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Why you should make writing unit tests a regular practice and how they will improve your code. This blog explains how to write unit tests in PowerShell using Pester.

C# 11.0 adds some new pattern matching features. In this post, Ian shows the new support for matching lists.

Implement Python data validation with Pandera & Great Expectations in this comparison of their features and use cases.

Explore using Python virtual environments & Poetry on Windows for smoother workflows, with a script & guide to enhance your dependency management experience.

Charlotte is studying for a Bachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons), Computer Science at the University of York. She was part of our 2021 internship cohort, and is spending her Year in Industry placement with endjin too. In this post she reflects on her first 6 months.

C# 11.0 enhances string literals with new features. Discover how multiline interpolated strings boost readability in Ian's insightful post.

C# 11.0 adds various improvements to string literals. In this post, Ian explains how we can now create UTF-8 string literals.

This series will follow our ongoing journey of migrating the CI/CD pipelines for our many Open Source repositories, from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions.

Discover using GitHub Actions for auto-updates to Python packages on PyPI, assessing its role in Continuous Deployment.

Explore how we developed an accessible color palette for Power BI reports, considering color vision deficiency and data visualization.

Explore Dapr for cloud migration & use Visual Studio container tools to debug containerized services.

C# 11.0 adds various improvements to string literals. In this post, Ian explains how raw string literals can make your code more readable.

Learn how accessibility-aware API design creates a great experience for all developers, not just those with accessibility needs.

A short rundown of why you need the ForwardedHeadersMiddleware when using Azure Container Apps to host an ASP.NET Core MVC app requiring authentication

Jessica joined endjin as part of the Software Engineering Apprenticeship 2021 cohort. In this post, Jessica reflects on her first year.

Performing lazy and/or just-once initialization is a simple optimization. But what if the initialization is async?

In the sixth and final post we draw our conclusions about migrating an application from Azure Functions to Azure Container Apps.

When implementing OpenChain, understanding the specification will help guide your organisation to having processes in place to review and manage open-source software

The key risks associated with open-source software, from whether you use it minimally, to using it throughout all your systems.

With much of the modern world is built upon software, organisations need to understand and manage the legal and security risks associated with open-source software.

Corvus.Retry is an open source repository that provides functionality for building policies and strategies for handling transient faults. This post provides a spotlight on the repository.

Signing git commits proves that you are the author of the code you are pushing up to GitHub, and helps protect the integrity of your software supply chain.

Corvus.Globbing is an .NET open source library that provides high performance, zero allocation functionality for working with globs.

Liam joined endjin as part of the Software Engineering Apprenticeship 2021 cohort. In this post he looks back on his fist year and uses the post to introspect and look ahead to his second year.

Encapsulation is a powerful tool. Squash commits provide a way to encapsulate Git commit history.