" 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
Software Consultant | Meditation Teacher


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 yoga mentor, 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 28 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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CRUD using fetch() and ASP.NET Core MVC
In the previous article we completed the Razor Pages example that uses fetch() to perform CRUD operations. You can use the same technique to call ASP.NET Core MVC controller actions. In this article we will migrate our Razor Pages code to MVC.
Posted On : 13 Mar 2023
CRUD using fetch() and Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core -- Part 2
In the previous article we created various page handlers that are supposed to be called from the client side script using fetch() method. Now it's time to build the UI by adding the fetch() calls and client side event handlers.
Posted On : 20 Feb 2023
CRUD using fetch() and Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core -- Part 1
In the previous article we discussed the basics of the browser's fetch() API. We also fetched HTML page from the server using GET verb. Now it's time to do something more interesting -- CRUD operations using fetch() and Razor Pages.
Posted On : 31 Jan 2023
Learn to fetch() resources in ASP.NET Core
Making Ajax requests from the client side JavaScript code to the server side resources is extremely common requirement in web applications. Traditionally developers used XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object to accomplish this task. Although you can continue to use XHR there is a better alternative - Fetch API.
Posted On : 15 Jan 2023
Perform Bulk Updates and Deletes in Entity Framework Core
If you are keeping an eye on the new features of EF Core 7, you are probably aware that it includes what is known as Bulk Updates. To that end, this article discusses what bulk updates are and how to use them in your ASP.NET Core applications.
Posted On : 05 Dec 2022
Execute queries and stored procedures using Dapper in ASP.NET Core
In the last few articles we have discussed how ADO.NET data provider classes such as connection, command, and data reader can be used to execute queries. This approach gives total control over the queries we execute and it's also good in terms of performance. However, it requires you to write good amount of code. Won't it be nice if there some way to reduce this mapping code? That' where Dapper can come handy. In this article we will learn to use Dapper in ASP.NET Core apps.
Posted On : 14 Nov 2022
Use Microsoft.Data.SqlClient classes with Entity Framework Core
In the previous article we learned to execute stored procedures using SqlCommand and SqlParameter classes. In the examples we developed so far, we used data provider classes directly for all the operations. We didn't use Entity Framework Core at all. What if your application wants to use EF Core? Can we use EF Core and plain data provider objects hand-in-hand? That's what we are going to discuss in this article.
