Calling Web APIs using the dotnet CLI and HTTP Files with Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 includes new HTTP client tooling. This tool makes it easy to create API calls directly from Visual Studio, with a great output of the API results. It’s easy to directly debug API invocations with this tool. Another tool which I’m using since some years is the HTTP REPL which is available as a dotnet tool. This article shows how both of these tools. Continue reading Calling Web APIs using the dotnet CLI and HTTP Files with Visual Studio

.NET, CSharp

System.Text.Json Serializing Hierarchical Data

The System.Text.Json serializer that was introduced with .NET Core 3.0 gets new features with every new .NET version. With .NET 7, features such as type hieararchies, contract customization, and source generator features have been added. This article shows using the JSON serializer with a hierarchy, and using a source generator. Continue reading System.Text.Json Serializing Hierarchical Data

.NET, CSharp, Entity Framework Core

EF Core Mapping with TpH, Generic Types and Value Conversion

EF Core has powerful options to map your domain model to a relational database. In this article, I’ll show you how to use the Fluent API to configure a hierarchy of generic classes to map to a single table, and to convert a collection to a store a single string in the database. #dotnet #efcore Continue reading EF Core Mapping with TpH, Generic Types and Value Conversion

.NET, WinUI, XAML

What’s the SynchronizationContext used for?

Creating Windows applications, UI controls are bound to the UI thread. .NET made it to different iterations with different patterns dealing with asynchronous programming. .NET 4.0 introduced the Task Parallel Library (TPL) and C# 5 added the async and await keywords. Together with these enhancements of .NET, and the synchronization context, invoking methods that make use of different threads has becoming a lot easier. Continue reading What’s the SynchronizationContext used for?

.NET, ASP.NET Core, Azure, Docker

No more Dockerfiles with the help of .NET CLI

This article shows how to use dotnet publish to create a Docker image without using a Dockerfile – including deployment with GitHub Actions. Continue reading No more Dockerfiles with the help of .NET CLI

.NET, Docker, Entity Framework Core

Using MySQL in a Docker container with EF Core

Running MySQL in a Docker container, and accessing it from EF Core Continue reading Using MySQL in a Docker container with EF Core

.NET, Azure, CSharp

Thrive Conference in Slovenia

The last time the [Thrive conference](https://thriveconf.com) was held was in 2019. Now it’s happening again May, 24-25 2022 in Bistrica, Slovenia. I’m excited to give two presentations and a one-day workshop. Are you attending in-person? Continue reading Thrive Conference in Slovenia

.NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core

Creating a Windows Service with .NET 6

Windows services are programs that are automatically started when the system starts up, or when the user logs in. They run in the background and can run with a different account than the logged-in user. .NET makes it easy to create Windows services or Linux daemons as shown in this article. Continue reading Creating a Windows Service with .NET 6

.NET Core, ASP.NET Core

Upgrading an ASP.NET Core Web API Project to .NET 6

Upgrading an ASP.NET Core 5 application to .NET 6, all what needs to be done is to change the project file for .NET 6, and update the NuGet packages to the new versions, and you’re done and can build and run the application. However, to take advantage of new features, and reduce the number of source code lines, some things can be changed – as shown in this article. Continue reading Upgrading an ASP.NET Core Web API Project to .NET 6

.NET Core, CSharp

C# Nullable Features thru the times

Exceptions of type NullReferenceException are the most common errors with .NET applications. With C# 8, nullable reference types have been introduced to get rid of these exceptions. The new .NET 6 and C# 10 project templates turn on nullable reference types. Over the times, many features in regard to nullability have been added to C#! This article shows many of these features. Continue reading C# Nullable Features thru the times