codeArbor

“We stand on the shoulders of giants.”

But how do we get up there in the first place?

codeArbor is a learning resource for software developers who want to reach the next level of professional expertise.

One Mission

Our goal is to help you be a better programmer. We believe that means more than showing you ways to hack through a problem. Being better is more than just being functional; it's knowing the best approach, when there's a consensus, and the best options when there isn't.

Two Channels

News and education are distinct modes of communication. We want to give each the care and attention it deserves, so we've created a section of our site for each instead of trying to cram complex technical material into blog posts.

Library

Our technical articles reside in a library that's searchable by category so you can easily find material that's relevant to your work. Each article is:

  • summarized with a library card
  • categoried by technology
  • dated (for freshness)
  • linked to a companion repository

Code in our technical articles is formatted with syntax highlighting that will look familiar to programmers using Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code.

Latest Article

6/28/2018 — A. J. Saulsberry
Build robust numeric data entry fields for the web by validating user data in the browser and on the server. ASP.NET Core MVC provides excellent resources for doing both with minimal code.

Blog

We aim to bring you a curated selection of news from around the web that's of interest to developers. We'll also keep you up to date on our latest developments.

The software development world is full of bright people, and some of them have already written about relevant topics. We won't ignore their work. When we see a good piece on a topic of importance we'll mention it.

The blog is also a great place for tips and tricks that don't merit a full technical article. Expect to see code snippets.

Latest Posts

7/3/2018 — A. J. Saulsberry
The end of life date for .NET Core 2.0 and related frameworks is October 1st, 2018. Developers and server administrators have less than 3 months to upgrade the frameworks and deploy the apps and runtimes.
6/13/2018 — A. J. Saulsberry
This website emerged from both a sense of frustration and one of purpose, a realization that there was a better way to help software developers reach the next level of professional expertise.

Many Voices

We hope to add more writers to our cadre of authors as we grow. We know some domain experts who we think will be great resources for knowledge about technologies we don't currently cover in our technical articles.

 Code

We're also here to bring you code you can download and use freely* in your projects, so our technical articles have companion repositories on GitHub.

Now let's get started.