Posted On : 24 Oct 2022
Execute Stored Procedures using SqlCommand in ASP.NET Core
In the previous article we developed a Razor Pages app that provides the UI for performing CRUD operations using the CustomerRepository. It would be worthwhile to know how stored procedures can be called using SqlCommand object. That's what we are going to cover in this article.
Posted On : 26 Sep 2022
Create Razor Pages app that uses Customer Repository
In the previous article we completed the CustomerRepository class that performs CRUD operations on the Customers table. Now it's time to use the CustomerRepository in a Razor Pages application so that we can test the CRUD operations from the browser.
Posted On : 12 Sep 2022
Execute action queries using SqlCommand in ASP.NET Core
In the previous article we used SqlDataReader to execute SELECT queries and to read data from the database. You often need to execute action queries - INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE - on the database to perform the respective operations. As far as as SQL Server data provider is concerned you can do that with the help of SqlCommand object. That's what we are going to discuss in this article.
Posted On : 16 Aug 2022
मूलाधार, मणिपूर आणि आज्ञा चक्रांतील तेजोध्यान अथवा ज्योतीर्ध्यान
लेखमालेत आत्ता पर्यंत आपण घेरंड मुनींनी विषद केलेल्या स्थुलध्यानाच्या दोन पद्धती जाणून घेतल्या आहेत. आता घेरंड मुनी आपल्याला तेजोध्यानाच्या अथवा ज्योतीर्ध्यानाच्या काही पद्धती सांगत आहेत. नावावरून तुमच्या लक्षात आहे असेल की या पद्धतींत प्रकाश किंवा तेज हा ध्यानाचा प्रधान विषय आहे.
Posted On : 24 Mar 2023
योगजीवनातील काही मुलभूत धडे
महाशिवरात्रीमुळे गेले काही आठवडे घेरंड संहिते वरील लेखमाला काहीशी बाजूला पडली होती. महाशिवरात्रीचे पावन पर्व तुम्हा सर्वांनी आपापल्यापरीने आनंदात आणि उत्साहात साजरे केले असणार याची मला खात्री आहे. घेरंड संहितेवरील रेंगाळलेली लेखमाला पुन्हा सुरु करण्याची वेळ आता आली आहे. आतापर्यंत आपण स्थूल ध्यानाविषयी घेरंड मुनींचे विचार जाणून घेतले आहेत.
Posted On : 13 Mar 2023
अजपा अखंडनामाची योगमय क्लुप्ती
आज महाशिवरात्रीच्या शुभ मुहूर्तावर एक गोष्ट सांगणार आहे. काटेकोर भिंगातून पाहायचं म्हटलं तर ही गोष्ट तशी काल्पनिकच म्हणावी लागेल परंतु कुठेतरी खोलवर तिला सत्यतेचा स्पर्श आहे. काल्पनिक की सत्य याबद्दल फार चिकित्सक वृत्ती न दाखवता गोष्टीच्या मूळ गाभ्याकडे लक्ष द्यावे म्हणजे खरे मर्म हाती लागेल.
Posted On : 18 Feb 2023
शिवषडाक्षर महामंत्राचा विनियोग, न्यास इत्यादी सहित जप
काही आठवडे आपण महाशिवरात्री बद्दल माहिती घेत आहोत. मागच्या लेखात आपण शिवषडाक्षर महामंत्राचे महात्म्य जाणून घेतले. पारंपारिक पद्धतीनुसार कोणत्याही मंत्राचा जप करतांना पंचोपचार पूजन, ध्यान, विनियोग, न्यास वगैरे गोष्टी केल्या जातात. आधुनिक काळात बरेच साधक हे सर्व सोपस्कार न करता फक्त मंत्राचा जपच करतात. ज्यांना ह्या गोष्टींत रस आहे आणि त्या करायच्या आहेत त्यांच्यासाठी आजचा लेख उपयोगी पडेल अशी आशा आहे.
Posted On : 10 Feb 2023
महाशिवरात्री २०२३ निमित्त षडाक्षर महामंत्रा विषयी सहा बिंदू
