" Software development teaches you to improve and fine-tune your source code to arrive at the best possible version of your application. Yoga teaches you to improve and fine-tune
your mind-body framework to arrive at the best possible version
of yourself.
-- Bipin Joshi
Meditation Teacher | Software Consultant


Thus said a Yogi ~ Thoughts and musings by Bipin Joshi
Bipin Joshi is an independent software consultant and trainer by profession specializing in Microsoft web development technologies. Having embraced the Yoga way of life he is also a meditation teacher and spiritual guide to his students. He is a prolific author and writes regularly about software development and yoga on his websites. He is programming, meditating, writing, and teaching for over 30 years. To know more about him go here. Details about his ASP.NET and Meditation courses are available here and here.


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Understand GitHub Copilot Chat Window in Visual Studio Code
In the previous article, we learned how to install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. In this article, we will learn how to use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code. We will first understand various parts of the GitHub Chat window and then we will ask a few ASP.NET Core questions to GitHub Copilot Chat.
Posted On : 15 Apr 2025
Leverage GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code and ASP.NET Core
AI is everywhere. Almost all the leading software development platforms and tools use AI in some of the other way. As an ASP.NET Core developer wanting to use Visual Studio Code for your development, you must know how to leverage the power of GitHub Copilot from within the VS Code editor. In this series of articles I am going to explain a few features of GitHub Copilot the can help you increase your productivity, efficiency and code quality.
Posted On : 01 Apr 2025
Use Scalar to invoke CRUD operations of a Web API
In the previous article we learned to add Swagger and Scalar to a Web API project. I have already explained Swagger integration in more detail here and here. So, it's time to focus on Scalar and learn how to test Web API CRUD operations.
Posted On : 13 Jan 2025
Understand OpenAPI document generation in ASP.NET Core
If you are following the latest happenings in the ASP.NET space then you are probably aware that Swagger UI support has been removed from the default Web API project template. The default project template now simply provides support for generating OpenAPI documents. Of course, you can still use third party tools such as Swagger and Scalar to read the OpenAPI documents.
Posted On : 02 Dec 2024
Perform custom fluent validation in Blazor
In the previous article we created a custom validation attribute to validate Blazor's EditForm. If you developed ASP.NET Core MVC apps before, you might have used FlientValidation library for validation instead of using validation attributes. Can we use FluentValidation in Blazor?
Posted On : 28 Oct 2024
Perform custom validation in Blazor
Validating form data is one of the most common task in any web application. ASP.NET Core offers a set of validation attributes for performing model level data validations. Blazor apps can also make use of the same validation attributes. Some of the validation attributes include [Required], [StringLength], [Range], and [Compare]. At times you want to perform some validation not covered by these attributes. This is when you want to create a custom validation attribute. In this article we will discuss how that can be done.
