A collection of 86 posts
As a developer advocate, I find myself writing a lot of demos for folks around .NET and, specifically, the ASP.NET Core parts of the stack. Unfortunately, writing repetitive boilerplate can make me feel like Jack Torrence from The Shining movie:...
Moving from one ecosystem to another can be challenging, especially when unfamiliar with the technology stack and available tools. So I wrote this post for anyone coming to ASP.NET Core from another ecosystem or .NET developers who might be dabbling...
I previously wrote about a few posts about file uploads with ASP.NET Core, but there’s always been a web component that provides a much more excellent experience. The multiple-file drag-and-drop component allows you to upload many files in one web...
FastEndpoints is an alternative web framework built on ASP.NET Core primitives to reinforce the Request-Endpoint-Response (REPR) Design pattern. In summary, FastEndpoints lets you focus on building endpoint-focused APIs instead of dealing with the ceremony of something like MVC or the...
Part of what makes ASP.NET Core so powerful is the C# language and the ability to generate UI based on object metadata. The ability to define metadata as a single source of truth helps reduce repetition and makes refactoring UI...
An essential part of building web applications is understanding what elements may look like in an evolving user interface. For most users, the web is a visual medium with complex components that include many images. This trend has accelerated since...
Nothing screams PRODUCTIVITY like real-time charts on a large dashboard, with every onscreen update beating to the heartbeat of your organization’s rhythm.
The HTTP specification is a living document constantly being evaluated and modified. While many developers may consider the specification “done”, many suggested HTTP methods are on the horizon that will allow you to do new and exciting things. One such...
If you’re building apps with .NET Minimal APIs, you’ll likely want to implement OpenAPI along with the OpenAPI’s UI interface. The UI interface allows API developers to give consuming clients the ability to learn more about the surface API related...
As I work more consistently with the top-level style of .NET and ASP.NET Core applications, I find myself needing to do more start-up operations that have to occur before my application starts. Typically, in an ASP.NET Core application, the server...
