.NET Boxed Visual Studio Integration
You can now create .NET Boxed projects directly from Visual Studio. Here's a short post showing you how.
You can now create .NET Boxed projects directly from Visual Studio. Here's a short post showing you how.
How to build a URL containing dynamic query arguments using the ASP.NET Core QueryHelpers.AddQueryString method. A hidden gem in ASP.NET Core.
How to use and implement Cache-Control, Cache-Control Immutable, E-Tag, Last-Modified and If-Modified-Since Caching HTTP headers in ASP.NET Core.
An .editorconfig file helps define and maintain consistent coding styles between different editors and IDEs for files with different file extensions.
Schema.NET is Schema.org objects turned into strongly typed C# POCO classes for use in .NET.
Move your ASP.NET Core MVC action method logic into lazily loaded commands using the command pattern, to reduce Controller complexity.
How to add feature selection to your dotnet new template using symbols (bool, string, choice, computed) and pre-processor directives.
Implementing Application Insights into your ASP.NET Core application with performance and security as a top priority in this advanced scenario.
Use an ASP.NET Core TagHelper to implement Subresource Integrity (SRI) to ensure that external resources have not been tampered with. With is part 2.
Use an ASP.NET Core TagHelper to implement Subresource Integrity (SRI) to ensure that external resources have not been tampered with.
Colorful.Console is a C# library that wraps around the System.Console class, making your console apps more colourful. Write ASCII art using Figlet fonts.
Log exception details and custom properties that are not output in Exception.ToString() using Serilog.Exceptions for .NET.
With the release of ASP.NET Core Boilerplate, this post discusses what's new and what is currently missing due to ASP.NET Core still being in beta.
How to dynamically generate a robots.txt file using a simple ASP.NET MVC action method and only a few lines of code.
Use canonical URL's in ASP.NET MVC for better Search Engine Optimization (SEO) using ASP.NET Core Boilerplate and the RedirectToCanonicalUrlAttribute.
How to build a fully featured RSS/Atom feed for ASP.NET MVC, including Google's PubSubHubbub and the 'Subscribe to this feed' button.
C# 6.0 helps reduce human error and save developers from themselves using the nameof operator, string interpolation and the null-conditional operator.
Content Security Policy (CSP) is a HTTP header which white-lists content the browser is allowed to load. This post discusses its application in ASP.NET MVC.
The NWebSec NuGet packages help secure your ASP.NET MVC site using HTTP headers. The ASP.NET Core Boilerplate project template configures them our of the box.
Shows how to use the Reactive Extensions (Rx) Sample method to reduce the number of subscribed events by taking a sample from them over a given time period.
The web.config file is insecure in the default ASP.NET MVC project template. This post talks you through securing the ASP.NET MVC Web.config file.
A guide to creating custom Visual Studio project templates in .zip and VSIX form and submitting them to the Visual Studio Gallery, so it can be downloaded.
Add favicon's to your website to support iOS, Android, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Phone and more. Find out where icons are used on each platform and how.
ASP.NET Core Boilerplate is a professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites.
Elysium Extra Version 1.1 is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and some custom controls.
An base class implementation for the INotifyDataErrorInfo interface. Used in the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. Targeted for best performance.
Code is written to be read by humans, not machines. Naming conventions and standard code styling can boost productivity, particularly if working in teams.
An base class implementation for the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. Used in the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. Targeted for best performance.
Implementing IDisposable correctly is ridiculously hard. A Disposable base class can make it easier. Using IDisposable in Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) really helps.
What really goes into using Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) in .NET. Base classes for INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyDataErrorInfo, IDisposable and a lot more.
NotificationsExtensions.Portable is a Portable Class Library (PCL) used to Create Windows 8.1 or Windows Phone 8.1 Tile, Toast and Badge Notification XML.
How and where to use the Reactive Extensions (Rx) ToObservable Extension method to turn a Task Parallel Library (TPL) Task into an IObservable.
Implementing GetHashCode is hard work and little understood. Learn how to implement GetHashCode as quickly and as simply as possible.
Elysium Extra is an excellent Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and some custom controls.
Elysium is an excellent Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK (On CodePlex) providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and some custom controls.
You should definitely consider using Reactive Extensions (Rx) is as a direct replacement for .NET Timers. This post will explain how.
MahApps Metro is an excellent Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and several custom controls.
Modern UI for WPF is an excellent Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and several custom controls.
Reactive Extensions (Rx) Advantages of using IObservable property naming conventions and comparison between C# events.
Reactive Extensions IObservable wrappers for C# events and hiding the C# events entirely from subscribers using explicit interface implementations.
You should definitely consider using Reactive Extensions (Rx) is as a direct replacement for C# events. This post will explain how.
StyleCop analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules. Rehan advocates its use in this thought provoking article.
The importance of using ConfigureAwait when using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to improve performance and reduce context switching.