GraphQL is better than OData, and REST… So this guide will show you how to create a GraphQL API allows you to offer a flexible data querying interface where clients can request exactly the data they need. Here, we’ll create a simple GraphQL API in C# that returns data about music artists and their albums.
When it comes to designing software, the SOLID principles are the gold standard for object-oriented programming. While Rust isn’t an object-oriented language in the strictest sense, it offers plenty of tools to apply SOLID principles effectively. With enums, traits, and strict type safety, Rust provides a solid foundation for building flexible, maintainable, and robust applications that adhere to these design principles.
Rust has garnered significant attention in the programming world for its focus on memory safety without the need for a garbage collector, making it an appealing option for systems programming, where safety and performance are both critical. By preventing entire categories of bugs like data races, buffer overflows, and null pointer dereferencing at compile time, Rust has earned a reputation as a “safe” language. However, this very focus on memory safety can lull developers into a false sense of security, leading them to overlook other kinds of programming errors, potentially causing even more serious bugs. Here’s why.
It’s easy to get carried away when you’re building a new web app. You’ve got big ideas, you picture millions of users flocking to your platform, and you start imagining the kind of infrastructure needed to handle all that traffic. So, you build for scale from day one—optimising databases, setting up powerful servers, and ensuring everything is robust enough for massive growth.
Over the past few years, the evolution of AI-driven tools like GitHub’s Copilot and other large language models (LLMs) has promised to revolutionise programming. By leveraging deep learning, these tools can generate code, suggest solutions, and even troubleshoot issues in real-time, saving developers hours of work. While these tools have obvious benefits in terms of productivity, there’s a growing concern that they may also have unintended consequences on the quality and skillset of programmers.
JetBrains Rider has garnered attention as a modern, cross-platform IDE, especially for .NET developers. However, Visual Studio remains the reigning heavyweight in the development world, thanks to years of evolution and refinement. While Rider offers impressive features, there are still several areas where Visual Studio shines brighter. Here are five reasons why Visual Studio is better than Rider.
When it comes to .NET development, Visual Studio has long been the go-to integrated development environment (IDE). However, JetBrains' Rider has emerged as a serious competitor, offering a fresh alternative with features that many developers now prefer. While both are powerful tools, here are five reasons why Rider is considered better than Visual Studio for many developers.
I use a lot of programming languages, I use them in different ways for different things because they are tools to do a job, just like a hammer is a tool to hammer in nails and a screwdriver (shockingly) drives screws… And while you can hammer in nails with a screwdriver, and you can drive screws with a hammer… They are not the best tools for those jobs.
So lets have a look at what jobs that some given languages, are good at and what they are bad at…
In the modern web landscape, understanding how HTTP servers work under the hood can be incredibly empowering. While there are many frameworks and libraries available that abstract away the complexities of building an HTTP server, sometimes it’s valuable to get back to basics and see how things work from the ground up.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through building a simple HTTP server in Rust using only the standard library, without relying on any external crates. This will give you a solid understanding of network programming in Rust and a foundation you can build on to create more complex servers in the future.
SOAP and REST have been the dominant protocols for years. However, GraphQL has emerged in the last few years as a powerful alternative, offering numerous advantages over its predecessors. In this article, we’ll explore why GraphQL is often considered better than basic REST and SOAP APIs, and why you might want to consider it for your next project.