Building a conversational bot using Microsoft BOT Framework
This post is about building a conversational bot using Microsoft BOT Framework. At //Build 2016 Microsoft introduced something known as the Bot Framework; a set of products to help you build conversational bots and connect them with services, like Slack, Skype, and even Email and SMS. Microsoft Bot Framework is...
Using MySql in ASP.NET Core
This post is about using MySql in ASP.NET Core. Few days back MySql team announced release of Official MySql driver for ASP.NET Core. You can find more details about the announcement here. In this post we will explore how to use MySql driver and EF Migrations for MySql. Here I...
Using NancyFx in ASP.NET Core
This post is about using NancyFx in ASP.NET Core. NancyFx is lightweight, low-ceremony, framework for building HTTP based services on .Net and Mono. The goal of the framework is to stay out of the way as much as possible and provide a super-duper-happy-path to all interactions. Nancy is designed to...
How to execute Stored Procedure in EF Core
This post is on using stored procedure in EF Core. The support for stored procedure in EF Core is similar to the earlier versions of EF Code first. In this post I am using NorthWind database for demo purposes. I am using database first approach to generate model classes. First...
Building a custom dotnet cli tool
This post is about building a custom dotnet cli tool, using this you can extend the dotnet cli for various operations like minifing images, scripts, css etc. The tools used by the .NET CLI are just console applications, so you can create a dotnet core console application and use it....
Consuming WCF Services in ASP.NET Core
This post is about consuming WCF Services in ASP.NET Core. With the availability of .Net Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2 Microsoft introduced an update to the WCF Connected Service Preview for ASP.NET 5 Visual Studio extension tool for generating SOAP service references for clients built on top of WCF...
Slack Authentication with ASP.NET Core
This post is about implementing authentication with Slack. Similar to Linkedin or GitHub, Slack also supports OAuth 2 protocol for authentication. In this post, for authenticating a user against slack, the generic OAuth middleware is used. To use OAuth middleware you require few details about the OAuth provider. A Client...
Entity Framework Core Scaffold DbContext from Existing Database
This post is about reverse engineering model classes from existing database using Entity Framework Core. This is useful in Database First scenarios than the Code First scenario. In order to scaffold a DbContext from an existing database, you first have to set up project.json file. You need to add reference...