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2. The difference between GetService() and GetRequiredService() in ASP.NET Core

   This post looks at the GetService() and GetRequiredService() methods of the ASP.NET Core DI container, the difference between them and which you should use…

   September 11, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core Dependency Injection
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. Building .NET Framework ASP.NET Core apps on Linux using Mono and the .NET CLI

   In this post I describe the steps to get an ASP.NET Core library that targets both .NET Framework and .NET Standard, building, and running tests on Linux.…

   July 03, 2018 in DevOps .NET Core Mono
5. Building ASP.NET Core apps on both Windows and Linux using AppVeyor

   In this post I show how to take an existing appveyor.yml file and update it to allow building of .NET Core apps cross-platform using Windows and Linux…

   June 26, 2018 in ASP.NET Core DevOps NuGet .NET Core
6. Exploring the .NET Core 2.1 Docker files (updated): dotnet:runtime vs aspnetcore-runtime vs sdk

   In this post, I look at the various Docker base images available for .NET Core 2.1 development, how they differ, and when you should use each of them.…

   June 05, 2018 in Docker Docker Hub DevOps ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 .NET Core
7. Setting ASP.NET Core version numbers for a Docker ONBUILD builder image

   In this post I show how you can pass arguments (such as a build/version number) to a base Dockerfile when using generalized builder images that use ONBUILD.…

   May 22, 2018 in Docker DevOps .NET Core ASP.NET Core Versioning Docker Hub