This post is about how to use EF Core in a separate class library. And how to use it in the ASP.NET Web API and how to run migrations to create database. One of the common design approach is split the application in to different layers or tiers. In this post, I will help you to split your models from MVC or API application and consume it.

This post is about how to deploy Azure Web Jobs using PowerShell. Recently I had to migrate an on premise application to Azure PAAS. The application has few console application, which is used to do schedule operations using Windows scheduled tasks. So as I migration to PAAS, I choose Azure WebJobs, so that I can easily convert the existing applications to Azure WebJobs. Only change I had to do is including two files - run.bat file for execution of the console app and settings.job file for the schedule interval configuration.

This post is about working with JSON data type in ASP.NET Core 3.0. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, which is an Open standard light weight format for storing and transporting data. JSON.NET was a popular library which was used in ASP.NET for working with JSON. As part of making the ASP.NET Core tidy support for JSON.NET removed from ASP.NET Core.

This post is about working with Save-Data header in ASP.NET Core. The Save-Data client hint request header available in Chrome, Opera, and Yandex browsers lets developers deliver lighter, faster applications to users who opt-in to data saving mode in their browser.

This post is about LinkGenerator in ASP.NET Core. Link Generator Service is a new service introduced in ASP.NET Core 2.2, which helps you to generate URLs. This new service can be used from middleware, and does not require an HttpContext.

This post is about running a .net core console application as WebJob. WebJobs is a feature of Azure App Service that enables you to run a program or script in the same context as a web app, API app, or mobile app. There is no additional cost to use WebJobs. The job can either run continuously or triggered (manually triggered or on a schedule). A WebJob can run the following file types: cmd, bat, exe, ps1, sh, php, py , js or jar.

This post is about running background tasks in ASP.NET Core. In .NET Core 2.1, Microsoft introduced a new feature called IHostedService to allow developers to run a background service that can have a managed lifetime to its caller, be it from an ASP.NET Core or a console.