HTTP Status Codes in ASP.NET Web API - A Guided Tour

Come along with us on a guided tour of HTTP Status Codes in ASP.NET Web API. Learn what 200, 404, 501 mean and when to use them.

The Software Development Holy Wars Part I: The Veteran

The scars are the most obvious reminders of the wars I've participated in. Every day, when I wake up, I walk to the mirror and am greeted with a reminder of the pointless ideals I've fought and bled for. They scream at me, like inhuman maniacs, asking "why did you

How To Become A Tech Conference Speaker

I attended the AngleBrackets [https://anglebrackets.org/]/DevIntersection [https://www.devintersection.com/] tech conference in Las Vegas this past October (as I also did in May [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/anglebrackets-day-one-wrapup-mvc-project-design-and-interviews/] ), and while I was there I tracked down as many speakers as I could grab and asked them three

Writing Documentation Sucks. Do It Anyway.

It is the elephant in the room, the monster in the corner, the darkness waiting to claim your job. It sneaks up on you quietly, stealthily, like a lion waiting to pounce. It is endless, varied, impossible to predict and harder to defend against. Everyone has encountered it, battled it,

Using HTTP Methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.) in Web API

My group has been studying ASP.NET Web API for a major project we're working on, and part of learning about this tech stack is studying how HTTP works, which has been a nice refresher for us. A couple of my teammates asked me to clarify the HTTP Methods (e.