Tag Archives: ASP.NET-MVC

Using EF6 with ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0 (aka MVC 6)

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Tony Sneed

This week Microsoft announced that it is renaming ASP.NET 5 to ASP.NET Core 1.0.  In general I think this is a very good step.  Incrementing the version number from 4 to 5 for ASP.NET gave the impression that ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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WCF Is Dead and Web API Is Dying – Long Live MVC 6!

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Tony Sneed

The time has come to start saying goodbye to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).  Yes, there are plenty of WCF apps in the wild — and I’ve built a number of them.  But when it comes to selecting a web services … Continue reading →

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Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps to Docker on Azure

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 4 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps to Docker on Linux

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 3 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy ASP.NET 5 … Continue reading →

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Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 2 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux (this post) Deploy … Continue reading →

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Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Tony Sneed

NOTE: This post is part 1 of a series on developing and deploying cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET 5: Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Mac OS X (this post) Develop and Deploy ASP.NET 5 Apps on Linux Deploy … Continue reading →

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Handle Cyclical References with ASP.NET Web API 2 and MVC 6

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Tony Sneed

Many ORM (object-relational mapping) tools, such as Entity Framework 6 Tools for Visual Studio 2012 & 2013, Entity Framework Power Tools, or Entity Framework Reverse POCO Generator, generate entity classes that contain cyclical references. Note: The Web API 2 solution … Continue reading →

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Trackable Entities Version 1.0 Released!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Tony Sneed

I am pleased to announce the release of Trackable Entities version 1.0 – with support for both WCF and ASP.NET Web API with Visual Studio 2012 and 2013! The idea behind this tool is simple: enable you to build n-tier … Continue reading →

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Trackable Entities: N-Tier Support for Entity Framework

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Tony Sneed

Writing N-Tier apps can get complicated fast.  Consider the assortment of n-tier technologies now consigned to the ash heap of history: WCF RIA Services, Self-Tracking Entities, and good old typed DataSets.  These have all suffered from lack of interoperability and … Continue reading →

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More Fun with Async ASP.NET Web API Services

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Tony Sneed

My last post made the case for building async services in .NET 4.5 with the Task-based Asynchronous Pattern, or TAP for short. I profiled an ASP.NET Web API service that uses synchronous methods, showing how long-running services with high throughput … Continue reading →

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