Category Archives: Software Concepts

Golang for the C# Developer – [1] Intro

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – In this series of posts I am exploring the Go (Golang) language from a C# native speaker’s perspective (or through one’s glasses). This introductory episode is more about the philosophy, history and general geekout over Go. You won’t … Continue reading →

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Self-Hosted Web Api testing with Owin/Katana

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – You don’t really need IIS to perform full automation testing to your web project. Today I want to show you how I am testing my ASP.NET WebApi services without IIS by using OWIN/Katana. Download source code from my GitHub … Continue reading →

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What is Serverless Architechture

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – There is a server. It is not a “my-on-premises-Linux-box” kind of server, but there is one at the end. Perhaps it is just not yours and looks and feels a little bit different from the developer’s perspective.   … Continue reading →

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The web is just a delivery mechanism

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – The web is just a delivery mechanism and your web browser is just another I/O device.   Disclaimer: Some people argue that this is all very nice in theory, but in practicality those ideas are not feasible. Well, … Continue reading →

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OOP destroyed encapsulation

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – Object oriented design did not bring encapsulation principles to software development, it broke it. Many of my friends go to job interviews for software engineering positions, and the question they are asked a lot is “what are the … Continue reading →

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How to work with XML?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Shonn Lyga

TL;DR – When you are asked what is the right way of working with an XML file, remember, there is no 1 right way! Another good header for this post might have been “The test that stumped them all“. Lately … Continue reading →

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