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Supporting Dark Theme mode in mobile devices can be hard to understand, however, with Xamarin Forms it is actually quite easy to accomplish using features that have been possible since Version 4.7. This post explores the process to add support for Dark Mode with the Shell sample project.

Building applications that can handle varying load levels and failover scenarios can be a tricky situation. Let us review some of the key architecture considerations for system development to support various models of scale/redundancy.

You would think that a directory rename is a simple process when using Git-based source control and the Visual Studio provided tools for working with git. However, it isn't as trivial as one might believe!

Sometimes you just cannot fix everything yourself, when looking at a holistic security approach it is important to understand what other options might exist. Web Application Firewalls present a unique opportunity to help improve security.

In a perfect world, all of your EF Queries will be simplistic and not require complex logic, and the EF system itself will generate high-quality & performant queries in the process. Sadly, this utopia doesn't exist; however, tools are available, including PredicateBuilder that makes things work well with minimal effort.

A web.config with a .NET Core application? Why yes, it can be an incredibly helpful tool for those of us running our applications inside of IIS/Windows environments to take control of our content/responses.

Leveraging the percentage of code covered by Unit Tests can be a critical metric when monitoring the maintainability of your solution. However, it can also result in futile efforts with limited results. Lets explore improving that story.

Unit testing your code is a very important task, however, when using common components of .NET Core it can be complicated to accomplish. Many key features are delivered as non-testable Static, such as the DateTime, File, and Folder objects. This post explores options on how to test these easily.

Application logging is important, however, to have truly effective logging you must have plans in place to review, monitor, and otherwise act upon the log entries that occur. This post explores just that using SeriLog and elmah.io.