ABOUT ME
Brendan is an SSW Solution Architect based in Brisbane. Over the past 18 years, he has designed, developed and delivered many successful enterprise web solutions using a diverse spectrum of platforms and technologies: stretching from Perl/CGI on Linux in the 90s, through PHP and Java, to .NET and Angular. His current specializations include Linux, .NET Core, Entity Framework, Angular 2 and Elastic Search.
MY VIDEOS ON SSW TV
The 5 important questions about .NET 5 | Brendan Richards
The 5 important questions about .NET 5 Back in 2016 Microsoft made the brave step of building a brand new .Net Core away from the classic “Full Framework” .NET. This meant they were able to hit the “Redo button” in so many ways, bringing us the modern, open-source, fast and cross-platform framework that we use…
docs.microsoft.com and the Mother of all Migrations | Tech Tips NDC Sydney 2019
Explore the impressive new features on docs.microsoft.com with Brendan Richards and Dan Fernandez. Docs.microsoft are awesome… and now have code samples that run! See how the magic happens via Azure containers that provide interactive docs that execute .Net code samples and Azure CLI operations in real-time. Also, hear behind-the-scenes stories on how one documentation site…
The Ultimate .NET Core Developer Course (10 parts) – Dev SuperPowers .NET Core Tour
Build and host Enterprise Web Applications on .NET Core. .NET Core is out and it’s the most powerful and flexible version ever! Much of the day-to-day code you write will be the same – but the architecture and how your project fits together has changed. We will provide you with: A solid foundation in .NET…
Clean Code with Entity Framework Core | Brendan Richards
Object Relational Mappers like EF Core exist to take the drudgery out of getting your Object-Orientated C# code to talk to a relational database. Opinions on this vary from “ORMs are the Vietnam of Computer Science” to “If you write data access code, you are stealing from your client”. Like any powerful tool, EF Core…
Nicholas Blumhardt & Brendan Richards – Open Source and the Future of SEQ, an AMA! from NDC Sydney 2018
NDC returned to Sydney this year and SSW TV was there alongside .NET Rocks! to catch all of the action with our Ask Me Anything! sessions. As usual there were a host of top industry pros talking about various subjects related to software development. This year, SSW TV worked alongside .NET Rocks! to run an…
Full Stack Rx – Using Redux Patterns on the Server Side with .Net Core, and SignalR | Brendan Richards at DDD Sydney 2018
Imagine you had something really important to tell everyone but weren’t allowed to speak up until asked. That’s how all web servers and WebAPIs with their HTTP Request/Response cycle operate. SignalR, built on WebSockets, changes this client-server relationship from “speak only when spoken to” to a fully bi-directional communication. This is amazing, but can also…
