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Jim Buck12/31/2020

2020 Recap

2020 was far crazier than I would have expected. I want to share exactly why I released less content and share my goals for 2021.

IRL
Events
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Jim Buck10/15/2020

Getting Started with NDepend

Complexity is one of the most common problems among developers. Even with proper planning things can still get out of hand. I start to dig into NDepend to learn more about the issues it solves and how it can benefit my projects.

.NET
DevOps
Testing
Optional Chaining and Nullish Coalescing in Node.js
Jim Buck5/4/2020

Optional Chaining and Nullish Coalescing in Node.js

Optional chaining and nullish coalescing are now available in Node.js 14, making it easier to write safe, concise code without defensive programming.

JavaScript
Node.js
TypeScript
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Jim Buck2/19/2020

2020 Blog Update

It's been a busy few months for me personally, but I assure you, I have a few exciting things in the pipeline!

IRL
Events
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Jim Buck10/29/2019

Building Desktop Apps with Blazor

Thanks to some great open source projects, it's now super easy to get started building desktop apps using Blazor. In this article I show you exactly how to go from zero to running app in less than 15 minutes!

ASP.NET
Blazor
Electron
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