LightCore 2.0
At the MVP Summit 2015 we had a Hackthon with the guys from the ASP.NET product group to support ASP.NET 5. There were Ideas to improve the documentation, to upgrade samples to the newest beta version...
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AppVeyor: A simple build server for open source projects
For LightCore 2.0 I would like to show the build state inside the GitHub repository. I could use my personal Jenkins build server on a Azure VM, because Jenkins also provides the build state, with a...
View ArticleMoving .NET libraries to .NET Core
At the MVP Summit 2015 Albert Weinert told us that ASP.NET has a huge problem: Almost all of our favorite tools are not usable with .NET Core. Many unit test frameworks, IoC containers, almost all...
View ArticleView Components in ASP.NET 5
One of the nicest new features in ASP.NET 5 is the ViewComponent. This is a kind of a 'mini MVC' inside the MVC application which can be used like partial Views. ViewComponents are like partial Views...
View ArticleVS 2015 Update 1, TypeScript 1.7 and some more
Yesterday, it was something like an announcement day. Let's have a look to the news from Redmond:Visual Studio 2015 Update 1This is what the most of us are waiting for: Microsoft released the Update 1...
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Microsoft Fixed the NuGet Package Manager with the Version 3.3
In the summer this year the NuGet Package Manager got an update, which changes the UI completely. This new UI wasn't really intuitive to use and confuses many users.With the Update 1 of Visual Studio...
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Using Pretzel
The first time I played around with pretzel was more than a year ago. Since than I tried to find a new blog system what is flexible, lightweight, what supports offline editing and runs on my favorite...
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Using Yeoman to create ASP.NET 5 projects
To start a ASP.NET 5 application with MVC 6 from scratch, is a bit annoying because it is much to write and always the same work to do. This is why the new project wizards in Visual Studio are still a...
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ASP.NET 5 on a Mac
I just got my Mac-Mini running running again and I wanted to play around with ASP.NET 5. This Mac-Mini is a build server with a Jenkins installed to build Cordova based iOS Apps. After many weeks I...
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Unit testing DNX libraries with Xunit
DNX libraries are a bit special, there is no project file which handles references. There is no intuitive way to reference libraries and the result of a DNX library is a NuGet package.A fact is, the a...
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Unit testing DNX libraries with NUnit
For this blog post I will reuse the Visual Studio solution of the last post. I only added a new test project called "UnitTestDemo.NunitTests" which is a DNX console application.The test runnerNunit...
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The right way to deploy a ASP.NET application to Windows Azure
Deploying a web site continuously to an Azure Web App is pretty easy today. Just click "Set up deployment from source control" and select the source code provider you want to use and continue to log-on...
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INETA Germany
After 8 years being the heads of the INETA Germany, Lars Keller and Karim El-Jed, will leave the INETA Germany. The reason is, that Lars is working for Microsoft Germany since November 1st and he wants...
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XML parsing problem while trying to query SharePoint Online
Yesterday it works and today it don't work. You possibly know that. Usually there are some code changes, if something like this happens. Some days ago there are now code changes, now new libraries...
View ArticleTo 'var' or not to 'var'
There are many discussions out there about to write 'var' or the concrete type, if you declare a variable. Personally since it is possible to use 'var' in C#, I always write 'var' whenever it is...
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ASP.NET 5 is now ASP.NET Core 1
Naming seems to be the hardest thing for software developers, even for Microsoft. ;) There where huge discussions about the naming of ASP.NET vNext at the MVP Summit 2015 and around the world. Now they...
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Playing around with GenFu
In the past I used NBuilder (by Gareth Down) to create test data for my unit tests, demos and UI mock-ups. I really liked NBuilder, I used it for many years and I wrote about it in my old blog (ger)...
View ArticleDependency Injection in ASP.NET Core - a quick overview
With ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection is now a first class citizen in ASP.NET. All parts of the ASP.NET Stack are using the same DI container. In this post I'm going to show you, how to configure the...
View Article10 ways to extend your Razor views in ASP.NET core - the complete overview
Currently there are many ways to extend or to organize your Razor views in ASP.NET Core MVC. Let us start with the very basics and let us go to the more complex ways. If your are familiar with previous...
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Creating a Windows 10 IoT driven remote controlled car with the Raspberry PI 2
In the last few months a started a small project with the kids. We wanted to create a car, which can be remote controlled via Wifi and a smart phone.We bought a 2 wheel drive robot car chassis kit to...
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