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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…

   April 03, 2018 in .NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 .NET CLI
3. Exploring the Microsoft.AspNetCore.App shared framework in ASP.NET Core 2.1 (preview 1)

   ASP.NET core 2.1 introduces the Microsoft.AspNetCore.App shared fraamework. In this post, I look at the motivation for this change, and what it means for…

   March 20, 2018 in ASP.NET Core 2.1 NuGet ASP.NET Core .NET Core
4. 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…

   January 30, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core Visual Studio .NET CLI
5. Exploring the .NET Core Docker files: dotnet vs aspnetcore vs aspnetcore-build

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

   January 02, 2018 in Docker Docker Hub DevOps ASP.NET Core .NET Core
6. Creating strongly typed xUnit theory test data with TheoryData

   In this post I show how you can create strongly-typed data for your xUnit theory tests using the TheoryData class, instead of using IEnumerable.…

   November 21, 2017 in .NET Core Testing xUnit
7. Creating a custom xUnit theory test DataAttribute to load data from JSON files

   In this post I'll show how you can create a custom implementation of an xUnit DataAttribute that loads the data for theory tests from JSON files.…

   November 14, 2017 in .NET Core Testing xUnit