23 result(s) in everything

• Blog Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Web API and Entity Framework

  Build your first ASP.NET Core Web API on .NET 10 with Entity Framework Core — scaffold models from SQL Server, add an async controller, and test with the built-in OpenAPI document and Scalar.

• Blog Implement Repository Pattern with ASP.NET Core Web API

  Implement the Repository Pattern with ASP.NET Core Web API on .NET 10 — EF Core 10, DTO mapping with extension methods, async CRUD operations, and the built-in OpenAPI support with Scalar.

• Blog Testing ASP.NET Core Web API using Postman

  Test ASP.NET Core Web API endpoints with Postman — GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE with the status codes to expect, then the power features: JWT-protected endpoints, chaining requests with variables, assertion scripts, and running the whole collection in CI with Newman.

• Blog How to Setup CORS Policies in ASP.NET Core Web API

  Configure CORS in ASP.NET Core Web API — default and named policies, origin/method/header restrictions, preflight requests, per-endpoint policies with RequireCors, and EnableCors/DisableCors attribute

• Blog Getting Started with ASP.NET Core MVC

  Create your first ASP.NET Core MVC application on .NET 10 — project structure explained, Program.cs walkthrough, default routing, and your own model, controller, and view.

• Blog RESTful CRUD Operations with ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs

  To build a RESTful CRUD API in ASP.NET Core, model each entity as a resource, map the four HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to read/create/update/delete,…

• Blog EF Core Migrations in a Separate Assembly

  To keep EF Core migrations in a separate assembly, move your DbContext and migrations into a class library, tell EF which assembly owns the migrations with…

• Blog Return Different Types of Content from ASP.NET Core Action Results

  Serve HTML, JSON, plain text, XML, files, and bare status codes from ASP.NET Core actions — with content negotiation, verified response headers, and guidance on choosing.

• Blog AutoMapper in ASP.NET Core Web API — and the Modern Alternatives

  AutoMapper usage in ASP.NET Core Web API, its 2025 commercial licensing change, and the modern alternatives — hand-written mapping extension methods and the Mapperly source generator.

• Blog How to Export SQL Server Data to Excel in C# (Without Office Interop)

  Export SQL Server query results to Excel with ClosedXML — no Office installation, no COM Interop, safe on servers and containers, with styling and a Web API download endpoint.

• Blog Host an ASP.NET Core Web API in IIS

  Publish and host ASP.NET Core in IIS: the ASP.NET Core Module, Hosting Bundle, app pool settings that matter, and the 500.19/500.30/502.5 troubleshooting table.

• Blog CRUD Operations using ASP.NET Core

  Build a complete CRUD API with ASP.NET Core — verified create/read/update/delete requests, the right status codes for each, automatic validation, and the path from in-memory store to EF Core.

• Blog Azure for .NET Developers — Part 5: Blob Storage, Queues, and SAS Tokens That Expire Properly

  BlobServiceClient with DefaultAzureCredential, access tiers and lifecycle rules, and user-delegation SAS links that expire in minutes instead of account keys that never do.

• Blog WCF in the AI Era: Testing Legacy Services and Migrating to CoreWCF or gRPC

  A pragmatic WCF migration path: pin behavior with generated-client tests, lift unchanged contracts onto .NET 10 with CoreWCF (verified end to end), then move consumers to gRPC on your schedule.

• Blog Modern .NET Backend Roadmap — Part 7: Azure Deployment

  Ship the container to Azure: choosing between App Service, Container Apps and AKS, pushing to a registry, secrets and managed identity, and capturing it all as Bicep.

• Blog Modern .NET Backend Roadmap — Part 4: JWT Authentication

  Issue and validate JSON Web Tokens in ASP.NET Core: token endpoint, bearer validation, role-based authorization, and the mistakes that turn tokens into breaches — with verified 401/403/200 flows.

• Blog Azure for .NET Developers — Part 6: Azure Functions vs Background Services — When Serverless Wins

  The isolated worker model, honest cold-start numbers, and a practical decision table for Functions vs IHostedService vs container jobs.

• Blog Azure for .NET Developers — Part 2: Deploy an ASP.NET Core App to App Service the Right Way

  az webapp up, GitHub Actions, Key Vault configuration references, deployment slots for zero-downtime swaps, and the gotchas that break first deployments.

• Blog Python for .NET Developers: A Practical First Project

  Coming from C#? Learn Python by building a small REST API with FastAPI — virtual environments demystified, Pydantic as your model binding, and a side-by-side C# to Python cheat sheet.

• Blog Modern .NET Backend Roadmap — Part 8: CI/CD with GitHub Actions

  Automate build, smoke test, image, and deployment with GitHub Actions: SHA-tagged images, OIDC federation to Azure, environments with approvals, and pipeline hygiene.

• Blog Azure Resource Manager Templates Overview — with Bicep

  How Azure Resource Manager works and why templates beat scripts — with Bicep as the modern authoring language: parameters, resources, outputs, what-if previews, and deployment commands.

• Blog Azure for .NET Developers — Part 7: Create and Automate VMs with the Azure SDK

  The modern Azure.ResourceManager SDK end to end: resource group, network, and a Linux VM with SSH keys from C#, plus scheduled start/stop to keep the bill sane.

• Blog Access SQL Server from a .NET Console Application

  Connect to SQL Server from a .NET 10 console app with Microsoft.Data.SqlClient: connections, parameterized commands, data readers, transactions, and where Dapper and EF Core fit.