Lightweight custom authentication with ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core Identity is popular choice when web application needs authentication. It supports local accounts with username and password but also social ID-s like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft Account etc. But what if ASP.NET Core Identity is too much for us and we need something smaller? What if requirements make it impossible to use it? Here’s my lightweight solution for custom authentication in ASP.NET Core.

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Using custom appsettings.json with ASP.NET Core integration tests

ASP.NET Core introduced the concept of TestServer for integration testing of web applications. Integration tests need web application run with all bells and whistles to make sure that all components work together with no flaws. Often we need special settings for integration tests as web application cannot use live services and easiest way to do it is to use special appsettings.json file. This blog post shows how to do it.

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Automated date based versioning for ASP.NET Core assemblies using Azure DevOps

I needed automatic version numbering based on current date when web application is built. It was wish by some customers and in their projects it’s okay with it. As their code is covered with automated tests and other diagnostics I’m using Azure DevOps as build server and this is where I made automated date based versioning work.

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