Continuous database deployment with GitHub Actions
This post is about enabling continuous database deployment with GitHub Actions for your ASP.NET Core applications with the help of EF Core migrations. I am following the EF Core migration script approach in this as well. But compared to Azure DevOps, I found GitHub actions is more fast. I am...
Run EF Core Migrations in multiple databases with Azure DevOps
This is a follow-up post. Last year I wrote a blog post running EF Core migrations in Azure DevOps. And I received few comments asking about how to deploy the script to multiple databases instead of a single database. So in this post, I will explain how to deploy the...
Authenticating ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C - User flows - Part2
This article will discuss about implementing Authentication of ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C. Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is a cloud identity management solution for web and mobile apps. The service provides authentication for apps hosted in the cloud and on-premises. I couldn’t find...
Authenticating ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C - Part1
This article will discuss about implementing Authentication of ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C. Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is a cloud identity management solution for web and mobile apps. The service provides authentication for apps hosted in the cloud and on-premises. I couldn’t find...
Developing Azure Functions with GitHub Codespaces DevContainers
This article will discuss about developing Azure Functions with GitHub Codespaces - DevContainers feature. Codespaces sets up a cloud-hosted, containerized, and customizable VS Code environment. Recently I wrote a blog post on Developing and Deploying Azure Functions with GitHub Codespaces. I got a response on my Twitter by Anthony Chu....
Adding blog posts to your GitHub README with GitHub Actions
This article will discuss about adding your blog posts to your Github readme with Github Actions. You can add a README file to a repository to communicate important information about your project. You can find for more details about the GitHub readme from here I was looking into some automation...
End to end testing web apps using Playwright and Azure DevOps
This article will discuss about testing web applications with the help of Playwright.NET. And run the tests in Azure DevOps as part of CI/CD pipeline. Few months back I wrote an article on Testing Web Applications with PlayWright and C#, this was using a non Microsoft package - PlaywrightSharp. Right...
Open API support for ASP.NET Core Minimal API
This article will discuss about implementing Open API (Swagger) for ASP.NET Core 6.0 minimal API. Today I saw one video from Maria Naggaga about Minimal APIs. She was showing a demo of Web API with swagger support. So thought I will implement the same. But it was not working for...
Implementing Caching in ASP.NET Core with SQL Server
This article will discuss about implementing caching in ASP.NET Core using SQL Server Distributed Cache. Caching can improve the performance and scalability of an app, especially when the app is hosted by a cloud service or a server farm. In this implementation, you will be implementing distributed caching using SQL...
Developing and Deploying Azure Functions with GitHub Codespaces
This article will discuss about developing and deploying Azure Functions with GitHub Codespaces. Codespaces sets up a cloud-hosted, containerized, and customizable VS Code environment. Developing an Azure Function with Codespaces To get started first you need to create a github repo with one file in it - you can select...