Posted On : 14 Oct 2024
Use keyed services in ASP.NET Core
A few years ago I wrote an article describing how ASP.NET Core DI container behaves when multiple implementations of an interface are registered. It's time to revisit the concept because .NET 8 has something better to offer -- Keyed Services. I am going to use the same example that I used in the earlier article. We will modify the example for .NET 8.
Posted On : 23 Sep 2024
Store connection string in Azure App Service and Azure Key Vault
In the previous article you learned to deploy an ASP.NET Cor web app in an Azure App Service using two techniques. Recollect that we are storing the database connection string in the appsettings.json file. And we need to change it to match the production setup at the time of deployment. In this article we will discuss two better ways of storing the database connection string. Firstly, we will learn to store the connection string into the Azure App Service itself. And then we will store it in Azure Key Vault.
Posted On : 02 Sep 2024
Deploy ASP.NET Core web app to Azure App Service using Visual Studio Code
In some of my previous articles I discussed using Visual Studio Code and a set of extensions to create ASP.NET Core web apps and Web APIs. In this article I will show you how you can deploy an ASP.NET Core web app to an Azure App Service.
Posted On : 29 Jul 2024
Use IExceptionHandler to handle errors in ASP.NET Core
No matter how carefully you design your web pages and components there is always a possibility that your application throws an error at runtime. To trap and handle such unforeseen circumstances you can use IExceptionHandler interface introduced in ASP.NET Core 8.
Posted On : 20 May 2024
गुढीपाडवा आणि चैत्र नवरात्र २०२५
महाशिवरात्री २०२५ च्या मुहूर्तावर श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्रावरील लेखमाला पूर्ण झाल्यावर पाठाचा शुभारंभ केलेल्या काही वाचकांकडून या स्तोत्रात जी शिवनामे आलेली आहेत त्यांच्या अर्थाबद्दल प्रश्न आणि जिज्ञासा व्यक्त करण्यात आली. त्यांच्या त्या प्रश्नांवरून "दैनंदिन शिवनाम" ही संकल्पना सुचली. आजच्या गुढीपाडव्याच्या आणि चैत्र नवरात्रीच्या पवित्र मुहूर्तावर या उपक्रमाचा शुभारंभ करत आहे.
Posted On : 30 Mar 2025
नाडीशोधन प्राणायामाचा गोपनीय विधी
नाडीशोधन प्राणायाम हा हठयोगातील एक प्रमुख प्राणायाम आहे. नाडीशोधनाची प्रारंभीक तयारी कोणती आणि ती कशी करायची ते गोरक्षनाथांनी आपल्याला आगोदार सांगितले आहे. आता पुढे जाऊन नाडीशोधनाची प्रत्यक्ष पद्धती जाणून घेण्याची वेळ आली आहे. ही विधी जरी गोरक्षनाथ महाराजांनी प्रकटपणे दिली असली तरी ही एका अर्थी "गोपणीयच" आहे कारण ह्या विधीचा अवलंब करणारे त्या मानाने कमी आहेत.
Posted On : 24 Mar 2025
लेखमाला -- श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र
माघी पौर्णिमेच्या साधारण दोन दिवस आधी गौरा माईने सांगितले की या महाशिवरात्रीसाठी श्रीशिवसहस्रनामावर काहीतरी लिहावे. गौरा माईची इच्छा म्हणजे आज्ञा. त्यामुळे माघी पौर्णिमेला या छोटेखानी लेखमालेचा पहिला भाग प्रकाशित केला. माघी पौर्णिमेला सुरू केलेली ही पाच लेखांची मालिका आज महाशिवरात्रीच्या पावन समयी पूर्ण करून महादेव बाबा आणि गौरा माई यांच्या चरणी अर्पण करत आहे.
Posted On : 26 Feb 2025
श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र -- एक विलक्षण अनुभव
मागील लेखात आपण श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राचा पाठ कसा करावा ते जाणून घेतले. आजच्या महाशिवरात्रीच्या पावन मुहूर्तावर या छोटेखानी लेखमालेचा शेवटचा भाग प्रस्तुत करत आहे.
