C# has a feature, String Interpolation, to format strings in a flexible and readable way. The following example demonstrates the way how we usually output a string when we have data beforehand then pass data to the template string. var name = "April"; var dob = new DateTime(2000, 4, 10);...

The other day at work I ran into an attribute I hadn't heard about, the [Conditional] attribute. In this post I start by describing conditional compilation using pre-processor directives like #if, and then introduce the [Conditional] attribute, and describe how it differs to using #if. Conditional compilation with #if With...

We are going to have a look at the steps you need to take to publish an ASP.NET Core application. Then, we are going to have a look on how to set this website up in IIS. Locating the SPA Static Files In-order for the ASP.NET Core application to render...

SignalR is a popular software library that allows you send server code to client-side applications, like a React application. This tutorial will show you how to install SignalR on both your ASP.NET Core and React Typescript application. Creating your Applications When creating your ASP.NET Core application, there is an option...

There are many benefits to adding a React application to your ASP.NET Core application. The fact that you can house your front-end React tools with your API .NET tools in one application has to be one of the biggest. So how do you go about doing it? Well, if you...

Hi everyone, this article include encrypting your database columns with EntityFramework. Your database providers can be MSSQL or PostgreSQL. Considering that some database columns contain confidential data, it is of great importance that the data is encrypted in case of capture of our database. In this article, it will be...

ASP.NET happens to be amongst the most successful web app development frameworks which Microsoft has introduced recently. Innovative features are being added with every single update, enabling the ASP.NET development services to deploy high-performance and scalable web apps. ASP.NET turns out to be a robust solution for creating awesome apps...

One of the most challenging things to do is ‘making the right choice.’ Arriving at a decision becomes even more complicated when there are multiple options in front of you☺. The same is the case with choosing a testing framework for .NET Core. The three major C# Unit testing frameworks...

Browser security prevents a web page from making requests to a different domain than the one that served the web page. This restriction is called the same-origin policy. The same-origin policy prevents a malicious site from reading sensitive data from another site. Sometimes, you might want to allow other sites...

Let’s start the battle TypeScript vs JavaScript with an introduction of both technologies. JavaScript is a scripting language, that was developed by EMCA’s Technical Committee and Brendan Eich. It works perfectly in web-browsers without the help of any web-server or a compiler. It allows you to change HTML and CSS...

In this article, We will talk about Onion Architecture In ASP.NET Core and it’s advantages. We will also together build a WebApi that follows a variant of Onion Architecture so that we get to see why it is important to implement such an architecture in your upcoming projects. You can...

Exceptions are part of any software and can happen any time even where we are absolutely sure that nothing can go wrong. Exceptions are inevitable, we all agree with that. We should always deal with them in our applications to avoid any kind of unrecoverable crash. In order to avoid...

We have an upcoming project in my group that is going to need to be very, very performant. This project will involve us querying for data from a SQL database, transforming that data into strongly-typed objects, then returning those objects to the calling system through a service layer. Eventually, this...

Many types of applications require background tasks that run independently of the user interface (UI). Examples include batch jobs, intensive processing tasks, and long-running processes such as workflows. Background jobs can be executed without requiring user interaction--the application can start the job and then continue to process interactive requests from...

In this article, we will learn about Using Entity Framework Core and Dapper in ASP.NET Core together in the same application. Another major point of discussion will be Transactions. By the end of the article, we will have an application that works with both Entity Framework Core and Dapper alongside...

Introduction In every project, we use logging concept to handle the exceptions and trace the applications and their flow. This is why logging and tracing play a very crucial role in application development. Basically, Logging and Tracing can be implemented in the following ways. We can store it into Database....

Overview Validation is a very crucial part of Web API implementation. Regardless of what kind of Web API you are building, the bottom line is validating a request before processing it. The common thing I will do in validation is null checks, string checks and custom validation rules. Here, I'll...

Overview In this article, I'll explain about the best possible ways to implement the web API, designing of great web API and finally, the things to remember while implementing API. How to design or build great Web API Applications? Basically we’re building applications (web, windows, etc...) for end users who...

What is a helper page? Helper Page enables you to see the list of Web API endpoints, so that the consumers can easily understand what HTTP method will do. What is the use of helper page? Basically, if you work on traditional Web services or WCF services, the consumers will...

Caching is the process of storing the data that’s frequently used so that data can be served faster for any future requests. Suppose we have a very lightweight process which talks to another server whose data is not going to change frequently; “Our service” and “Users Service” (which returns an...