Category ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core MVC Ajax Form requests using jquery-unobtrusive
This article shows how to send Ajax requests in an ASP.NET Core MVC application using jquery-unobtrusive. This can be tricky to setup, for example when using a list of data items with forms using the onchange Javascript event, or the oninput event. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBootstrap4Validation History 2020-08-31 Updated to use latest packages. Setting up the Project […]
Implementing User Management with ASP.NET Core Identity and custom claims
The article shows how to implement user management for an ASP.NET Core application using ASP.NET Core Identity. The application uses custom claims, which need to be added to the user identity after a successful login, and then an ASP.NET Core policy is used to authorize the identity. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalRSecurity History 2023-01-07 Updated .NET 7, Angular […]
Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API
The article shows how to implement an OData client from an ASP.NET Core application. Bearer token authorization is used to secure the API. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOData This blog is part 2 from this blog: Part 1: OData with ASP.NET Core History 2020-11-22 Updated .NET 5 2020-07-06 Updated .NET Core 3.1, IdentityServer4 4.0.2 Setting up the applications […]
OData with ASP.NET Core
This article explores how to setup an OData API with ASP.NET Core. The application uses Entity Framework Core with a database first approach using the adventureworks 2016 Microsoft SQL Database. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOData Part 2: Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API History 2020-11-22 Updated .NET […]
Creating a PDF in ASP.NET Core using MigraDoc PDFSharp
This article shows how to use MigraDoc in ASP.NET Core to create PDF documents. In the last blog post, Creating a PDF in ASP.NET Core, PDFSharp was used to create the PDF. MigraDoc is used on top on this, which makes it easy to create tables and other document layouts. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCorePdf Setting up the […]
Creating PDF files in ASP.NET Core
This article shows how to create PDF files in ASP.NET Core. I decided I wanted to use PDFSharp, because I like this library, but no NuGet packages exist for .NET Standard 2.0. YetaWF created a port for this, which was used 1:1 in this example, without changes. It would be great to see PDFSharp as […]
Deploying an ASP.NET Core application to Windows IIS
This article explains how to deploy an ASP.NET Core application to a Windows hosted IIS Server. Most applications are now deployed to a cloud hosted solutions like Azure App Services, but sometimes it is required to deploy to an IIS. I ran into an number of issues, which weren’t very well documented, which surprised me […]
Implementing a multi-tenant OIDC Azure AD external login for IdentityServer4
This article shows how to setup a multi-tenant Azure AD external login for IdentityServer4 which uses ASP.NET Core Identity. Code: IdentityServer4 app with Identity Setting up the Azure AD Application registration for multiple tenants An Azure AD Application registration needs to be setup for the Active Directory tenant. Login to the Azure portal and switch […]
Is Active Route Tag Helper for ASP.NET MVC Core with Razor Page support
Ben Cull did an excellent tag helper which makes it easy to set the active class element using the route data from an ASP.NET Core MVC application. This blog uses this and extends the implementation with support for Razor Pages. Original blog: Is Active Route Tag Helper for ASP.NET MVC Core by Ben Cull The […]
Disabling parts of ASP.NET Core Identity
This article shows how to disable parts of ASP.NET Core Identity in a Web Application. In the ASP.NET Core Identity, the Identiy UI is deployed as part of the NuGet package. So per default everything is enabled and you have to opt-out, unlike the older versions which was opt-in. If you are not careful, this […]
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