1. Enjoy this blog? My book, ASP.NET Core in Action is available now! Click here to get the 1st chapter free.
2. Exploring the .NET Core MCR Docker files (updated): runtime vs aspnet vs sdk

   In this post, I look at the various Docker base images available for .NET Core development on MCR, how they differ, and when you should use each of them.…

   March 26, 2019 in Docker Docker Hub DevOps ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.2 .NET Core
3. Creating an AWS policy for calling the SES mailbox simulator from CodeBuild

   In this post I show how to create an AWS IAM policy that allows you to send email with AWS SES to the mailbox simulator only, not to real recipients.…

   December 20, 2018 in AWS DevOps
4. Creating a git repo with Azure Repos and trying out Git LFS

   In this post I show how to create a new Git repo on Azure Repos, how to install Git LFS locally, and host to enable Git LFS in your repositories…

   December 18, 2018 in Git Azure DevOps DevOps
5. Caching Docker layers on serverless build hosts with multi-stage builds, --target, and --cache-from

   In this post I describe how I improved the build performance of ASP.NET Core Docker containers built using AWS CodeBuild by using --target and --cache-from.…

   November 27, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Docker AWS DevOps
6. Building an open source GitHub project using Azure DevOps

   In this post I show how I added CI builds with Azure DevOps to an open source .NET library hosted on GitHub…

   October 11, 2018 in Azure DevOps DevOps ASP.NET Core
7. Running smoke tests for ASP.NET Core apps in CI using Docker

   In this post I'll describe how to use Docker to run a smoke test as part of a CI build pipeline to check that an ASP.NET Core app is able to start up…

   August 28, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Docker DevOps Testing