DevQuestions with Tim Corey
Episodes
089 When Should I Build My Own Instead Of Using A NuGet Package?
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When should I write my own code and when should I use a NuGet package? Is there a time when using a NuGet package is a better choice? What is the tipp...
088 How Do I Choose The Right Technology Stack For My App?
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do I choose the right language for my application? How do I choose the right database? How do I choose the right cloud provider? How do I know wha...
087 What Makes A Good Software Application?
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes up a good software application? What things are important to get right to have a successful application that users love? These are the ques...
086 How Do I Finish What I Started?
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I seem to have a lot of projects that I have started, but I can never seem to finish them. How do I change that? How do I keep my enthusiasm for a pro...
085 Why Do Languages Copy Each Other?
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
That new feature in C# looks a lot like a feature in PHP. That feature in Go was already in JavaScript. Why are these languages copying each other? Wh...
084 Do I Really Need To Study HTML and CSS As A C# Web Developer?
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HTML and CSS seem easy. Do I really need to learn them? Does it matter if I learned HTML and CSS ten years ago? Can I just skip right to learning Java...
083 What Do I Wish I Did Differently When Learning Software Development?
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you wish you did differently when you were learning? If you could go back in time, what would you change and what would the results be? These ...
082 How Do I Get Consistent Growth As A Developer?
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I continue to grow as a developer? How do I continue to learn over time? What do I do when I feel like I have hit a wall with my studying? What...
081 How Do I Build Relationships In The Industry?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I meet fellow developers? How do I find someone to mentor me? Where do I go to learn from other developers? What do I do if I am an introvert? ...
080 How Do I Make My Resume Stand Out?
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What makes up a good resume? Are there specific parts that I should include? Do I need to change my resume for every job I apply for? What does a good...
079 Why Won't Employers Hire Me?
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do I do if I keep getting rejected when applying for jobs? How do I get a job when I never get to an interview? What can I change to make a diffe...
078 How Do I Win The Comparison Game? How Do I Get Better?
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I become better than my peers at software development? How do I become a better software developer? How do I rise up in the ranks of software d...
077 What Does A Lead Developer Do? How Do I Become One?
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does a lead developer do? What is their job and how is it different from a regular developer? How do I become a lead developer? Are lead develope...
076 How Do I Price My Software? What Is The Right Price For Software?
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I price my software? How do I set a price that is high enough to make money while being low enough for people to buy? Should I base it upon wha...
075 How Do I Get Started In Open Source Development?
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How Do I Get Started In Open Source Development? Is there a good place to start? Should I create a project of my own? Should I contribute to another p...
074 How Do I Get C# Work Experience? How Do I Get My First Job?
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I get C# work experience so I can get a job to get work experience? How do I get my first job when they all want work experience first? Is ther...
073 Should a C# Web Developer know Angular/React/Vue?
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should a C# Web Developer know Angular/React/Vue? When should I learn these JavaScript frameworks? Is there one JavaScript framework that is better th...
072 How Do I Upgrade An Enterprise Application? Should I Even Consider It?
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Upgrading a massive monolith application is not an easy task. But should it be done? How would you go about upgrading an enterprise application to a m...
071 How Big Is A Typical Raise For A Developer? Cost Of Living? More?
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What percentage of a raise should a software developer expect to receive each year. Is it the cost of living? Is it more than that? What should I do i...
070 What Parts of C# Are Obsolete? Should I Even Learn The .NET Framework?
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With .NET 6 coming out, the question is coming up again about which versions of .NET are obsolete. Is the .NET Framework relevant? How about older ver...
069 Why Should I Choose C# As My Programming Language?
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why should I choose C# as my programming language? Is C# the best choice for a developer? What are the criteria for choosing the right programming lan...
068 How Do I Avoid Burnout? How Do I Deal With Burnout?
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I deal with burnout? How do I avoid burnout? What do I do when I am burned out? These are the questions we are going to answer in today'...
067 How Do I Add Value As An Employee? How Do I Make A Good Impression?
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can I become the best possible employee I can be? How do I make a good impression on a new boss? How do I add value to my team and to my employer?...
