Getting started with SignalR using ASP.NET Core
This post is about getting started SignalR in ASP.NET Core. SignalR is a framework for ASP.NET developers that makes developing real-time web functionality easy. SignalR allows bi-directional communication between server and client. Servers can now push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available. First you need to create...
Building ASP.NET Core web apps with VB.NET
This post is about developing ASP.NET Core applications with VB.NET. I started my career with VB 6.0, and .NET programming with VB.NET. When Microsoft introduced ASP.NET Core, people where concerned about Web Pages and VB.Net. Even though no one liked it, every one is using it. In ASP.NET Core 2.0,...
Introduction to Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core
This post is about Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core. Razor Pages is a new feature of ASP.NET Core MVC that makes coding page-focused scenarios easier and more productive. With ASP.NET Core 2.0, Microsoft released Razor Pages. Razor Pages is another way of building applications, built on top of ASP.NET Core...
Running PHP on .NET Core with Peachpie
This post is about running PHP on .NET Core with Peachpie. Peachpie is an open source PHP Compiler to .NET. This innovative compiler allows you to run existing PHP applications with the performance, speed, security and interoperability of .NET. In ASP.NET Community Standup July 25th, 2017, Jon Galloway announced Peachpie...
Send Mail Using SendGrid In .NET Core
This post is about sending emails using Send Grid API in .NET Core. SendGrid is a cloud-based SMTP provider that allows you to send email without having to maintain email servers. SendGrid manages all of the technical details, from scaling the infrastructure to ISP outreach and reputation monitoring to whitelist...
ASP.NET Core Gravatar Tag Helper
This post is about creating a tag helper in ASP.NET Core for displaying Gravatar images based on the email address. Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Gravatar images may...
ASP.NET Core No authentication handler is configured to handle the scheme Cookies
This post is about ASP.NET Core authentication, which throws an InvalidOperationException - No authentication handler is configured to handle the scheme Cookies. In ASP.NET Core 1.x version, the runtime will throw this exception when you are running ASP.NET Cookie authentication. This can be fixed by setting options.AutomaticChallenge = true in...
How to Deploy Multiple Apps on Azure WebApps
This post is about deploying multiple applications on an Azure Web App. App Service Web Apps is a fully managed compute platform that is optimized for hosting websites and web applications. This platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering of Microsoft Azure lets you focus on your business logic while Azure takes care of...