First Steps with Blazor – Simple Talk

It is always fun to play with new toys! This article from Julio Sampaio introduces you to Blazor – Web pages done in C#.

Blazor stands for Browser + Razor, which gives you an idea of what’s behind the new framework. Razor is the ASP.NET programming syntax that Microsoft uses to create its C# (or VB.NET) dynamic pages. Now, you can create web applications using only C# and run them in a web browser.

Source: First Steps with Blazor – Simple Talk

Frink – Numbers with units of measure

As unusual programming languages go, this one actually is pretty amazing.
It adds units of measure to the number.

“One day Alan Eliasen read a fart joke and got so mad he invented a programming language. 20 years later Frink is one of the best special purpose languages for dealing with units.“But why do we need a language just for dealing with units?” Glad you asked! Intro to Units A unit is the physical property a number represents, like distance or time. We almost always are talking about SI units, or Système international.”

by Hillel Wayne

Source: The Frink is Good, the Unit is Evil • Hillel Wayne

Quo Vadis, MSMQ and .NET Core?

“Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) is currently not available for .NET Core. While other message queuing systems are generally preferred, many enterprise applications were based on MSMQ and this creates a problem for teams looking to migrate from .NET Framework to .NET Core or the upcoming .NET 5. But a recent pull request for Reference Source may change the situation.”

By Jonathan Allen

Source: MSMQ and .NET Core