066 How Do I Get A Raise As A Software Developer?
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I get a raise as a software developer? How do I tell my boss that I deserve more money and get them to agree? How do I present my request for m...
065 How Do I Assess My Market Value? What Should I Be Paid?
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How much should I be paid for my skills? How do I determine what the standard pay rate is for a person at my level? How do I know if I am being paid a...
064 When Is It Time To Give Up Being A Developer?
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When should I give up being a developer? When do I know that my dream is dead and that I need to get a real job? If no one is hiring me, should I stop...
063 Surviving Tutorial Hell - How to Succeed On Your Own As A Developer
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I survive tutorial hell? How do I learn on my own without college, without a bootcamp, and without paying for expensive programming courses? Ho...
062 .NET Framework vs .NET Core vs .NET vs .NET Standard vs C#
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between .NET Framework and .NET Core? Where does .NET fit in? Is .NET Standard another framework? What about the versions of C#...
061 How Important is Attention to Detail as a Developer?
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How important is attention to detail? Can developers who are not detail-oriented really succeed? Can you learn to be more detail-oriented as a develop...
060 Why Does Stack Overflow Hate Homework Questions?
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When I post a question on Stack Overflow, I get yelled at for asking a homework question. Why is that a problem? Why do people care if it is a homewor...
059 Should I Build An App Or Buy An Existing App?
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do I do when I cannot find an application that does what I want it to do? Should I build it myself? Should I just pick an existing application th...
058 First Look at GitHub Copilot and What It Means For Developers
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is GitHub Copilot and what does it mean for developers? Will AI be replacing developer jobs? What are the upsides and downsides of this project? ...
057 What Are the Common Application Layers? Is 3 Layers Standard?
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How many layers should an application have? What are the most common layers an application should have? What are the best practices? Is there a set nu...
056 How Much Should I Do In a Take Home Interview Exercise?
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How much should you do on an interview exercise? Should you show off everything you can do? Should you get paid for the work you do? Should you even d...
055 Do No-Code Products Threaten Software Development Jobs?
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does the rise in no-code products threaten software development jobs? Will there come a time when software developers are out of a job because anyone ...
054 How Do You Prepare For A Technical Interview?
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I prepare for a technical interview? What should I study? How do I get the practice I need to be ready for a technical interview? How do I make...
053 How Do You Stay Focused & Avoid Distractions As A Software Developer?
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do not get distracted? How do you stay focused? How do you stay on topic at work? These are the questions we will tackle in this episode of Dev Qu...
052 What Does A Software Architect Do?
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does a software architect do? How do you become a software architect? What do I need to learn to become a software architect? These are the quest...
051 What Is The C# Learning Path?
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is a good C# learning path? What do I need to know to learn C#? What are the steps to becoming a C# developer? These are the questions we will ta...
050 How Do I Make Passive Income on My App?
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I turn my app into passive income? If I want to generate passive income, what are the steps I need to take? These are the questions we will tac...
049 Do I Start a .NET 5 Project or Wait for the LTS?
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If I want to start a project right now, should I use .NET 5 or wait for .NET 6 since it is the long-term-support (LTS) version? Is the LTS version of ...
048 Is It OK To Be In Software Development For The Money?
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it OK to just want to be a software developer because it pays well? Do I have to love being a software developer or can it just be a job? Do I have...
047 What Are The Most Important Traits Of A Software Developer?
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the traits that are most important to have as a software developer? What attributes will help me succeed as a developer? These are the questi...
046 What Are Some Career Tips For Self-Taught Developers?
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are some career tips for developers who are self-taught? What extra should I do if I don't have a Computer Science degree? Is there anything...
045 What Are The Pros & Cons Of Becoming A Consultant?
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who should become a consultant? Can I become a consultant right away? Do I need experience first? What are the downsides to becoming a software develo...
044 Do I Need To Be A Generalist Or A Specialist?
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can I get a job as a software development generalist? Do I need to be a specialist? What if I am not qualified for any job because I don't know a...
