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2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Creating NuGet packages in Docker using the .NET Core CLI

   In this post, I discuss how you can create NuGet packages when you build your app in Docker using the .NET Core CLI and pass a version using --build-args.…

   May 15, 2018 in .NET Core Docker DevOps NuGet
6. Version vs VersionSuffix vs PackageVersion: What do they all mean?

   In this post I look at the various version numbers you can set when building a .NET Core project, such as Version, VersionSuffix, and PackageVersion.…

   May 08, 2018 in .NET Core Versioning
7. 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