Posted On : 26 Feb 2025
श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र -- पाठ कसा करावा
मागील लेखात आपण श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राची फलश्रुती विस्ताराने जाणून घेतली. जर तुम्हाला या स्तोत्राची उपासना करावीशी वाटत असेल तर मग पुढची पायरी म्हणजे या स्तोत्राचा पाठ कसा करावा त्याची नीट माहिती करून घेणे. या लेखात नवीन साधकांसाठी या स्तोत्राच्या पठणाचा एक विधी प्रस्तुत करत आहे.
Posted On : 24 Feb 2025
श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र -- परंपरा आणि फलश्रुती
मागील लेखात आपण महाभारतातील श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राची पूर्व-पीठिका जाणून घेतली. श्रीकृष्णाला शंभू महादेवांची एक हजार आठ नावे कथन केल्यानंतर उपमन्यु ऋषींनी त्याला या स्तोत्राची परंपरा आणि फलश्रुती सांगितली आहे. या स्तोत्राची परंपरा हा जरी सहस्रनामाच्या मूल पाठाचा भाग नसली तरी थेट ब्रह्मदेवा पासून सुरू झालेली ही परंपरा श्रीकृष्णा पर्यन्त कशी वहात आली आहे ते जाणून घेणे नक्कीच उद्बोधक ठरावे. श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राच्या पाठणाने कोणता लाभ घडून येतो ते जाणून घेणेही या स्तोत्राच्या उपासनेच्या उपयोगीतेच्या दृष्टीने महत्वाचे आहे. या लेखात आपण या गोष्टी जाणून घेणार आहोत.
Posted On : 19 Feb 2025
श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र -- उपमन्यु ऋषींचे कथन
मागील लेखात आपण महाभारतातील श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राची पार्श्वभूमी जाणून घेतली. भगवान श्रीकृष्ण युधिष्ठिराला उपमन्यु ऋषींनी त्याला शिवनामाचा जो काही महिमा सांगितला तो सांगत आहे. श्रीशिवसहस्रनामाच्या छिपील पोथीत या श्लोकांचे भाषांतर सहसा असत नाही. त्यामुळे या लेखात मुद्दाम त्या श्लोकांपैकी काही निवडक महत्वाच्या श्लोकांचे धावते आणि सुलभ भाषांतर देत आहे. श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र उपासना करण्याची ज्यांची इच्छा आहे त्यांना कदाचित भक्तीवर्धनासाठी याचा उपयोग होईल.
Posted On : 17 Feb 2025
श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्र -- एक अद्भुत उपासना
लवकरच महाशिवरात्र येत आहे. तुमच्या पैकी जे अनुभवी साधक आहेत त्यांनी महाशिवरात्रीला कोणती साधना / उपासना करायची ते कदाचित ठरवले सुद्धा असेल. जे अध्यात्म मार्गावर नवखे आहेत त्यांना कदाचित या पावन पर्वावर कोणती उपासना करावी असा प्रश्न पडला असेल. अशा साधकांसाठी आज श्रीशिवसहस्रनाम स्तोत्राद्वारे भगवान शिवशंकराची आराधना कशी करावी त्यांची थोडक्यात माहिती देणार आहे.
Posted On : 12 Feb 2025
नाडीशोधन प्राणायामाची प्रारंभीक तयारी
लेखमालेच्या मागील भागात आपण गोरक्ष शतकातील मुद्राभ्यास सविस्तरपणे जाणून घेतला. आता पुढे श्रीगोरक्ष महाराज प्राणायमाबद्दल काय संगत आहेत ते जाणून घेण्याची वेळ आली आहे. स्वतः ब्रह्मदेव सुद्धा काळाला घाबरून प्राणायामाचा अभ्यास करत असतो. योगी, मुनी, तपस्वी सुद्धा निरंतर प्राणायामाचा अभ्यास करत असतात. त्यामुळे योगसाधकाने सुद्धा प्राण निग्रहाचा सराव करावा.
Posted On : 27 Jan 2025
चुकीच्या योगसाधनेचे दुष्परिणाम टाळण्यासाठी "हे" करून पहा
एखादी साधना निवडताना केवळ तुमची आवड हा एकच घटक नसतो. तुमची शरीरप्रकृती, तुमची मानसिक जडणघडण, तुम्ही ज्या वातावरणात रहात आहात ते वातावरण अशा अनेक गोष्टी लक्षात घेऊन कोणतीही आध्यात्मिक साधना आणि विशेषतः योगसाधना निवडावी लागते. काही वेळा असं आढळून येतं की साधकाने एखादी साधना पुस्तकातून किंवा इंटरनेट वरून घेतलेली असते आणि ती साधना केल्यावर त्याला काही फायदा होण्याऐवजी नुकसानच होतं. एकतर त्याची साधनेची निवड तरी चुकलेली असते किंवा निवडलेली साधना करण्याचा जो विधी आहे तो तरी कुठेतरी चुकलेला असतो.
Posted On : 13 Jan 2025
Beginning Database Programming Using ASP.NET Core 3
(Apress, December 2019)

