Open source & writing
Code I've shipped, books I've written, podcasts I host, and courses and workshops I've built over the years.
ASP.NET Core Reimagined with htmx
A practical guide to building modern web applications with ASP.NET Core and htmx, leveraging hypermedia-driven interactions without heavy JavaScript frameworks.
- ASP.NET Core
- htmx
- Razor Pages
Entity Framework Core Course
A deep-dive course on Entity Framework Core: modeling, migrations, performance tuning, SQL Server execution plans, and real-world data-access patterns for .NET.
- .NET
- EF Core
- SQL Server
cwoodruff on GitHub
My open-source work: sample projects, conference demos, and libraries across .NET, data access, and web architecture.
- .NET
- C#
- Open Source
Beyond Boundaries: Network Programming with C# 12 and .NET 8
From sockets to QUIC and HTTP/3, WebSockets, gRPC, MQTT, SignalR, and WebRTC: the network programming book for C# developers who ship real distributed systems.
- C#
- .NET
- Networking
Developer Relations Activity Patterns
A unified approach to DevRel, DX, and community management: the systematic catalog of 37 recurring activities, co-authored with Ted Neward, Scott McAllister, and David Neal.
- Developer Relations
- Community
- DX
htmx & Razor Pages Workshop
A hands-on workshop walking teams through building production-ready htmx features on top of ASP.NET Core Razor Pages.
- htmx
- Razor Pages
- ASP.NET Core
Terraform Workshop
Infrastructure-as-code fundamentals: designing reusable Terraform modules, state management, and multi-environment deployment pipelines.
- Terraform
- Azure
- AWS
The Breakpoint Show
Conversations with software engineers, architects, and leaders about the decisions that shape systems and careers.
- Podcast
The Woody Show
A long-running podcast exploring the intersection of software craft, culture, and the lives of the people building today's systems.
- Podcast
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