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.NET Core Image Processing

Image processing, and in particular image resizing, is a common requirement for web applications. As such, I wanted to paint a panorama of the options that exist for .NET Core to process images. For each option, I’ll give a code sample for image resizing, and I’ll outline interesting features. I’ll conclude with a…

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VSCode, Dev Containers and Docker

Long term readers of this blog will know our devotion to using container-based technology, especially Docker, to significantly improve software quality through repeatable builds. In the Autumn/fall of 2020, Microsoft introduced a Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension Remote – Containers. With one quick stroke, this…

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Why Htmx Does Not Have a Build Step

In this essay, Alexander Petros explores the reasons why the htmx JavaScript library does not include a build step, detailing the benefits of its simple, dependency-free structure. He highlights the longevity of plain JavaScript, the improved debugging experience, enforced code clarity, and the tradeoffs of avoiding…

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WxWidgets 3.2

After almost 9 years since the beginning of the last wxWidgets stable release series, the first release in the new stable 3.2 series is finally available on GitHub . You will find there archives with the library sources and documentation as well as binaries for the selected Windows compilers such as Microsoft Visual…