXTOptimising Entity Framework Core Queries using ProjectionA common complaint of Entity Framework is inefficient queries, however we can use projected queries to make things a lot faster·15 min read·Mar 21, 2023----
Jamie BurnsinITNEXTHow to use Enums when using Entity Framework Core with C#Let’s look at a couple of different ways to model enums, and how we can pre-populate our database with these values·13 min read·Feb 23, 2023----
Jamie BurnsComparing 3 options for partially updating a C# object from a list of name/value pairsOk, this isn’t super-common, but here are 3 ways this can be done, including a review of the performance impact of each·7 min read·Jan 23, 2023----
Jamie BurnsA Deep Dive into Building Dynamic Strings in C#We’ll look at our various options, and compare each for readability, maintainability and performance.·13 min read·Jan 17, 2023----
Jamie BurnsinLearning SQLHow to effectively use UNIONs in SQL ServerLooking at the differences between UNION and UNION ALL, and how to use UNIONs to optimise your queries·7 min read·Nov 29, 2022----
Jamie BurnsinBetter ProgrammingAn Introduction to Writing Automated UI Tests With Selenium and C#A carefully crafted suite of UI tests can give an extra level of trust to your applications, so we’ll look at how to get you up and running·16 min read·Nov 17, 2022----
Jamie BurnsinBetter ProgrammingWriting Recursive Queries in SQL ServerHow to efficiently get at your data that’s in a hierarchical structure·6 min read·Nov 11, 2022----
Jamie BurnsinBetter ProgrammingA Deep Dive Into Tuples in C#Exploring the versatility of these containers·6 min read·Sep 6, 2022----