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• How to set the hosting environment in ASP.NET Core
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• A deep dive into the ASP.NET Core CORS library
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• How to add default security headers in ASP.NET Core using custom middleware
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• Model binding JSON POSTs in ASP.NET Core
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• How to use the IOptions pattern for configuration in ASP.NET Core RC2
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• An introduction to Session storage in ASP.NET Core
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• An introduction to ViewComponents - a login status view component
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• Configuring environment specific services for dependency injection in ASP.NET Core
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• Use project.lock.json to troubleshoot dotnet restore problems
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• How to configure urls for Kestrel, WebListener and IIS express in ASP.NET Core
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• Creating a custom ConfigurationProvider in ASP.NET Core to parse YAML
  • Banner Image - “Cogs” by Kristi Herbert licesnsed under CC BY 2.0
• Redirecting unknown cultures when using the url culture provider
  • Banner Image - “question mark sign” by PeteLinforth licesnsed under CC0
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• Modifying the UI based on user authorisation in ASP.NET Core
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• Making ConcurrentDictionary GetOrAdd thread safe using Lazy
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• Localising the DisplayAttribute and avoiding magic strings in ASP.NET Core
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• Introduction to Authorisation in ASP.NET Core
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• Introduction to Authentication with ASP.NET Core
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• HTML minification using WebMarkupMin in ASP.NET Core
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• Custom authorisation policies and requirements in ASP.NET Core
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• Exploring the cookie authentication middleware in ASP.NET Core
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• Creating an extension method for attaching key-value pairs to scope state using ASP.NET Core
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• Why isn't my ASP.NET Core environment-specific configuration loading?
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• Fixing Nginx "upstream sent too big header" error when running an ingress controller in Kubernetes
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• Home, home on the range: Installing Kubernetes using Rancher 2.0
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• How to create a Helm chart repository using Amazon S3
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• How to include scopes when logging exceptions in ASP.NET Core
  • Banner Image - “Historic Log Structures” by J. Stephen Conn licesnsed under CC BY-NC 2.0
• Using routing DataTokens in ASP.NET Core
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• Using ImageSharp to resize images in ASP.NET Core - a comparison with CoreCompat.System.Drawing
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• How to use multiple hosting environments on the same machine in ASP.NET Core
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• Coming in ASP.NET Core 2.1 - top-level MVC parameter validation
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• Creating strongly typed xUnit theory test data with TheoryData
  • Banner Image - “Data” by Nick Youngson licesnsed under CC BY-SA 3.0
• Implementing custom token providers for passwordless authentication in ASP.NET Core Identity
  • Banner Image - “Subway token” by Travis Goodspeed licesnsed under CC BY 2.0
• Using CancellationTokens in ASP.NET Core MVC controllers
  • Banner image - “cancelled” by Alachua County licesnsed under CC BY 2.0
• Creating parameterised tests in xUnit with [InlineData], [ClassData], and [MemberData]
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• Introduction to the ApiExplorer in ASP.NET Core
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• Creating custom password validators for ASP.NET Core Identity
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• Logging using DiagnosticSource in ASP.NET Core
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• Deconstructors for non-tuple types in C# 7.0
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• Adding Segment client-side analytics to an ASP.NET Core application
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• Creating a validator to check for common passwords in ASP.NET Core Identity
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• Preventing mass assignment or over posting in ASP.NET Core
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• Creating a .NET Core global CLI tool for squashing images with the TinyPNG API
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• Running smoke tests for ASP.NET Core apps in CI using Docker
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• The ASP.NET Core Generic Host: namespace clashes and extension methods
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• The difference between GetService() and GetRequiredService() in ASP.NET Core
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• How to register a service with multiple interfaces in ASP.NET Core DI
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• Using Scrutor to automatically register your services with the ASP.NET Core DI container
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• Adding decorated classes to the ASP.NET Core DI container using Scrutor
  • Banner image - “Decorated Easter Eggs” by Vera Kratochvil licesnsed under CC0 1.0
• Using multiple instances of strongly-typed settings with named options in .NET Core 2.x
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• The dangers and gotchas of using scoped services in IConfigureOptions
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• Configuring named options using IConfigureNamedOptions and ConfigureAll
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• Delaying strongly-typed options configuration using PostConfigure in ASP.NET Core
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• Simplifying dependency injection for IConfigureOptions with the ConfigureOptions() helper
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• Creating singleton named options with IOptionsMonitor
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