Category ASP.NET Core
Updating part of an ASP.NET Core MVC View which uses Forms
This article shows how to update part of an ASP.NET Core MVC view which uses forms. Sometimes, within a form, some values depend on other ones, and cannot be updated on the client side. Changes in the form input values sends a partial view update which updates the rest of the dependent values, but not […]
Adding Localization to the ASP.NET Core Identity Pages
The article shows how to localize the new Identity Pages in an ASP.NET Core application. The views, code from the pages, and models require localized strings and are read from global identity resource files. This makes it easy to add translations for further languages, and prevents duplication. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCorePagesWebpack The application is setup using this […]
Updating ASP.NET Core Identity to use Bootstrap 4
This article shows how to update the default Identity Pages template to use Bootstrap 4. You need to scaffold the views into the project, and change the layouts and the views to use the new Bootstrap 4 classes and javascript. The base project is built using Webpack and npm. Bootstrap 4 is loaded from npm, […]
An ASP.NET Core Razor Pages Bootstrap 4 Application using Webpack, Typescript, and npm
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages application could be setup to use webpack, Typescript and npm to build, and bundle the client js, CSS for development and production. The application uses Bootstrap 4. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCorePagesWebpack The example is setup so that the vendor ( 3rd Party packages ) javascript files are used […]
ASP.NET Core MVC Form Requests and the Browser Back button
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core MVC application can request data using a HTML form so that the browser back button will work. When using a HTTP POST to request data from a server, the back button does not work, because it tries to re-submit the form data. This can be solved by using […]
Dynamic CSS in an ASP.NET Core MVC View Component
This post shows how a view with dynamic css styles could be implemented using an MVC view component in ASP.NET Core. The values are changed using a HTML form with ASP.NET Core tag helpers, and passed into the view component which displays the view using css styling. The styles are set at runtime. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreMvcDynamicViews […]
Uploading and sending image messages with ASP.NET Core SignalR
This article shows how images could be uploaded using a file upload with a HTML form in an ASP.MVC Core view, and then sent to application clients using SignalR. The images are uploaded as an ICollection of IFormFile objects, and sent to the SignalR clients using a base64 string. Angular is used to implement the […]
OAuth using OIDC Authentication with PKCE for a .NET Core Console Native Application
This article shows how to use a .NET Core console application securely with an API using the RFC 7636 specification. The app logs into IdentityServer4 using the OIDC authorization code flow with a PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange). The app can then use the access token to consume data from a secure API. This […]
ASP.NET Core Authorization for Windows, Local accounts
This article shows how authorization could be implemented for an ASP.NET Core MVC application. The authorization logic is extracted into a separate project, which is required by some certification software requirements. This could also be deployed as a separate service. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreWindowsAuth Blogs in this series: Supporting both Local and Windows Authentication in ASP.NET Core […]
Supporting both Local and Windows Authentication in ASP.NET Core MVC using IdentityServer4
This article shows how to setup an ASP.NET Core MVC application to support both users who can login in with a local login account, solution specific, or use a windows authentication login. The identity created from the windows authentication could then be allowed to do different tasks, for example administration, or a user from the […]
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