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2. Exploring the Microsoft.AspNetCore.App shared framework in ASP.NET Core 2.1 (preview 1)

   ASP.NET core 2.1 introduces the Microsoft.AspNetCore.App shared fraamework. In this post, I look at the motivation for this change, and what it means for…

   March 20, 2018 in ASP.NET Core 2.1 NuGet ASP.NET Core .NET Core
3. Exploring the cookie authentication middleware in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I go into detail about how AuthenticationMiddleware is implemented in ASP.NET Core, using the CookieAuthenticationMiddleware as a case study.…

   August 07, 2016 in ASP.NET Core Source Code Dive Auth Security
4. Exploring the ASP.NET Core Identity PasswordHasher

   In this post I take a look at the PasswordHasher<> implementation from the ASP.NET Core Identity framework, and how it supports multiple hashing algorithms.…

   October 24, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core Identity Security Source Code Dive
5. Exploring Program.cs, Startup.cs and CreateDefaultBuilder in ASP.NET Core 2 preview 1

   In this post, I'll take a look at how Program.cs and Startup.cs have changed in ASP.NET Core 2.0 preview 1 and introduce the new CreateDefaultBuilder method…

   May 16, 2017 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 Configuration Getting Started
6. Exploring Middleware as MVC Filters in ASP.NET Core 1.1

   This post takes a look at the code behind the 'Middleware as Filters' feature that is coming to ASP.NET Core, looking at how the feature is implemented.…

   November 22, 2016 in ASP.NET Core Middleware Middleware as Filters
7. Defining custom logging messages with LoggerMessage.Define in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I take a look at one of the helper methods in the ASP.NET Core logging library, and how you can use it to efficiently log messages in your app…

   June 06, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Logging