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Securing an Azure App Service Website under SSL in minutes with Let's Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority. That means you can get free SSL certs and change your sites from http:// to https://. What's the catch? The SSL Certificates only...
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Automatically change your Audio Input, Output and Volume per application in...
I recently blogged about an amazing little utility called AudioSwitcher that makes it two-clicks easy to switch your audio inputs and outputs. I need to switch audio devices a lot as I'm either...
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Carriage Returns and Line Feeds will ultimately bite you - Some Git Tips
What's a Carriage and why is it Returning? Carriage Return Line Feed WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!?! The paper on a typewriter rides horizontally on a carriage. The Carriage Return or CR was a non-printable...
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ASP.NET Core Architect David Fowler's hidden gems in 2.1
Open source ASP.NET Core 2.1 is out, and Architect David Fowler took to twitter to share some hidden gems that not everyone knows about. Sure, it's faster, builds faster, runs faster, but there's a...
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EarTrumpet 2.0 makes Windows 10's audio subsystem even better...and it's free!
Last week I blogged about some new audio features in Windows 10 that make switching your inputs and outputs easier, but even better, allow you to set up specific devices for specific programs. That...
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Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Deploying Containers cheaply to Azure
I saw a tweet from a person on Twitter who wanted to know the easiest and cheapest way to get an Web Application that's in a Docker Container up to Azure. There's a few ways and it depends on your use...
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Using ASP.NET Core 2.1's HttpClientFactory with Refit's REST library
When I moved my podcast site over to ASP.NET Core 2.1 I also started using HttpClientFactory and wrote up my experience. It's a nice clean way to centralize both settings and policy for your...
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Using Flurl to easily build URLs and make testable HttpClient calls in .NET
I posted about using Refit along with ASP.NET Core 2.1's HttpClientFactory earlier this week. Several times when exploring this space (both on Twitter, googling around, and in my own blog comments) I...
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.NET Core and Docker
If you've got Docker installed you can run a .NET Core sample quickly just like this. Try it:docker run --rm microsoft/dotnet-samples If your Docker for Windows is in "Windows Container mode" you can...
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Detecting that a .NET Core app is running in a Docker Container and...
I have moved my podcast site over to ASP.NET Core 2.1 and I've got it running in a Docker container. Take a moment a check out some of the blog posts, as I've been blogging as I've been learning. I've...
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The whole of WordPress compiled to .NET Core and a NuGet Package with PeachPie
Why? Because it's awesome. Sometimes a project comes along that is impossibly ambitious and it works. I've blogged a little about Peachpie, the open source PHP compiler that runs PHP under .NET Core....
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dotnet outdated helps you keep your projects up to date
I've moved my podcast site over to ASP.NET Core 2.1 over the last few months. You might want to follow the saga by checking out some of the recent blog posts. Upgrading my podcast site to ASP.NET Core...
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NuKeeper for automated NuGet Package Reference Updates on Build Servers
Last week I looked at "dotnet outdated," a super useful .NET Core Global Tool for keeping a project's NuGet packages up to date. Since then I've discovered there's a whole BUNCH of great projects...
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Lynx is dead - Long live Browsh for text-based internet browsing
The standard for browsing the web over a text-=based terminal is Lynx, right? It's the legendary text web browser that you can read about at https://lynx.invisible-island.net/ or, even better, run...
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.NET Core Code Coverage as a Global Tool with coverlet
Last week I blogged about "dotnet outdated," an essential .NET Core "global tool" that helps you find out what NuGet package reference you need to update. .NET Core Global Tools are really taking off...
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AltCover and ReportGenerator give amazing code coverage on .NET Core
I'm continuing to explore testing and code coverage on open source .NET Core. Earlier this week I checked out coverlet. There is also the venerable OpenCover and there's some cool work being done to...
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Example Code - Opinionated ContosoUniversity on ASP.NET Core 2.0's Razor Pages
The best way to learn about code isn't just writing more code - it's reading code! Not all of it will be great code and much of it won't be the way you would do it, but it's a great way to expand your...
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SQL Server on Linux or in Docker plus cross-platform SQL Operations Studio
I recently met some folks that didn't know that SQL Server 2017 also runs on Linux but they really needed to know. They had a single Windows desktop and a single Windows Server that they were keeping...
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One click deploy for MakeCode and the amazing AdaFruit Circuit Playground...
There's a ton of great open source hardware solutions out there. Often they're used to teach kids how to code, but their also fun for adults to learn about hardware! Ultimately that "LED Moment" can be...
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Developing locally with ASP.NET Core under HTTPS, SSL, and Self-Signed Certs
Last week on Twitter @getify started an excellent thread pointing out that we should be using HTTPS even on our local machines. Why? You want your local web development set up to reflect your...
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