A brewing debate in the .Net community recently came to a boil when Brendan Forster attempted to address an open issue for the Octokit library, Signed Octokit Releases, Yay or Nay? It is an interesting debate with many strong opinions. Unfortunately I think the debate is down in the weeds and I’d like to add a bit of a […]
I see questions almost weekly on StackOverflow where someone is trying to POST JSON and receive it as a string. The problem is that Web API has two modes, “serialized object” and “HTTP message”. Receiving raw JSON as a string falls between the two. Usually the question goes something like, “Why does the jsonBody parameter in the […]
Starting next week, I will be joining the Runscope team. Runscope provides tools that help developers debug, test and monitor Web APIs. This is a company that lives and breathes HTTP. If you know me, I’m sure you understand why that appeals to me. Although I have been building distributed business applications for more than 20 years, […]