ASP.NET
Identity in .NET API Makes Auth Easy
· ☕ 5 min read
There was a time to be scared of the auth in ASP.NET. Identity really makes it easy. But before delving any further, let’s keep the tradition alive by knowing the ancient Roman history of auth in ASP.NET. How Auth was done earlier? Manual Token Generation: Developers manually created JWT tokens using libraries like System.

Dotnet 6 is Refreshingly Simple
· ☕ 3 min read
There are numerous things to love about the new .NET 6, but for me one key thing stands out - .NET now seems more approachable than ever! Take a straight-forward example. A new .NET Web API project would look like this - A startup.cs file with generated code A Program.

A quick start on ASP.NET Core Razor Pages
· ☕ 8 min read
Here’s a quick introduction to Razor pages in ASP.NET core, and an opinionated way to quickly start building applications using Razor pages. And yes, there is a case for using Razor pages even in 2020. So.. ASP.net? Yes, indeed. I have had a love-hate relationship with ASP.NET through years. I am way less productive using ASP.

Hosting Models for Blazor
· ☕ 4 min read
Blazor has three hosting models - as I see it :) Server Client Client++ We will look at them in brief below. Server Server hosted implies the entire application being hosted on server. A razor-thin (no pun) app is delivered to client and there on client relies on server for everything.

Blazor for Production Anyone? Preview 7 is Released
· ☕ 2 min read
Blazor is a big part of why I am looking forward to .NET 3.0. That’s one of the reasons I try to play around with the individual releases. Though Release 6 (I think ) caused some pain, the release schedules seem to be good as previews. As I understand - the ASP.

Blazor and what it means for web development
· ☕ 4 min read
As a web developer I am amazed on web assembly and what Blazor could do with it. And, I am saying that even though I absolutely love what Javascript can do. The Back Story I had been hearing about this Microsoft experiment with web assembly (WASM) for quite sometime, but got an opportunity to take a further look starting late 2018.