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First experiments with makecode and micro:bit
At the MVP Global Summit, I heard about MakeCode for the first time. The project makes it really easy for people to get a first contact, introduction with code and computer science. I got the chance to play around with the Micro:bit which has a whole range of sensors and can easily be programmed from […]
Implementing Two-factor authentication with IdentityServer4 and Twilio
This article shows how to implement two factor authentication using Twilio and IdentityServer4 using Identity. On the Microsoft’s Two-factor authentication with SMS documentation, Twilio and ASPSMS are promoted, but any SMS provider can be used. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreID4External 2017-09-23 Updated to ASP.NET Core 2.0 Setting up Twilio Create an account and login to https://www.twilio.com/ Now create […]
Implementing OpenID Code Flow with PKCE using OpenIddict and Angular
This article shows how to implement the OpenID Connect Code Flow with PKCE using OpenIddict hosted in an ASP.NET Core application, an ASP.NET Core Web API and an Angular application as the client. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOpeniddict 2021-12-24 Updated to ASP.NET Core 6, Angular 13 2020-12-26 Updated to ASP.NET Core 5, Angular 11, OpenIddict 3 2017-05-27 Updated […]
Testing an ASP.NET Core MVC Protobuf API using HTTPClient and xUnit
The article shows how to test an ASP.NET Core MVC API using xUnit and a HTTPClient client using Protobuf for the content formatters. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreMvcProtobufFormatters Posts in this series: ASP.NET Core Using Protobuf Formatters Testing an ASP.NET Core MVC Protobuf API using HTTPClient and xUnit 2019-01-30 Updated to ASP.NET Core 2.2 2017-08-17 Updated ASP.NET Core […]
.NET Core logging to MySQL using NLog
This article shows how to log to MySQL in a .NET Core application using NLog. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreNlog 2020-01-12 Updated to .NET Core 3.1, NLog.Web.AspNetCore 4.9.0 2018-04-04 Updated to NLog.Web.AspNetCore 4.5.1, ASP.NET Core 2.0 NLog posts in this series: ASP.NET Core logging with NLog and Microsoft SQL Server ASP.NET Core logging with NLog and Elasticsearch Settings […]
Contributing to OSS projects on gitHub using fork and upstreams
This article is a simple guideline on how you could contribute to gitHub OSS projects using fork and upstream. This is not the only way to do it. git Extensions is used for this demo, but any git client can be used. In this example, aspnet/AspLabs from Microsoft is used as the target repository. So […]
ASP.NET Core, Angular with Webpack and Visual Studio
This article shows how Webpack could be used together with Visual Studio ASP.NET Core and Angular. Both the client and the server side of the application is implemented inside one ASP.NET Core project which makes it easier to deploy. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AngularWebpackVisualStudio Blogs in this series: ASP.NET Core, Angular with Webpack and Visual Studio Building production […]
SQL Localization NuGet package for ASP.NET Core
I have released a simple SQL Localization NuGet package which can be used with ASP.NET Core and any database supported by Entity Framework Core. The localization can be used like the default ASP.NET Core localization. I would be grateful for feedback, new feature requests, pull requests, or ways of improving this package. DOCUMENTATION NOW HERE: […]
Adding Cache safe links to a Grunt build in ASP.NET Core 1.0
The post shows how to add cache safe links and scripts to a HTML file using grunt in a ASP.NET Core 1.0 application. The post uses the grunt build configuration from this blog, ( ASP.NET Core 1.0 Typescript AngularJS application with a grunt production configuration ). Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNet5TypescriptProductionGrunt 2016.07.01: Updated to ASP.NET Core 1.0 RTM […]
MVC searching with Elasticsearch Highlighting
This article shows how to use Elasticsearch highlighting in a MVC application for search results. The application does a simple Elasticsearch Fuzzy Query and the highlighted results are displayed in a Razor view. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MVCSearchHighlightingElasticsearch Other Tutorials: Part 1: ElasticsearchCRUD introduction Part 2: MVC application search with simple documents using autocomplete, jQuery and jTable Part […]
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