043 Do I Have To End Up In Management As A Developer?
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the career path of a software developer? Do I have to become a manager? What about software architect? Is that the next level? These are the q...
042 Which C# Web Application Type Should I use? MVC? Blazor? Razor Pages?
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should I use MVC in my next project? Should I use Blazor? What type of ASP.NET Core project type is best? Which C# web project type should I learn? Th...
041 How Do I Cite My Code? How Do I Give Proper Attribution?
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I give proper attribution? If I copy code from Stack Overflow, do I need to cite that in some way? How do I make sure I protect my code so that...
040 How Do I Do Data Access In Blazor? MVC? WPF?
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I talk to SQL from WPF? How do I get data access in MVC? You showed how to access SQL from the Console, but what about from Blazor? These are t...
039 How Do I Practice What I Am Learning?
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do I effectively practice what I learn in C#? How do I come up with applications to build as a practice? Do I need to practice beyond what I am sh...
038 Is The Cloud Safe? Isn't My Data Safer Locally vs In Azure/AWS?
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is my data safer locally? Should I trust the cloud? Is Azure safe? Is AWS safe? Which is more secure - local data storage or cloud storage? These are ...
037 How Do I Store Images In SQL? In Other Database Types?
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where do I store my images? How do I store images in the database? What are the best practices around storing images in SQL? What about MySQL or Mongo...
036 Should I Build a Desktop or Web Application?
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Which is better: desktop apps or web apps? Which should I learn? Are desktop apps dead? Is ASP.NET Core better than WPF? These are the questions we wi...
035 How Do You Deal With Hard Days At Work?
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you deal with hard days at work? How do you break out of a cycle of frustration at your code or your coworkers? How do you recover after a long...
034 What Audio/Video Hardware & Software Do You Use To Record Videos?
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you record videos for YouTube? What software do you use? What hardware do you use? How have things changed over the years? What should I get to...
033 How Do I Become a Microsoft MVP?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you become a Microsoft MVP? Is becoming an MVP important? What benefit is there to becoming a Microsoft MVP? What are the steps to becoming a M...
032 Are UML Diagrams Important for C# Developers?
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are UML diagrams important? Do UML diagrams help developers create better applications? Do we need to know UML to get a job? Can you use UML with Agil...
031 What Certifications Are Best For C# Developers?
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Which certifications are best for C# developers? Are the Azure certifications the place to go? What happened to the C# certifications? Should I get ce...
030 How do I prevent the user from de-compiling my C# application?
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you prevent your code from being stolen? How do you stop people from decompiling your application? How do you protect your intellectual propert...
029 What Setup Do You Recommend For a C# Developer?
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What setup should a developer have? What chair? What type of computer? What peripherals? Should I use a laptop or a desktop? What about software? What...
028 When Should I Not Use a Third-Party Library In My Project?
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When should I use a library? When should I build my own code? What is the balance between the two approaches? This is an evaluation that every develop...
027 How Do I Communicate What I Do To a Non-technical Boss?
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do I share how difficult a project is with a non-technical boss? How do I explain that lines of code do not equal complexity or progress? How do I...
026 How Do I Fight The Urge To Be Perfect? How Do I Know When I Am Done?
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I try to be perfect in everything I do. How do I fight that urge so I can complete projects on time? How do I know when to say that a project is compl...
025 Should You Become a C# Consultant? When Are You Ready To Be a C# Consultant?
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Am I ready to be a C# consultant? What should I know about starting out as a consultant? Is consulting right for me? What are the pros and cons of bec...
024 Can You Succeed as a C# Developer Without a Degree?
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Employers often ask for a computer science degree. So how do you succeed in the industry without one? Do you need a specific degree to be a C# develop...
023 Does Age Matter In Development? How Old Is Too Old To Be A C# Developer?
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can you be a C# developer after 50? Can you become a C# developer after 40? What is the age where you need to stop being a developer? In this episode,...
022 How Do I Prevent Burnout As A Developer?
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Avoiding burnout as a developer has always been important to understand, but it is even more important during a worldwide pandemic. In this episode, w...
