Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades

Andrew Lock
.NET CLI

  1. Converting web.config files to appsettings.json with a .NET Core global tool

    In this post I describe how and why I created a .NET Core global tool to easily convert configuration stored in web.config files to the JSON format more commonly used for configuration in ASP.NET Core. tl;dr; You can install the tool by running dotnet tool install --global…
    on .NET Core ASP.NET Core .NET CLI Configuration - Comments

  2. Creating a .NET Core global CLI tool for squashing images with the TinyPNG API

    In this post I describe a .NET Core CLI global tool I created that can be used to compress images using the TinyPNG developer API. I'll give some background on .NET Core CLI tools, describe the changes to tooling in .NET Core 2.1, and show some of the code…
    on .NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 .NET CLI - Comments

  3. Including linked files from outside the project directory in ASP.NET Core

    This post is just a quick tip that I found myself using recently- including files in a project that are outside the project directory. I suspect this feature may have slipped under the radar for many people due to the slightly obscure UI hints you need to pick up on…
    on ASP.NET Core .NET Core Visual Studio .NET CLI - Comments

  4. Running tests with dotnet xunit using Cake

    In this post I show how you can run tests using the xUnit .NET CLI Tool dotnet xunit when building projects using Cake. Cake includes first class support for running test using dotnet test via the DotNetCoreTest alias, but if you want access to the additional configuration provided by the…
    on Testing .NET Core .NET CLI DevOps - Comments

  5. The .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1, version numbers and global.json

    So as I'm sure most people reading this are aware, Microsoft announced ASP.NET Core and .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 at Microsoft Build 2017 this week. I've been pretty busy with a variety of things, so I wasn't really planning on checking out most of the pieces for…
    on ASP.NET Core .NET CLI Installation .NET Core 2.0 Preview 1 - Comments

  6. Creating a basic Web API template using dotnet new custom templates

    In my last post, I showed a simple, stripped-down version of the Web API template with the Razor dependencies removed. As an excuse to play with the new CLI templating functionality, I decided to turn this template into a dotnet new template. For details on this new capability, check out…
    on .NET CLI ASP.NET Core NuGet - Comments