To write code that can read, examine and even write code in runtime. Sounds like magic? Welcome to the world of C# reflection. Being able to write code that can examine and modify other pieces of code dynamically is quite a useful power. That’s what we call reflection, and in this post, you’ll learn how C# reflection works. We’ll open the post by covering some fundamentals. What is reflection in C#? Why do people use it? We’ll break all that down for you in plain English.

Dependency Injection (DI) is a pattern that can help developers decouple the different pieces of their applications. It provides a mechanism for the construction of dependency graphs independent of the class definitions. Throughout this article, I will be focusing on constructor injection where dependencies are provided to consumers through their constructors.

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a paradigm (a sort of “style”) of programming that revolves around objects communicating with each other, as opposed to functions operating on data structures. C# is the flagship language of the.NET ecosystem. Despite being a multi-paradigm language, its forte is certainly OOP. OOP is a recognized programming paradigm, but programming languages differ in how they interpret and implement its tenants.

A deep learning framework is essential for building and deploying deep neural networks, a class of artificial intelligence algorithms inspired by the human brain’s structure and functioning. These frameworks provide a high-level interface, libraries and tools that simplify the development process of complex machine-learning models. Choosing the proper deep learning framework is crucial as it directly impacts your machine learning projects’ efficiency, productivity, and success.

Gradle is one of several Java development tools featured in Stackify’s Comprehensive Java Developer’s Guide, but it’s not the only build automation tool to consider. Maven is an older and commonly used alternative, but which build system is best for your project? With other tools, such as Spring, allowing developers to choose between the two systems, coupled with an increasing number of integrations for both, the decision is largely up to you.

C# is a widely used programming language in enterprises, especially for those that are heavily Microsoft-dependent. This language comprises a lot of tools with individual strengths. Here, we list C# tools for IDEs, profilers, automation tools, and more. If you build apps using C#, you most likely use Visual Studio and have explored some of its extensions to supercharge your development. However, this list of C# tools might just change the way you write C# code for good.

Gone are the days of painful plain-text log management. While plain-text data is still useful in certain situations, when it comes to doing extended analysis to gather insightful infrastructure data – and improve the quality of your code – it pays to invest in reliable log management tools and systems that can empower your business workflow. Logs are not an easy thing to deal with, but regardless is an important aspect of any production system.

In the context of software development, automating repetitive tasks and accelerating application development is the name of the game. Hence, having a versatile language with faster and more efficient results at your disposal is a must. Groovy Scripting will save your day! Groovy scripting is a dynamic language with a range of features and functionalities specifically around automation and rapid application development.

How easy would our lives be, as programmers, if our applications behaved correctly 100% of the time? Unfortunately, that’s not the case: things go wrong, often in serious ways. In order to offer the user the best possible experience—and also understand what went wrong so you can fix it—your application needs to handle its errors, and that’s why error handling is an important part of any application.

Logging plays a critical role in every application. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to use Apache Log4j 2.x and highlight best practices that can help you in getting started and improve logging capabilities. Additionally, we’ll discuss various key features and improvements of Log4j 2.x over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x.