--- title: Best Code Maze posts — February 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Code Maze posts from February 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/codemaze/best-of/2024/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/codemaze/best-of/2024/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Code Maze posts — February 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Code Maze posts from February 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Code Maze — February 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/clean-architecture-in-net-iue7xafel "Clean Architecture in .NET") Article Code Maze · 3y Clean Architecture in .NET Clean Architecture is an architecture pattern aimed at building maintainable, scalable, and easily testable applications. It separates the application into different layers: domain, application, infrastructure, and presentation. Clean Architecture and Onion Architecture have similar goals but differ in how they separate layers based on abstraction and focus on the core. To implement Clean Architecture in .NET, follow the principles of separation of concerns, loose coupling, and testability. Use CQRS with MediatR for the application layer. 47 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-difference-between-restful-apis-and-web-apis-qbyqbxczx "The Difference Between RESTful APIs and Web APIs") Article Code Maze · 3y The Difference Between RESTful APIs and Web APIs This post explains the difference between RESTful APIs and Web APIs, the principles of REST architecture, and how to create a RESTful Web API with ASP.NET Core. 17 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-call-signalr-hub-from-controller-in-asp-net-core-d6idnyokh "How to Call SignalR Hub from Controller in ASP.NET Core") Article Code Maze · 3y How to Call SignalR Hub from Controller in ASP.NET Core This post explains how to call a SignalR Hub from a Controller in ASP.NET Core and demonstrates how to simulate a recurring server-client interaction using SignalR Hub and ASP.NET Core Controller. 16 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-conditional-required-attributes-for-validation-in-net-web-api-20d9umtp9 "Creating Conditional Required Attributes for Validation in .NET Web API") Article Code Maze · 3y Creating Conditional Required Attributes for Validation in .NET Web API Learn about creating conditional required attributes for validation in .NET Web API and the approaches to achieve it. Explore the usage of custom validation attributes and the ExpressiveAnnotations library. 13 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-log-a-class-and-method-names-using-serilog-skpwokle2 "How to Log a Class and Method Names Using Serilog") Article Code Maze · 3y How to Log a Class and Method Names Using Serilog Learn how to log class and method names using Serilog in a Minimal API project. 12 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/tools-and-best-practices-for-secret-management-in-net-n84feoo4r "Tools and Best Practices for Secret Management in .NET") Article Code Maze · 3y Tools and Best Practices for Secret Management in .NET Learn about the tools and best practices for secret management in .NET applications, including the importance of secret management in software development. 11 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/different-ways-to-run-background-tasks-in-asp-net-core-wm4kmflem "Different Ways to Run Background Tasks in ASP.NET Core") Article Code Maze · 3y Different Ways to Run Background Tasks in ASP.NET Core This post explores different ways of running background tasks in ASP.NET Core applications without depending on external providers. It covers running one-off background tasks with IHostedService and BackgroundService, as well as running recurring background tasks with IHostedService and BackgroundService. 11 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/fastest-method-to-check-if-a-date-is-less-than-or-equal-to-today-1xoh6qrny "Fastest Method to Check if a Date is Less Than or Equal to Today") Article Code Maze · 3y Fastest Method to Check if a Date is Less Than or Equal to Today Learn different methods to check if a date is less than or equal to today in C#. Benchmark tests show that using the less than or equal to comparison operator (<=) is the fastest method. 10 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/parallel-foreachasync-and-task-run-with-when-all-in-c--hgtesvvnw "Parallel.ForEachAsync() and Task.Run() With When.All in C#") Article Code Maze · 3y Parallel.ForEachAsync() and Task.Run() With When.All in C# This post compares the 'Task.WhenAll()' and 'Parallel.ForEachAsync()' methods for parallel programming in C#. 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