Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at Simple Programmer. They help make the complicated simple. Inertia is “the tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged.” It is a strong force in physics. It also often holds sway in the technology industry. By 1996, the first official definitions of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) were created. Over 20… Read More
CQRS: Understanding from First Principles
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on NDepend. If you want to improve your .NET code quality, check them out. There seems to be no end to the choices you have for architecture when building an application. You don’t want to fall victim to cargo cult programming, so you need to truly understand the options available.… Read More
Quick Tips for Better C# Security
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on SubMain. Check it out if you want to learn more about how SubMain’s tools can help you build software right and more efficiently. Application security is a hot topic. No one wants to write code that leads to the next data breach or major headline. C# security is… Read More
5 Reasons You Need Application Security Champions
Have you ever felt that your developers and your application security team don’t see eye-to-eye? Do your developers hold feelings of dread at the mention of “the security guys”? This is a common problem with culture in the industry. There has long been a cultural divide between security and application teams. Developers want to deliver… Read More
Time Wasters for Programmers and How to Avoid Them
Editor’s Note: This blog post originally appeared on SubMain’s blog. You can find the original post here. Check SubMain out if you want to develop quality code even in a time crunch. Time is one resource we can’t replenish, and time wasters sap that precious resource. For programmers, using your time wisely can be the… Read More
Your Security Perimeter is a Living Cell, Not a Castle Wall
Editor’s Note: This post was originally posted on Cobalt’s blog. Check out the original post here. Check out their site if you are interested in a new way to pen test your application. You’ve heard the analogy before. Your enterprise is a fortress. Protect it with towers. Build stone walls to protect your data. Build… Read More
The Developer’s Guide to Cryptography: Hash Functions and HMACs
So far, we’ve discussed the basics of encryption and symmetric encryption algorithms. Encryption is used to protect the confidentiality of data. Let’s now take a small turn and look at protecting the integrity and authenticity of data. Encryption can protect data from being read while in transit. However, this does not prevent the data from… Read More
Guest Post on Simple Programmer: History of Women in Software Engineering
It’s a little late, but I wanted to make sure I have a link to my latest Simple Programmer guest post. The post explores some of the women that have made major contributions to the world of software engineering from the beginning of computers to today. Check it out! https://simpleprogrammer.com/2017/09/18/female-software-engineers/
The Developer’s Guide to Cryptography: Why ASP.NET Core 2 Gets It Right
Last time, we discussed what AES encryption looks like in Node.js. Now, to get a flavor of what other languages and frameworks do for AES encryption, we’ll take a look at ASP.NET Core 2. I am excited with what ASP.NET Core and .NET Core in general do for C# and other Microsoft technologies. ASP.NET Core… Read More
The Developer’s Guide to Cryptography: AES in Node.js
The Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES, is the standard chosen by the U.S. government to protect messages with symmetric encryption. Understanding what AES does and how it works is important. So is understanding how to use is practically in a real program. We’ll first take a look at the Node.js implementation of AES. For now,… Read More