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Use EF Core to easily save dates as UTC & show in local time

Learn how to create a ValueConverter in Entity Framework Core to save dates as UTC in the database & convert them back to your local time zone in ASP.NET Core.

Can ChatGPT build an ASP.NET Core login form in 10 minutes?

We asked ChatGPT to write the code for a register and login form for an ASP.NET Core MVC application in 10 minutes and reviewed the code to see if it compiled.

How do you write a Dockerfile for an ASP.NET Core app?

Learn how to Dockerize an ASP.NET Core Web API by writing a Dockerfile to restore, build and publish your .NET application to a Docker container.

Static asset file sizes can be reduced by over 80% in .NET 9

Static asset delivery optimisation in .NET 9 uses Brotli and Gzip compression for static asset files which can reduce the file size by over 80%.

Free .NET code examples

Run an ASP.NET Core application in a Docker container

Download a code example which includes a Dockerfile to build and publish an ASP.NET Core Web API into a Docker container and run the application.

Stripe .NET checkout example to add online payments

Download an ASP.NET Core Stripe checkout example that uses the Stripe.net NuGet package to take online payments through a Web API endpoint.

Get started with Entity Framework Core

Get started with EF Core includes creating a DbContext, adding a migration, CRUD operations, the Include method, raw SQL queries and stored procedures.

SignalR hub example sending chat messages in ASP.NET Core

Download a .NET SignalR example which adds a hub that sends messages to clients when one is connected and when a method is invoked.

.NET 9 and C# 13 release

.NET 9 has been released and this is how you update

Find out how you can update your ASP.NET Core application to .NET 9 from updating Visual Studio, downloading the SDK and finding out about breaking changes.

Swagger dropped from .NET 9: What are the alternatives?

Swagger has been dropped when using .NET 9 in the Web API template to create an ASP.NET Core app. We look at what other OpenAPI UI's are available.

Static asset file sizes can be reduced by over 80% in .NET 9

Static asset delivery optimisation in .NET 9 uses Brotli and Gzip compression for static asset files which can reduce the file size by over 80%.

C# 13 - New features and how you can use them now!

C# 13 has been launched as part of the .NET 9 release and we'll take a look at the new features and how you can start using them today.

Get started with EF Core - Free online course

Create a DbContext class in Entity Framework Core

Get started with EF Core as we set up an ASP.NET Core Web API project and create a DbContext and the SQL Server database it will connect to.

Entity Framework Core migrations: Add a migration

Learn how to add a migration to a DbContext using code first and update a SQL Server database with this EF Core tutorial.

Insert, update & delete a record in Entity Framework Core

This tutorial will add EF Core CRUD methods in ASP.NET Core Web API webpoints by inserting, updating and deleting from a DbContext.

Select rows using queries in Entity Framework Core

Learn how to create a EF Core query with LINQ that will select a single row and multiple rows of data with the option to add pagination.

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ASP.NET Core in .NET 6: Dependency Injection

Looking at dependency injection with C# examples for beginners. The course looks at what dependency injection is, the different service lifetimes, and some of the common errors.