Hit the ground running with this book to quickly learn the fundamentals of HTML form processing, user authentication, and database CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations using the ASP.NET Core family of technologies. You will utilize cutting-edge and popular technology options from both the server side and client side to help you achieve your web application goals as quickly as possible.
Beginning XML with C# 7
(Apress, November 2017)

Master the basics of XML as well as the namespaces and objects you need to know in order to work efficiently with XML. You'll learn extensive support for XML in everything from data access to configuration, from raw parsing to code documentation. You will see clear, practical examples that illustrate best practices in implementing XML APIs and services as part of your C#-based Windows applications. In this book, you’ll discover the integration of XML with ADO.NET and LINQ as well as additional .NET support for today's RESTful web services and Web API. Written by a Microsoft Certified Professional and developer, this book demystifies everything to do with XML and C# 7.
Beginning SOLID Principles and Design Patterns for ASP.NET Developers
(Apress, March 2016)

This book teaches you all the essential knowledge required to learn and apply time-proven SOLID principles of object-oriented design and important design patterns in ASP.NET 5 (recently renamed ASP.NET Core 1.0) applications. You will learn to write server-side as well as client-side code that makes use of proven practices and patterns. This book contains detailed descriptions of how to apply Creational, Structural and Behavioral GoF design patterns along with some Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Also covered are a few Popular JavaScript code organization techniques and patterns.
Beginning jQuery 2 for ASP.NET Developers
(APress, December 2013)

Beginning jQuery 2 for ASP.NET Developers teaches you to harness the power, versatility and extensibility of jQuery in your ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications. By combining jQuery with ASP.NET you get the best of both worlds: the client-side interactivity and responsiveness of JavaScript with the robustness and extensibility of Microsoft's web stack. Beginning jQuery 2 for ASP.NET Developers shows you how.
HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers
(APress, November 2012)

HTML5 Programming for ASP.NET Developers teaches you to harness the power and flexibility of HTML5 in your ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications. Focusing on the programmable features of HTML5 that will be most useful to you as an ASP.NET developer, this book will take you straight to the heart of what you can get out of this new technology.
नाथ संकेतींचा दंशु
(फेब्रुवारी २०१५)

कुंडलिनी योगमार्ग विनाकारण गुढतेच्या आणि क्लिष्टतेच्या वलयात झाकोळला गेला आहे. सर्वसामान्य संसारी साधक कुंडलिनी योगमार्गापासून दूरच राहिला आहे. कुंडलिनी योगमार्गाच्या अनेक परंपरा आहेत. त्यांच्या साधनामार्गातही भिन्नता आहे. या सर्व पसार्‍यातून सर्वसामान्य साधकाला समजतील, जमतील आणि फायदा मिळवून देतील अशी मूलतत्वे आणि साधना यांचे सहज सोप्या भाषेत विश्लेषण करणे हे या पुस्तकाचे मुख्य उद्दीष्ट आहे.
शिवोपासना
(मार्च २०११)

भारतवर्षामधे अनादी काळापासून शिवोपासना आणि योग प्रचलित आहे. कूर्म पूराणात निःसंदिग्धपणे असे सांगितले आहे की शंकर हे कलियुगातल्या मानवांसाठीचे दैवत आहे. शिव उपासनेचे योगमार्गावरील महत्व, शिवलिंग, पुजा इत्यादींचा योगशास्त्रीय अर्थ, शैव दर्शनाची मुलतत्वे, रुद्राक्षधारण विधी, कालसापेक्ष शिव उपासना कशी करावी इत्यादी गोष्टी सोप्या भाषेत विशद करणारे पुस्तक.
देवाच्या डाव्या हाती
(प्रथम आवृत्ती - मार्च २००९, द्वितीय आवृत्ती - ऑक्टोबर २०११, तृतीय आवृत्ती - फेब्रुवारी २०१७)

