A collection of 74 posts
In the whirlwind of new technologies whizzing by us continuously, it is sobering to remember that most of a developer’s role is to get data from one location to another. In the case of HTTP APIs, the response we return...
As software developers, we sure do love us some options, especially when it allows us to change application behavior without reimplementing or compiling our apps. The developer gods have carved configuration into our collective dev DNA. Whether you’re new or...
.NET 5 is here, and with the release comes a barrel of Blazor improvements. One of the upgrades Blazorinos should be most excited about is JavaScript isolation and object references within .NET.
Dependency injection (DI) isn’t a new concept in the .NET space, but the ASP.NET team made it a mainstream feature of ASP.NET Core. ASP.NET Core ships with a default service location mechanism that may behave differently than the previous inversion...
No matter how you choose to pronounce it, GIFs are a fantastic technology of our modern age. A correctly selected GIF can bring laughter, joy, and even comfort to both sender and recipient alike.
Let’s say we’re building a brand new HTTP API that supports webhooks, and we want the best for our ASP.NET consumers. We should document elements like endpoints, payloads, authentication, and responses our API expects from consumers. Documentation can be overwhelming...
The web development community has come a long way since the early days of the web. Building interactive web experiences can leave many developers in a state of paralysis. What web framework should we use? What transpiler should create my...
Hey folks, this is a short but crucial blog post for anyone writing custom middleware for ASP.NET. In this post, we’ll see how we can correctly add headers to an HTTP response and avoid the dreaded System.InvalidOperationException error.
Have you ever wanted to enrich HTML server-side before reaching the client? Of course, you have! The idea of declaring behavior and then having the tedious parts handled by a framework is what most developers want.
I recently worked on a proof of concept library that involves access to the web request at the HttpContext level. The library I’m building needs to register endpoints, and these endpoints need to process basic query string parameters. Fundamental stuff,...
