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Why isn't my session state working in ASP.NET Core? Session state, GDPR, and non-essential cookies

In this post I describe why session state appears to not work in ASP.NET Core 2.1+ apps, discuss the GDPR features, and how to work around any issues.…

March 12, 2019 in ASP.NET Core
An introduction to ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

In this post I provide an introduction to Razor Pages, the basics of getting started, and how Razor Pages differs from MVC…

February 12, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Razor Razor Pages
Reducing initial request latency by pre-building services in a startup task in ASP.NET Core

In this post I show a startup task that pre-builds all the services registered in the DI container to reduce the duration of the first request to the app.…

February 05, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
Using health checks to run async tasks in ASP.NET Core
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 4

In this post I describe an approach to running tasks on startup that uses IHostedService to run the tasks and exposes their status using health checks…

January 29, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Configuration Health Checks
Feedback on async task examples and another possible solution
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 3

In this post I discuss some feedback on my previous posts about running async tasks on startup, including why database migrations were a poor example…

January 22, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Configuration
Two approaches for running async tasks
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 2

In this post I show two approaches for running tasks asynchronously on startup. Each approach allow registering tasks using DI, but have different trade offs…

January 15, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Configuration

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Why isn't my session state working in ASP.NET Core? Session state, GDPR, and non-essential cookies

An introduction to ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

Reducing initial request latency by pre-building services in a startup task in ASP.NET Core

Using health checks to run async tasks in ASP.NET Core
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 4

Feedback on async task examples and another possible solution
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 3

Two approaches for running async tasks
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 2

Why isn't my session state working in ASP.NET Core? Session state, GDPR, and non-essential cookies

An introduction to ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

Reducing initial request latency by pre-building services in a startup task in ASP.NET Core

Using health checks to run async tasks in ASP.NET Core Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 4

Feedback on async task examples and another possible solution Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 3

Two approaches for running async tasks Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 2

Using health checks to run async tasks in ASP.NET Core
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 4

Feedback on async task examples and another possible solution
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 3

Two approaches for running async tasks
Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 2