Tag Archives: ASP.NET Core
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Securing the CDN links in the ASP.NET Core 2.1 templates
This article uses the the ASP.NET Core 2.1 MVC template and shows how to secure the CDN links using the integrity parameter. A new ASP.NET Core MVC application was created using the 2.1 template in Visual Studio. This template uses HTTPS per default and has added some of the required HTTPS headers like HSTS which […]
Securing an ASP.NET Core MVC application which uses a secure API
The article shows how an ASP.NET Core MVC application can implement security when using an API to retrieve data. The OpenID Connect Hybrid flow is used to secure the ASP.NET Core MVC application. The application uses tokens stored in a cookie. This cookie is not used to access the API. The API is protected using […]
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