घेरंड संहितेवरील लेखमालेला अल्पसा विराम देऊन आपण महाशिवरात्री बद्दल काही गोष्टी जाणून घेत आहोत. सर्व शिवभक्त महाशिवरात्री २०२३ साजरी करण्यासाठी उत्सुक आहेत. पंचाक्षर अथवा षडाक्षर मंत्र हा भगवान शंकराचा मूलमंत्र. या मंत्राचा महिमा वर्णन सरस्वतीही पूर्णपणे करू शकणार नाही तेथे सामान्य माणसाची तर गोष्टच सोडा. तरीही आजच्या माघ पौर्णिमेच्या आणि रवि पुष्य योगाच्या शुभ दिनी शिव षडाक्षर मंत्राविषयी हे सहा बिंदू सदाशिवाला स्मरून सांगत आहे.
Posted On : 05 Feb 2023
महाशिवरात्री २०२३ निमित्त अजपा ध्यानसाधना
या वर्षी महाशिवरात्री दिनांक १८ फेब्रुवारी २०२३ रोजी साजरी होणार आहे. एखादा सण, उत्सव किंवा पर्व साजरे करण्याच्या विविध पद्धती असतात. जो-तो आपापल्या श्रद्धेनुसार मार्ग चोखाळत असतो. योगमार्गी साधकांसाठी योगक्रियांचा वापर करून हे पर्व कसे साजरे करता येईल त्याविषयी दोन शब्द.
Posted On : 30 Jan 2023
स्थूल ध्यानाचा दुसरा प्रकार
मागील लेखात आपण घेरंड मुनींनी विषद केलेला स्थूल ध्यानाचा पहिला प्रकार जाणून घेतला. हा पहिला प्रकार योगमार्गावर नवीन असलेल्या साधकांसाठी अतिशय उपयुक्त आहे. अनाहत चक्रात आपल्या इष्ट देवतेचे गुरूच्या निर्देशानुसार ध्यान करणे असे या प्रथम प्रकाराचे स्वरूप आहे. हे ध्यान पक्व झाले की स्थूल ध्यानाच्या काहीशा प्रगत अशा या दुसऱ्या प्रकाराकडे जाता येईल. स्थूल ध्यानाचा हा दुसरा अभ्यास नेमका काय आहे ते या लेखात आपण जाणून घेऊ.
Posted On : 15 Jan 2023
स्थूल ध्यानाचा पहिला प्रकार
मागील लेखात आपण घेरंड मुनींच्या कुंडलिनी ध्यानयोगाचे तीन प्रकार अर्थात स्थूलध्यान, ज्योतिर्ध्यान आणि सूक्ष्मध्यान जाणून घेतले. अजपा ध्यानात ते तीनही कसे समाविष्ट होतात ते ही आपण थोडक्यात जाणून घेतले. आता घेरंड मुनी आपल्याला स्थूल ध्यानाचे दोन विशिष्ठ विधी सांगत आहेत. खरंतर स्थूलध्यानाचे अनेकानेक प्रकार आहेत परंतु येथे घेरंड मुनी आपल्याला त्यांच्या मतानुसार महत्वाचे असे दोन विधी वानगी दाखल विषद करत आहेत. त्यांतील पहिला प्रकार आपण या लेखात जाणून घेणार आहोत.
Posted On : 01 Jan 2023
श्रीदत्त जयंती २०२२ निमित्त चंद्राच्या सोळा कला
गेल्या काही आठवड्यांपासून घेरंड संहितेवरील लेखमाला सुरु केली आहे. त्यामुळे आजही त्याचाच पुढचा भाग प्रकाशित करण्याचा विचार होता. पहाटे पहाटे श्रीदत्तात्रेयांची प्रेरणा झाली की आजच्या दिवशी कुंडलिनी योगमार्वावर अग्रेसर असलेल्या अनुभवी साधकांसाठी "शिव साधने" विषयी काहीतरी लिहावे. श्रीदत्त गुरूंची प्रेरणा म्हणजे आज्ञाच.
Posted On : 07 Dec 2022
घेरंड मुनींनी विषद केलेले ध्यानाचे तीन प्रकार
मागील लेखात आपण घेरंड मुनींच्या कुंडलिनी ध्यानयोगाची थोडक्यात ओळख करून घेतली. एकूण ध्यान प्रक्रियेची घेरंड मुनींनी ध्यान आणि समाधी अशा दोन भागात विभागणी केलेली आहे हे ही आपण जाणून घेतले. ध्यान आणि समाधी यांचे उद्दिष्ठ काय आहे त्याविषयीचे घेरंड मुनींचे मतही आपण जाणून घेतले. आता पुढे जाऊन घेरंड मुनींची ध्यान पद्धती जाणून घेऊया. ती अभ्यासत असतांना अजपा योगाच्या अनुषंगाने काही सूक्ष्म गोष्टींचा उहापोह करण्याचा यत्नही करूयात.
Posted On : 28 Nov 2022
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.

ASP.NET Core and Design Patterns

Build modern professional web applications using ASP.NET Core - MVC, Razor Pages, Blazor, Web API, and Entity Framework Core. Leverage the power of time proven creational, structural, and behavioral design patterns to build ASP.NET Core web apps. Go here to read more.


Kriya and Meditation

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.