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2. Why isn't my ASP.NET Core environment-specific configuration loading?

   In this post I describe an issue I was having in which my application wouldn't load my appsettings.Development.json file when running in Docker on Linux…

   September 04, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Configuration
3. Converting web.config files to appsettings.json with a .NET Core global tool

   In this post I describe how I created a .NET Core global tool to easily convert configuration stored in web.config files to JSON files for ASP.NET Core.…

   July 16, 2018 in .NET Core ASP.NET Core .NET CLI Configuration
4. Adding validation to strongly typed configuration objects in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I describe how to to verify your strongly typed configuration objects are correctly bound to your configuration at app startup…

   July 10, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Configuration
5. Sharing appsettings.json configuration files between projects in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how you can extract common settings to a shared JSON file and how to configure your projects to use them locally and after publishing…

   February 06, 2018 in ASP.NET Core 2.0 Configuration ASP.NET Core
6. 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
7. Reloading strongly typed options in ASP.NET Core 1.1.0

   In this post, I'll show how you can use the new IOptionsSnapshot<> interface to reload strongly typed options when a configuration file changes in ASP.NET…

   January 24, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Configuration