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I'm pleased to say that my new Building Web APIs with ASP NET Core book made it into the Manning's Top 10 Titles list in its first week of release!
Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core in Manning's Top 10! A great achievement for the "Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core" book's first publishing week Read More I'm pleased to announce that my new book, Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, is now available for purchase in E-Book and Paperback format on all the major online stores, …
Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core - The Book Build fully-featured APIs with ASP.NET Core! An all-practical guide on building modern APIs utilizing REST and GraphQL standards Read More
One of the main reasons I like ASP.NET Core Identity is that it provides all the tools you need to handle user registration: customizable password strength, e-mail verification system, configurable lockout …
ASP.NET Core Identity - Allow optional (yet unique) email address How to allow user registration without requiring an e-mail address (while preserving the dupe-check in case it's present) in ASP.NET Core Identity Read More
If you've stumbled upon this post, there's a high chance you're experiencing a rather odd Visual Studio 2022 issue which I had to deal with today. I was working on …
Cannot find compilation library 'System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs' - FIX How to fix the InvalidOperationException: Cannot find compilation library location for package 'System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs' Visual Studio 2022 error Read More
If you often work with PDF files, you've probably already heard of Syncfusion Essential Studio, a .NET-based software product providing solutions to most of the complex problems faced during application …
C# - Find whether a PDF contains images or text A quick and simple way (with free code sample) to check if a PDF file contains images and/or text using Syncfusion PDF class library for .NET Read More
Even if you are proficient with Visual Assist For Visual Studio, or you are looking for a program that can simplify the process of creating applications using Visual Studio, perhaps …
13 Things About Visual Assist For Visual Studio You May Not Have Known A comprehensive overview of Visual Assist For Visual Studio, a plug-in that can greatly improve your coding experience using VS2022 Read More
As most readers of this blog already know, I've just finished writing Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, a book dedicated to Web APIs built with the ASP.NET Core framework …
Testing Web APIs - Manning Book Review A valuable resource that can help to ensure your web APIs are consistent and bug-free with an automated testing process built upon Pact.io Read MoreIf you're using a reverse proxy, a CDN such as Cloudflare, a third-party Wide Application Firewall, or any other intermediate caching and/or forwarding service to serve your website over the …
Check if an IP Address is within a given Subnet Mask in C# A simple helper method that can be used to check if a specific IP address is part of a given Subnet Mask using C# Read More
In general terms, authorization refers to the permission or power to perform, carry out or exercise certain rights. In the IT field, authorization is defined as the process by which …
HTTP Authorization methods: Sessions/Cookies, Bearer Tokens, API Keys, Signatures, Certificates An extensive overview of the most used HTTP-based authorization methods, techniques and approaches used in modern web sites and services Read More
If you're a seasoned .NET developer, you most likely know about the importance of logging: when used in an IT context, the term logging defines the process of keeping track …
.NET - CallerMemberName, CallerFilePath and CallerLineNumber attributes How to use the attributes provided by the System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace to get useful info about the execution context Read More