I run into an issue this week during what should have been a simple ASP.NET Core application update. I wanted to share my experience in case others run into similar problems. Also, I’m sure to be back here myself to remember this in the future! On December 13th Microsoft released their second minor patch release for […]

Running a Humanitarian Toolbox Code-A-Thon
I’ve been involved with the Humanitarian Toolbox allReady project for about one year now. I’ve really enjoyed being able to contribute to the cause, while learning plenty along the way. Contributing has made me a better programmer and exposed me to new libraries and techniques which I am already benefiting from in my day job and […]
Custom ModelBinding in ASP.NET MVC Core How to HTML Encode Strings
In a previous post I showed how we could automatically HTML encode data when deserialising it from a JSON request body. In my case this was to meet some specific security requirements we had for an ASP.NET Core API we were building. This time around I will discuss a similar requirement which stated that we should […]
R.I.P project.json – Out with the new, in with the old An early look at the VS 2017 csproj changes
Okay; the title of the post is a bit tongue in cheek! Since it was first announced that the new project.json format (developed by the ASP.NET Core team) was going to be retired in favour of the more traditional csproj file, the .NET community have had some very strong opinions. These have been shared on […]
Loading Pin on Bing Maps from ASP.NET Core MVC Data
As I’ve covered a few times previously in my blog I’m really enjoying working on the allReady project which is run by the Humanitarian Toolbox non-profit organisation. One of the great things about this project from a personal perspective is the chance to learn and develop my skills, whilst also contributing to a good cause. […]