Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades

Andrew Lock
.NET Core

  1. 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

  2. Exploring the Microsoft.AspNetCore.App shared framework in ASP.NET Core 2.1 (preview 1)

    In ASP.NET core 2.1 (currently in preview 1) Microsoft have changed the way the ASP.NET core framework is deployed for .NET Core apps, by moving to a system of shared frameworks instead of using the runtime store. In this post, I look at some of the history…
    on ASP.NET Core 2.1 NuGet ASP.NET Core .NET Core - 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. Exploring the .NET Core Docker files: dotnet vs aspnetcore vs aspnetcore-build

    When you build and deploy an application in Docker, you define how your image should be built using a Dockerfile. This file lists the steps required to create the image, for example: set an environment variable, copy a file, or run a script. Whenever a step is run, a new…
    on Docker Docker Hub DevOps ASP.NET Core .NET Core - Comments

  5. Creating strongly typed xUnit theory test data with TheoryData

    In a recent post I described the various ways you can pass data to xUnit theory tests using attributes such as [InlineData], [ClassData], or [MemberData]. For the latter two, you create a property, method or class that returns IEnumerable<object[]>, where each object[] item contains the arguments for…
    on .NET Core Testing xUnit - Comments

  6. Creating a custom xUnit theory test DataAttribute to load data from JSON files

    In my last post, I described the various ways to pass data to an xUnit [Theory] test. These are: [InlineData] - Pass the data for the theory test method parameters as arguments to the attribute [ClassData] - Create a custom class that implements IEnumerable<object[]>, and use this…
    on .NET Core Testing xUnit - Comments