Ben's Coding Blog: Latest pages in the core genre

A word cloud isn’t just eye candy—it’s a meaningful way to visualize trends, user behavior, or content emphasis at a glance. Whether you're analyzing tags, keywords, or user-submitted content, a good word cloud can turn raw data into instant i... more


Tag Helpers are one of ASP.NET Core's most elegant features—they allow you to generate HTML using Razor syntax that looks and feels like native HTML. But just because you can use them everywhere doesn't mean you should. more


If you’re building a music, download, or content platform with ASP.NET Core, adding structured star ratings (via JSON-LD) helps your content stand out in search results. Not only do ratings improve your credibility — they boost visibility and clic... more


If you've ever wanted to push live updates to users without them refreshing the page—welcome to SignalR. It's built into ASP.NET Core and gives you real-time power with barely any setup. more


When you're ready to revisit cleaning up your `.csproj`, this efficient step-by-step plan ensures you clean house without removing anything critical. more