021 How Do I Get Freelancing Clients? How Do I Start As A Freelancer?
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
So you have decided to be a freelancer. Now what? How do you get clients? Just announcing that you are a freelancer isn't enough. There are clear...
020 How Do I Keep Up With All Of The Changes In C#?
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
C# is constantly changing, plus new technologies, libraries, and packages are being added all of the time. How do you keep up? How do you figure out w...
019 How Do You Estimate How Long a Project Will Take?
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time estimation in software development is incredibly hard to get right, but there are some clear things you can do to make it much easier. In this ep...
018 How Do I Overcome the Fear of Getting Fired?
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Being afraid you are going to be fired can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. So how do you break the cycle of feeling bad, doing poorly because you feel ...
017 What is Scope Creep? How Do You Prevent Scope Creep?
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest killers of applications is scope creep. Whether you are just starting out or you are a senior developer, learning to prevent scope ...
016 What Do You Hate About C#? What Do You Wish C# Did Differently?
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
C# is a great language, but it is not perfect. In fact, there are a number of areas that need improvement. Here are my thoughts on what needs to be im...
015 What Should I Have In My Portfolio? What Makes For Good Portfolio Content?
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Your portfolio shows off what you can do. So what should you have in your portfolio? Should you put your class projects in it? How about the code from...
014 Caliburn Micro Is No Longer Being Maintained. Now What?
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when an open-source project shuts down? Nigel Sampson recently announced that Caliburn Micro was longer being maintained. Does that mea...
013 How Do I Learn to Read Code? Why Should I Learn to Read Code?
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reading code is a big part of a developer's role. Whether you are starting out at a new company or trying to learn a new topic, you will probably...
012 How Do I Manage My Time? Developer Time Management
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time management is a big source of confusion and frustration for developers and prospective developers. How do you have enough time for it all? How do...
011 What Is The Best C# Book? What Is the Best C# Resource?
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do I learn C# well? What resources do I need? Which C# book should I get? What resource is best if I want to be a C# web developer? Desktop develo...
010 Are Code Comments Important? Are Comments Bad? Is Code Self-Documenting?
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Should you write code comments? Are they important? Should you avoid comments? Do comments make your code bad? What is self-documenting code and shoul...
009 How Do I Become a Senior Developer? What Is the Difference Between a Junior and Senior Developer?
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At what point do you become a senior developer? What do I have to learn to become a senior developer? What is the path to senior developer? How do I k...
008 Can I Get a Job in C#? Should I Switch to Java? Is C# In Demand?
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is C# really the right choice? Should I choose a different language instead? Can I really make money as a C# developer? Are there any C# jobs out ther...
007 Is It Better to Write Optimized Code or Readable Code? What is Good Code?
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is it better to write one compact line of code or multiple lines of code? Does it matter? Should I use modern shortcuts to reduce the number of lines ...
006 How Do I Encrypt a Connection String? How Do I Protect My Settings in a Desktop Application?
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We store connection strings and other sensitive data in appsettingsDOTjson or our app.config/webDOTconfig file. But how do we secure it? How do we ens...
005 How Do I Learn Design Patters? Which Design Patterns Should I Know?
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding Design Patterns is a tricky subject. Should I learn all of the design patterns? When should I use a specific design pattern? Are design ...
004 How Do I Get a C# Developer Job? How Do I Prepare? Do I Need a Portfolio?
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do I get a job as a C# developer? How do I pass an interview as a developer? What should my resume look like? Whether you are a new developer look...
003 What is the Future of .NET? Is .NET Framework Dead? Is .NET Core Dead?
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is .NET 5 the future of .NET. Should I learn the .NET Framework anymore? Is .NET dying? Is .NET Core irrelevant or dying? Is .NET Framework going to ....
002 How Do I Stop Feeling Like An Impostor? Conquering Impostor Syndrome
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like an impostor as a developer? That you weren't as good as someone else (or everyone else)? Have you ever wondered when you ...
001 Introduction to Dev Questions - Getting Your Questions Answered
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a question that you felt stupid for asking?Maybe you think everyone else should know it but you don't.Or maybe you need some ca...