Create Containerized Build Agents with Azure DevOps Pipelines
This post is about how to create containerized build agents with azure devops pipeline. Few days back I wrote a blog post on creating Azure Virtual Machine as Azure DevOps pipeline build agent. In this post we will be discussing about how to use Docker container as build agent. We...
API Versioning with ASP.NET Core 6.0 Minimal APIs
This post is about how to implement api versioning in ASP.NET Core 6.0 Minimal APIs. Earlier Minimal APIs versioning was not supported. Recently ASP.NET Core team introduced versioning in ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs. To implement it, first we need to create a Web API with Minimal API - we need...
Creating your first Azure Container App
This post is about what is azure container app and how to deploy a docker image to azure container app. The Azure Container Apps service enables you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform. First we can search for Container App in the search box - and...
Mount your Azure Cloud Shell to another Storage Account
This post is about switching or mounting the Azure Cloud shell to another storage account. We are using Azure Cloud Shell for deploying our SQL Scripts using a PowerShell. First we will upload the script to the storage account file share and then we will execute some Powershell scripts for...
Unit Testing ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
This post is about implementing unit testing ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs. This feature is only available in .NET Core 7 Preview. If you’re using .NET Core 6. This will not work. So first you need to install the .NET 7 preview. For the demo I am using this 7.0.100-preview.6.22352.1 version....
Custom scaffold templates in ASP.NET Core
This post is about customizing the scaffold templates controllers and views in ASP.NET Core. We can achieve this by simply modifying the templates in this folder - %USERPROFILE%\.nuget\packages\microsoft.visualstudio.web.codegenerators.mvc\6.0.6\Templates (the number 6.0.6 will change based on the SDK version) - but if we modify the template files in this folder it...
Building Minimal API endpoints from EF Core DbContext
This post is about building Minimal API endpoints from EF Core DbContext. When building APIs using EF Core and Minimal APIs, most of the time we will be writing the same code again and again. Recently I found a nuget package - InstantAPIs - this package helps to generate CRUD...
Working with Database First Approach in Entity Framework Core
This post is about working with Database First approach in Entity Framework Core. This approach is useful in scenario where we already got a Database and we need to generate model and db context classes. So for the demo purposes I am using an class library project and an ASP.NET...
Implementing paging in ASP.NET Core MVC
This post is about how to implement paging in ASP.NET Core MVC applications. For the implementation I am using a nuget package - X.PagedList.Mvc.Core. In the controller action method we need to set the page as the argument like this. public IActionResult Index(int? page = 1) { if (page !=...
Implementing Breadcrumbs in ASP.NET Core
This post is about how to implement breadcrumbs in ASP.NET MVC Core. A breadcrumb is a type of secondary navigation that shows a user’s current location in the website as well as the “history” of how he got there. In this post I am using a nuget package called -...