कुंडलिनी योग अध्यात्म जीवनाचा राजमार्ग आहे. जगदंबा कुंडलिनीला जागृत करून तीचे सहस्रार स्थित शिवाशी सामरस्य घडवून आणणे हे कुंडलिनी योगमार्गाचे मुलतत्व. अनेकदा कुंडलिनी योग गूढतेच्या अनावश्यक धुक्याने वेढलेला आठळतो. हा मार्ग फक्त जंगलात वा हिमालयात वास्तव्य करणार्‍या योग्यांसाठीच आहे असा गैरसमज बहुतांशी लोकांमधे आढळतो. देवाच्या डाव्या हाती' या पुस्तकात श्री. बिपीन जोशी यांनी स्वतःचे कुंडलिनी योगमार्गावरील अनुभव विषद केले आहेत. एक नवखा साधक ते योगी या प्रवासात त्यांना कोणत्या अडचणी आल्या, त्यांनी मोठ्या जिद्दीने हा प्रवास कसा पार केला याचे प्रभावी वर्णन या पुस्तकात आढळते. 
Beginning XML with C# 2008: From Novice to Professional
(APress, April 2008)

Beginning XML with C# 2008 focuses on XML and how it is used within .NET 3.5. As you’d expect of a modern application framework, .NET 3.5 has extensive support for XML in everything from data access to configuration, from raw parsing to code documentation. This book demystifies all of this. It explains the basics of XML as well as the namespaces and objects you need to know in order to work efficiently with XML. You will see clear, practical examples that illustrate best practices in action. With this book, you’ll learn everything you need to know from the basics of reading and writing XML data to using the DOM, from LINQ and SQL Server integration to SOAP and web services.
Pro .NET 2.0 XML
(APress, April 2007)

XML is the de facto language for communication within and between distributed applications, whether they are on the Internet or a corporate network. XML is successful because of two strengths: it has a highly-structured human readable format and it can be transmitted as pure text. No matter how disparate applications and their architectures may be, text files can always be read, and therefore can accept XML data. This makes XML-based solutions advantageous over rival technologies like remoting. Pro .NET 2.0 XML is the first book to provide a complete solution to XML on the .NET Framework 2.0 including the new .NET 3.0 extensions that are being released in January 2007. It provides you with everything you need to know to take advantage of XML in every aspect of your job including integration with Windows Communication Foundation.
Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5
(BinaryIntellect Consulting, November 2007)

This book is about ASP.NET 3.5. It teaches you most of the concepts that you need to make yourself up and running with ASP.NET 3.5. It looks at ASP.NET 3.5 as a complete platform for web application development. You will find many topics that are equally applicable in ASP.NET 1.x and 2.0 also. Care has been taken that you need not refer any 1.x or 2.0 book for understanding the concepts. Master ASP.NET 3.5 development using C# and Visual Studio.NET 2008. Learn ASP.NET from ground up. Design professional looking web sites with server controls, Master Pages and Themes. Develop data driven web forms with ADO.NET and data bound controls. Secure your web application with Membership and Roles. Develop AJAX spiced web sites. Write ASMX and WCF services. Understand the configuration, compilation and deployment techniques.
Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 2.0
(BinaryIntellect Consulting, November 2005)

Since Microsoft introduced ASP.NET the overall web application development is revolving around ASP.NET as far as Microsoft product based solutions are concerned. ASP.NET brought a major shift in the way applications are built and deployed. Web applications suddenly became so rich and powerful! Continuing the same wave further Microsoft has introduced ASP.NET 2.0. The new version is totally backward compatible with ASP.NET 1.x. However, it introduces some major enhancements and additions. While building version 2.0 the goal of ASP.NET team within Microsoft has been to reduce the amount of code that developers are writing today to a great degree. Version 2.0 brings more than 40 new controls and provides many new classes and concepts. With these additions ASP.NET 2.0 is poised to be stronger, flexible and powerful than ever before. This book is about ASP.NET 2.0. It teaches you most of the concepts that you need to make yourself up and running with ASP.NET 2.0. There are books that cover just the new additions to ASP.NET infrastructure. This book is different. It looks at ASP.NET 2.0 as a complete platform for web application development. You will find many topics that are equally applicable in ASP.NET 1.x also. Care has been taken that you need not refer to any 1.x book for understanding the concepts.
Pro ADO.NET with VB .NET 1.1
(APress, November 2004)

