In this end-of-year review, you will get access to the best developer-related resources that were created within 2023. While this list is more aimed toward C#, .NET, and Windows developers, I'm sure there will be something useful for any developer who's eager to learn how to code and keep up with current trends. Whether you want to watch a video, find a thought-proving article, or learn what's new in the world of .NET, this guide has you covered 🔥🔥🔥
C# Releases & News You Should Know About
First, let us start with what has happened in the world of .NET this year:
- .NET 8 was released
- Visual Studio 17.8 was released
- Umbraco 13 Released
- Moq now ships with a closed-source obfuscated dependency that scrapes your Git email and phones it home
- Micrsoft Kills Visual Studio Mac
Videos
These are my most watched videos from my YouTube channel in 2023:
- Best ChatGPT Extension For Visual Studio 2022?
- Best ChatGPT Extension For Visual Studio Code in 2023?
- Edge Functions - Netlify Vs Cloudflare Worker Vs Vercel
- Ultimate Contentful API, SDK and App Guide For Beginners!
- Best NextJs Hosting Provider? Netlify Vs Vercel Vs GitHub Pages
Best Articles And Blogs
Every week I search the internet for the best developer articles of the week to include in my free weekly newsletter. This list is composed of the most clicked-on links from the newsletter in 2023:
- Saying Goodbye To Stack Overflow
- On Homemade Tools
- How Async/Await Really Works in C#
- Fewer than 5% of websites use React or Vue
- The End of Front-End Development
- The Worst Programmer I Know
- Rules of Thumb for Software Development Estimations
- Entity framework features I wish I knew earlier
- As I get older, I just don't care about new technology
- Every Programmer Should Know #1: Idempotency
- Cookies, Tokens, or JWTs? The ASP.NET Core Identity Dilemma
Books
To be better at programming and find success within your career, you need to have a plan. These books I read this year that were all really good and if the advise is followed will help you to become a better developer:
Movies & Tv
Lastly, if you just want to find something to watch over Xmas, these are all programming-related movies from 2023 that I enjoyed and recommend that you check out:
Happy coding
