This is the fourth part on my series on how to get started using ServiceStack. Be sure to check out the earlier articles, if you haven’t read them already: Part 1 - What is ServiceStack and why should I use it? Part 2 - Building a Simple Service Part 3 - Using the C#-Client Today, I’ll be adding basic authentication and authorization to the project we’ve created over the last parts. As always, you can get the source code from GitHub. ...

After we covered the basics of ServiceStack in part one and how to set up a service in part two of this series. Today we’ll go through how the C#-Client can be utilized to make communication between applications even easier. The sourcecode for todays article is available GitHub. If you missed one of the previous parts, feel free to check out Part 1 - What is ServiceStack and why should I use it? or Part 2 - Building a Simple Service. ...

What if there was a technology that could entirely change the basic elements of our society and our understanding of economy? This technology already exists and it is called crypto currency. Many people think of bitcoin when this buzzword comes up, but if you take a closer look, you will find out that the monetary point of view of the technology behind is only the tip of the iceberg. Bitcoin and crypto currencies are currently a highly controversial issue. Prices are rising and rising and the hype seems to be unstoppable, but influential personalities of the global economy are warning against putting too much trust into this technology. Whether they’re right about that or whether these antiquated idiots just want to hide their fear of computers with these statements is a mystery, which I won’t try to unveil here. ...

This is the second post in my series on building web services with ServiceStack. In the first part, I covered the benefits of using ServiceStack, this article continues with the setup of a basic service and its several components. In this and the following parts I will create a simple example project to illustrate the use of servicestack. This project will be an expenses tracker. In this part, we will develop the functionality to add expenses and establish an overall balance. In the following part we will combine them with the C# client. ...

In this series, I discuss the optimization of the basics of programming in C#. This article deals with the basic structure of an application and its different components. C# Application Architecture The top level always represents the so-called solution. A solution can contain several different projects, whereby a project can be used by different solutions, which allows to reuse source code. Each of a solutions projects compiles into either an executable or a dll. ...