ASP.NET, .NET, Azure, SharePoint, IoT
Entity Framework 2.2 introduces query tags that make it easier to find specific queries from logs and output windows of Visual Studio. When running application on development box it’s possible to live without query tags. We can set breakpoints to see SQL generated from LINQ queries. But how to find queries from log files in multi-threaded or multi-user scenarios?
Read moreAnother day, another disaster with shared hosting. And not this usual gateway-is-down-problem when people are visiting my blog. I started my journey with simple idea – why not WordPress on Azure? After some experiments I got my first results and the picture wasn’t as terrible pricewise as I thought. Here’s my first experiment with WordPress on Azure.
Read moreASP.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.
Read moreWhile messing with dictionaries to create form data for FormUrlEncodedContent so I can send data to server using HTTP client, I started thinking about easier and cleaner way to do it. I was writing integration tests and I wanted to re-use some model classes instead of dictionaries. Here’s how to do it. Sample of integration test is incluced.
Read moreI was writing document and metadata exporter that reads data from SharePoint and writes it to multiple files. I needed to boost up performance of my exporter and I went with multiple threads pumping out the data from SharePoint. One problem I faced – writing metadata to CSV-files from multiple threads in parallel. This blog post shows how to do it using concurrent queue.
Read moreWriting integration tests for ASP.NET Core controller actions used for file uploads is not a rare need. It is fully supported by ASP.NET Core integration tests system. This post shows how to write integration tests for single and multiple file uploads.
Read moreNext version of Microsoft Edge browser is replacing its current rendering engine and in future it will run on Chromium – the same rendering engine used by Google Chrome browser. Edge gets total rework and ends one era in Microsoft history on browsers field. With new browser there will come interesting new features. Here is overview of insiders release of next Microsoft Edge.
Read moreI have application that uses ASP.NET Core Identity with classic logins and there’s need to cover this application with integration tests. Some tests are for anonymous users and others for authenticated users. This blog post shows how to set selectively set authenticated ASP.NET Core Identity user for ASP.NET Core integration tests.
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My previous post demonstrated how to use custom appsettings.js file with integration tests in ASP.NET Core. But in practice it’s not enough and very often we need custom startup class that extends the one in web application project to configure application for integration tests. This blog post shows how to do it.
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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.
Read moreI have ASP.NET Core web application where I need to include partial view only if it exists. The application uses areas and some areas may have their specific side menu. This blog post shows two ways how to conditionally include partial view to ASP.NET Core layout page.
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