Calling all VB .NET programmers and web developers! This highly anticipated book provides thorough instruction for using ADO.NET, supported with numerous relevant code examples and extensive technical information. So whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, you will become adept at maximizing .NET's data access technology. Topics include: ADO.NET data architecture; data readers, adapters, and DataSets; safer development with XML Schemas; data relationships; and ADO.NETs built-in support and performance optimization. With such valuable content, you will come to master a solution-oriented approach to ADO.NET.
Professional ADO.NET with VB.NET
(WROX Press, December 2002)

ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than just an ADO upgrade. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data in a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and form an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication. This book provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples and extensive technical information. Whether you're developing web applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, this book will show you how to use .NET's data access technology to maximum effect. Along the way, it looks at: Understanding the architecture of the ADO.NET data providers, Reading and writing data with data readers, data adapters and DataSets, Making development safer with XML Schemas and strongly typed DataSets, Defining constraints on and relationships between your data, Using ADO.NET's built-in support for transactional processing, Optimizing the performance and security of your ADO.NET applications, Developing your own data provider for a custom data source.
Professional XML for .NET Developers
(WROX Press, December 2001)

XML is now an established technology for the description and transportation of data, and has made a major impact on almost every aspect of software development. When Microsoft introduced the .NET Framework, they took advantage of XML wherever they could. No other technology is so tightly bound with .NET as XML, both at the developer level and underlying the whole framework. This book aims to give the reader enough information to be able to use XML from within the .NET Framework in the most efficient manner possible. It will explain in detail the usage of all the XML-related .NET Framework library classes for the manipulation, validation, transformation, and serialization of XML data, using both C# and Visual Basic .NET. It also looks at how the developer can utilize the full power of XML within the .NET Framework, for example, with the new XML capabilities of ADO.NET and ASP.NET. As is demonstrated, the .NET Framework itself uses XML, in configuration files, meta data, and C#'s XML code documentation mechanism, for example. This book is aimed at intermediate-level programmers who have started on their journey towards .NET development, and who want to see how to use XML within their applications to its best advantage. Basic knowledge of C# or Visual Basic .NET, XML, and XML related technologies (XSLT, XPath, and XML Schemas) is necessary.
Professional ADO.NET
(WROX Press, November 2001)

ADO.NET is Microsoft's latest data access technology and, as an integral part of the .NET Framework, is far more than simply an upgrade of previous incarnations of ADO. ADO.NET provides an extensive set of .NET classes that facilitate efficient access to data from a large variety of sources, enable sophisticated manipulation and sorting of data, and forms an important framework within which to implement inter-application communication and XML Web Services. This book provides a comprehensive guide to using ADO.NET, with plenty of practical code examples, extensive technical information, and a detailed case study. Whether you are developing Web Applications using ASP.NET, Windows Forms applications, or XML Web Services, this book will show you how to utilize .NET's data access technology to maximum effect.

Quick Start ASP.NET Core

Build modern professional web applications using ASP.NET Core - MVC, Razor Components, Web API, Minimal API, Identity, Entity Framework Core, and Blazor. Go here to read more.


Advanced Ajapa Yoga Kriyas and Meditations

Build your personal meditation routine step-by-step for calm and clear mind, improved focus, and blissful inner connection. Learn Ajapa Dhyana along with a set of mantras and mudras. Tap the inner fountain of bliss with the help of time proven yogic wisdom and authentic techniques. You may read more information here.