Data Seeding with EF Core

One of the new EF Core 2.1 features is seeding of data. Contrary to the older version of Entity Framework, … Continue reading Data Seeding with EF Core

.NET Core, Azure, Entity Framework Core

First experiments using EF Core with Azure Cosmos DB

Entity Framework Core (EF Core) was designed to not being a framework for only relational databases. It just takes some time to get the first non-relational providers. Now is the time.
Microsoft now has the first preview for an EF Core provider for Cosmos DB. With this I have to do my first experiments using Cosmos DB from EF Core. Continue reading First experiments using EF Core with Azure Cosmos DB

.NET Core, Architecture, UWP, WPF, Xamarin, XAML

Disposing Injected Services (or: Using Dependency Injection Scopes)

The DI container Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection disposes registered services automatically. It’s just the question when the dispose takes place. Automatic dispose of transient and scoped services happen at the end of a scope. With ASP.NET Core applications, scopes are created with every HTTP request – after the request, services are disposed. This article shows creating and using DI scopes with XAML-based applications. Continue reading Disposing Injected Services (or: Using Dependency Injection Scopes)

ASP.NET Core

Library Manager to manage Client-side Packages

With Visual Studio 2017 15.8 the Library Manager is released! This feature of Visual Studio allows to manage client side libraries with Web applications. It’s not just another library manager, but a tool that fills the gap that other library managers don’t offer.
Continue reading Library Manager to manage Client-side Packages

UWP, XAML

Binding to Source Updates not happening with TextBox and AppBarButton

Seeing that the TextBox in focus doesn’t update the bound object? The reason might be that the focus is not … Continue reading Binding to Source Updates not happening with TextBox and AppBarButton

Angular, Azure

Hosting Angular Apps on Azure Storage with an Azure Functions Back-end

Recently I blogged hosting a Blazor App on Azure Storage. In the same way, any SPA application can be hosted … Continue reading Hosting Angular Apps on Azure Storage with an Azure Functions Back-end

ASP.NET Core, Azure

Using Azure Active Directory B2C with ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core and Azure Active Directory B2C offers easy ways for identity management. It’s great functionality out of the box. Continue reading Using Azure Active Directory B2C with ASP.NET Core

CSharp

C# 8: Indexes and Ranges

A new feature with .NET Core 2.1 is the Span type. This type allows direct access to memory in the stack, in the managed heap, and in the native heap. A great feature of the Span type is to take a split of the memory to access only an area within. The next step is to extend this to the C# programming language with ranges. Continue reading C# 8: Indexes and Ranges

ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core Identity Pages with ASP.NET Core 2.1

Creating a ASP.NET Core 2.1 project with identity configured you might miss controllers and many views that all have been … Continue reading ASP.NET Core Identity Pages with ASP.NET Core 2.1

Azure

Hosting Blazor on Azure Storage with an Azure Functions backend

With a Blazor app, the complete code runs on the client. Blazor (similar to other SPA frameworks) app can use … Continue reading Hosting Blazor on Azure Storage with an Azure Functions backend