Tag: how-to

When async/await is not enough: spawn a Dart isolate to run CPU-bound work off the UI thread. Isolate.run, Flutter's compute, long-lived workers with SendPort/ReceivePort, what can cross the boundary, and the JS/web caveat. Tested on Dart 3.11 and Flutter 3.27.1.

End-to-end guide to packaging a .NET MAUI 11 Windows app as an MSIX, bundling x64/x86/ARM64 into a .msixupload, and submitting through Partner Center: identity reservation, Package.appxmanifest, dotnet publish flags, MakeAppx bundling, and the Store-trusted certificate handoff.

Practical guide to running one Flutter project against multiple SDK versions in CI: a GitHub Actions matrix with subosito/flutter-action v2, FVM 3 .fvmrc as the source of truth, channel pinning, caching, and the gotchas that bite when the matrix grows past three versions.

End-to-end drag-and-drop in .NET MAUI 11: DragGestureRecognizer, DropGestureRecognizer, custom DataPackage payloads, AcceptedOperation, gesture position, and the per-platform PlatformArgs traps on Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, and Windows.

End-to-end dark mode in .NET MAUI 11: AppThemeBinding, SetAppThemeColor, RequestedTheme, UserAppTheme override with persistence, the RequestedThemeChanged event, and the per-platform Info.plist and MainActivity bits that the docs gloss over.

A practical guide to spotting N+1 queries in EF Core 11: what the pattern looks like in real code, how to surface it via logging, diagnostic interceptors, OpenTelemetry, and a test that fails the build when a hot path regresses.

A practical guide to EF Core 11 compiled queries: when EF.CompileAsyncQuery actually wins, the static-field pattern, the Include and tracking gotchas, and how to benchmark before and after so you can prove it was worth the extra ceremony.

Strip Android and iOS from a .NET MAUI 11 project so it ships Windows and Mac Catalyst only: the csproj edits, the workload commands, and the multi-targeting that keeps your code clean.

A practical guide to mixing C# records and EF Core 11. Where records fit, where they break change tracking, and how to model value objects, entities, and projections without fighting the framework.

Seven ways to return more than one value from a C# 14 method: named tuples, out parameters, records, structs, deconstruction, and the extension-member trick for types you don't own. Real benchmarks and a decision matrix at the end.