Genadi Petkov
A deeply researched guide for small business owners and developers.
If you’re reading this, you’re likely in one of two camps:
You’re a small business owner who needs a reliable WordPress website that just works — no headaches, no mystery costs, no hidden performance problems.
Or you’re a developer who needs a solid......
Genadi Petkov
The world of .NET mobile development has never been more crowded – or more confusing. Microsoft’s .NET MAUI, Blazor Hybrid, Avalonia, and Uno Platform all promise to simplify cross-platform app development, while web-based approaches and even Flutter tempt .NET developers to look outside the ecosystem. As enterprise .NET teams weigh......
Genadi Petkov
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is the preview channel for Microsoft’s next-generation IDE. It delivers the very latest features of Visual Studio 2026 ahead of the official release, in all the familiar editions (Community, Professional, Enterprise). As Microsoft’s developers describe it, this Insiders release is “one of the most ambitious steps forward we’ve taken......
Genadi Petkov
Visual Studio 2026 was announced at .NET Conf 2025 and became generally available on November 11, 2025. This long-awaited update (version 18.0.0) arrived after a year of intensive development and community-driven Insiders previews (the first VS2026 Insider build debuted in September 2025). Microsoft fixed over 5,000 bugs and implemented 300......
Genadi Petkov
Many web developers still remember .NET’s early days as a Windows-only, Microsoft-locked framework. That history understandably led to concerns about vendor lock-in. But the landscape has changed dramatically. In 2014–2016 Microsoft open-sourced .NET (rebranded from “.NET Core” to unified “.NET” from version 5 onward) and made it truly cross-platform. Today,......
Genadi Petkov
Welcoming a new client project should mean coding, creativity – not wrestling with server configs or downtime nightmares. For ASP.NET agencies, having the right Windows reseller hosting setup is half the battle. In this 2025 checklist, we’ll walk through what agency owners need to know: from the latest IIS/.NET platforms......
Genadi PetkovPostman is the fastest human feedback loop for HTTP APIs. Before you write integration tests or wire up a client, reproduce requests manually: confirm route shapes, input JSON, headers (especially Content-Type and Authorization), and inspect response status and body. Postman isolates the network layer so you can know whether the......
Genadi Petkov
1) How to create a Web API in ASP.NET C#?
Short path: dotnet new webapi → edit → run. Now the full, practical steps (CLI + Visual Studio), examples for minimal API and controller-based API, and tips.
Quick start (CLI)
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# create project
dotnet new webapi -n MyApi
cd MyApi
# run (development)
dotnet run
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The Helpdesk Headache
Every IT manager knows the sinking feeling of an overflowing ticket queue. You might be staring at endless “Help!” emails and support calls, wondering if a better system could turn chaos into order. A good help desk isn’t just about logging issues – it’s about delivering support, advice, service,......