While Terraform uses a proprietary DSL (HCL), Pulumi allows you to define infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages like C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go. This brings the full power of your IDE, testing frameworks, and package managers to infrastructure. Infrastructure in C# Using .NET Core to define an Azure Resource Group and Storage Account. Benefits of […]
Read more →Author: Nithin Mohan TK
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Azure Bicep Preview: ARM Templates Made Simple
March 2020 marks the initial public preview of Project Bicep, a domain-specific language (DSL) for deploying Azure resources. It aims to drastically simplify the verbose JSON syntax of ARM templates. While still experimental (v0.1), it offers a glimpse into the future of Azure Infrastructure as Code. Bicep vs ARM JSON Bicep is a transparent abstraction […]
Read more →LK DevConf 2020: Building for the Cloud-Native Era
Last weekend I presented at LK DevConf 2020 in Letterkenny. The theme this year was cloud-native development, and the energy was incredible. My Session: Kubernetes for .NET Developers I showed how to take a .NET Core application from local development to production on Kubernetes: Dockerfile best practices for .NET Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts Health […]
Read more →React Testing Best Practices in 2020
The React testing landscape has shifted dramatically. In 2018, Enzyme was the standard, allowing developers to manipulate component internals (state, props). In 2020, React Testing Library (RTL) is the undisputed champion. The philosophy “The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they can give you” drives this shift. Enzyme […]
Read more →Entity Framework Core 3.1: Performance and LINQ Improvements
EF Core 3.1 finally addresses the major criticism of previous versions: the implicit client-side evaluation of LINQ queries. In versions 1.x and 2.x, if EF couldn’t translate a C# expression to SQL, it would silently fetch ALL rows and filter in memory. This caused massive production outages. EF Core 3.1 breaks this behavior by throwing […]
Read more →Azure Landing Zones: Enterprise-Scale Architecture
Moving to the cloud is easy; managing it at scale is hard. “Azure Landing Zones” is the Microsoft-recommended architecture for building a scalable, secure, and compliant foundation. It moves away from the “single subscription” model to a “subscription democratization” model managed by Management Groups and Azure Policy. This guide explores the “Enterprise-Scale” reference architecture. The […]
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