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2. Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core (Part 1)

   In this post I look at the problem of running one-off tasks asynchronously on app startup in ASP.NET Core. I explore the options and discuss pros and cons…

   January 08, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Configuration
3. Creating singleton named options with IOptionsMonitor

   In this post I introduce the IOptionsMonitor interface, and show how you can use it in place of IOptionsSnapshot to create Singleton named options…

   November 20, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection
4. Simplifying dependency injection for IConfigureOptions with the ConfigureOptions() helper

   In this post I show how to use ConfigureOptions() to automatically register all the IConfigureOptions interfaces implemented by a type with the DI container…

   November 13, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection
5. Delaying strongly-typed options configuration using PostConfigure in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how to use PostConfigure() with strongly-typed options to run configuration actions after all other Configure() actions are applied.…

   November 06, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection
6. Configuring named options using IConfigureNamedOptions and ConfigureAll

   In this post I look at how to configure named options that require injected services and how to configure all named options at once using ConfigureAll()…

   October 30, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection
7. The dangers and gotchas of using scoped services in IConfigureOptions

   In this post I look at the problems you can hit with strongly-typed settings when you inject Scoped services into IConfigureOptions, and how to avoid them…

   October 23, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection