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2. 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
3. Using ImageSharp to resize images in ASP.NET Core - Part 4: saving to disk

   In this post I show a different approach to caching images. We write the file to disk in the wwwroot folder and serve the file with the StaticFileMiddleware…

   June 01, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Image Processing
4. The Microsoft.AspNetCore.All metapackage is huge, and that's awesome, thanks to the .NET Core runtime store

   The ASP.NET Core 2.0 preview 1 metapackage, Microsoft.AspNetCore.All, includes every package released as part of ASP.NET Core. This post looks at why.…

   May 30, 2017 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 NuGet
5. How to use multiple hosting environments on the same machine in ASP.NET Core

   This post shows how to use multiple hosting environments for different apps on a machine, by using environment variables and the UseEnvironment() method.…

   May 25, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Hosting Environment
6. Using Razor Pages to simplify basic actions in ASP.NET Core 2.0 preview 1

   One of the new features added to ASP.NET Core in version 2.0 preview 1 is Razor Pages This post dips a toe into how and when you might want to use them.…

   May 23, 2017 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1
7. 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