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

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

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

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

Local Users with ASP.NET Core – ASP.NET Core Identity

Local Users with ASP.NET Core – ASP.NET Core Identity

Authentication and authorization is a built-in feature of ASP.NET Core. Creating an application, you can select to authenticate with the Azure Active Directory or the Azure Active Directory B2C, or store user information in a local database with the Web application. This article gives you the information to use local accounts, create roles programmatically from the application, and to restrict access to users belonging to specific roles. Continue reading Local Users with ASP.NET Core – ASP.NET Core Identity

Project Tye – easier development with .NET for Kubernetes

Project Tye – easier development with .NET for Kubernetes

Visual Studio 2019 has great support for Docker and Kubernetes. After opening a solution, Dockerfile files and Helm charts can be added from within the Solution Explorer. For simple project, it still can be too complex to work with Helm chats, define deployments and services. Defining a Dockerfile can be avoided as well. With .NET projects, all the information needed to create a docker image can be found in the project file. This is where the Project Tye comes into play – deploy Microservices to Kubernetes with minimal configuration. In this article I’m showing an example creating a .NET Core web application and API service, let it run locally with tye, and deploy it to an Kubernetes cluster. Continue reading Project Tye – easier development with .NET for Kubernetes