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Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Now Shipping 2017 Software Craftsmanship Calendars
DevIQ's annual software craftsmanship wall calendar's 2017 edition has arrived from the printer and is shipping now. If you didn't back the Kickstarter campaign, you can still order one while supplies last from …
4 Tips to Integrate TeamCity and GitHub
Last updated: 13 October 2023 I’ve been a fan of JetBrains TeamCity for many years now. It’s a great continuous integration / build server product, with an extremely responsive web-based user interface …
Avoid Storing Database Credentials in Source Control
Your application probably needs to communicate with a database of some kind. Naturally, that database isn’t open to the world – it needs to be protected and secured. The typical solution to this is to create a …
DogFoodCon 2016 Sessions
I presented at DogFoodCon 2016 yesterday, which had 400+ attendees
Your Recent Mentions on GitHub
The other day I saw someone mention me in a pull request for a
Configuring ASPNET Core Apps with WebHostBuilder
In ASP.NET Core apps, you typically configure the application in Startup. However, the application itself runs inside of a host, which is configured separately using a WebHostBuilder.
Specifying API Routes in ASPNET Core
ASP.NET Core uses attribute routing to determine the behavior of web APIs. Its integrated support for MVC and Web API is one of my favorite features, since working with MVC 5 and Web API 2 was painful due to the …
Nuget Package Source Update Important
Today a client reported an issue with their build server, which was failing to locate version 4.4 of StructureMap. The build worked fine, locally, on more than one machine.
MSDN – Feature Slices for ASPNET Core MVC
My September article for MSDN Magazine is available online now.