ASP.NET Core Blazor Server is a platform for developing modern and dynamic web applications. With Blazor Server, you can write code in C# and create rich user interfaces using HTML and CSS, all while taking advantage of server-side rendering and real-time updates. Advantages of Blazor Server-side rendering Interactive user interfaces Real-time updates .NET runtime Easy integration...

Back in 2008, I wrote a series of articles about using iTextSharp to generate PDF files in an ASP.NET application. I still use iTextSharp in a large MVC 5 application that I'm in the process of migrating to ASP.NET Core. The version I use is very old (4.1.6), and the API is very low level so it takes quite a while to write the code required to generate even a...

A Guide to Building Scalable, Maintainable Web API using ASP .NET Core The term “Clean Architecture” has become increasingly popular in software development in recent years. Clean Architecture is a software design pattern that prioritizes the separation of concerns, making it easier to maintain, test, and evolve an application over time. This article will look at Clean Architecture and how it can be applied to ASP.NET Core applications. What is Clean Architecture? Clean...

A Quick Guide to Transient, Scoped, and Singleton in C#. In C#, the Transient, Scoped, and Singleton scopes are options for controlling the lifetime of objects which are created by dependency injection. Transient Transient objects are created each time they are requested. This means that if a Transient is injected into multiple consumers, each consumer will receive a separate instance of the object. Scoped Scoped objects are created once per request. This means that if...

Database Setup with DbUp + Postgresql + Dapper in ASP.Net Core In this tutorial, we are going to explore how we can setup our database on startup when using Dapper for accessing database. When using Dapper, one of the key learning I came to know is that we have to have database and tables already created in advance in order to read/write data. So we have to write some kind of migration logic...

In this article, you will see a Web API solution template which is built on Hexagonal Architecture with all essential features using .NET Core. Download source code from GitHub Download project template from Microsoft marketplace Introduction This is kick-off project which will have all essential things integrated to it. When we have to start with a new project, then we should think...

Entity Framework Core is recommended and the most popular tool for interacting with relational databases on ASP NET Core. It is powerful enough to cover most possible scenarios, but like any other tool, it has its limitations. Long time people said (not without reason) that Entity Frmaework does not match high load systems and for these scenarios it is better to use Dapper. But time goes by and Entity Framework...