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2. How to build with Cake on Linux using Cake.CoreCLR or the Cake global tool

   In this post I show how to build .NET Core projects on Linux using the Cake.CoreCLR library or the .NET Core global tool Cake.Tool.…

   August 06, 2019 in .NET Core Cake DevOps Docker
3. Using the ReferenceAssemblies NuGet package to build .NET Framework libraries on Linux, without installing Mono

   In this post I show how to build .NET projects that target the full .NET Framework on Linux with the Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies NuGet…

   July 30, 2019 in .NET Core DevOps Mono NuGet
4. 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
5. Why is string.GetHashCode() different each time I run my program in .NET Core?

   In this post I discuss string.GetHashCode(), why it's randomised, and hash-attacks. I also provide a deterministic implementation you can use when it's safe…

   December 11, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core C#
6. Using multiple instances of strongly-typed settings with named options in .NET Core 2.x

   In this post I describe how you can register multiple instances of a strongly-typed settings object in the ASP.NET Core DI container using named options.…

   October 16, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration
7. Adding decorated classes to the ASP.NET Core DI container using Scrutor

   In my last post, I described how you can use Scrutor to add assembly scanning to the ASP.NET Core built-in DI container, without using a third-party library…

   October 02, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core Dependency Injection