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Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core - The Book Build fully-featured APIs with ASP.NET Core! An all-practical guide on building modern APIs utilizing REST and GraphQL standards

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

I'm pleased to announce that my new book, Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, is now available for purchase in E-Book and Paperback format on all the major online stores, …

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ASP.NET Core Identity - Allow optional (yet unique) email address How to allow user registration without requiring an e-mail address (while preserving the dupe-check in case it's present) in ASP.NET Core Identity

April 21, 2023 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

One of the main reasons I like ASP.NET Core Identity is that it provides all the tools you need to handle user registration: customizable password strength, e-mail verification system, configurable lockout …

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C# - Find whether a PDF contains images or text A quick and simple way (with free code sample) to check if a PDF file contains images and/or text using Syncfusion PDF class library for .NET

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you often work with PDF files, you've probably already heard of Syncfusion Essential Studio, a .NET-based software product providing solutions to most of the complex problems faced during application …

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13 Things About Visual Assist For Visual Studio You May Not Have Known A comprehensive overview of Visual Assist For Visual Studio, a plug-in that can greatly improve your coding experience using VS2022

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 - by Daniel Howard - Leave a Comment

Even if you are proficient with Visual Assist For Visual Studio, or you are looking for a program that can simplify the process of creating applications using Visual Studio, perhaps …

Check if an IP Address is within a given Subnet Mask in C# A simple helper method that can be used to check if a specific IP address is part of a given Subnet Mask using C#

October 28, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you're using a reverse proxy, a CDN such as Cloudflare, a third-party Wide Application Firewall, or any other intermediate caching and/or forwarding service to serve your website over the …

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ASP.NET Core 6 and Angular - Fifth Edition Learn how to build stunning web apps with Angular backed up with an efficient and lightweight Web API back-end built with ASP.NET Core

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

I'm pleased to announce that ASP.NET Core 6 and Angular, the fifth edition of my ASP.NET Core and Angular book, is now available for purchase in E-Book and Paperback format …

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EF Core: Execute a SQL Query on a different Database How to execute raw SQL queries to different databases and/or non-mapped tables with Entity Framework Core using the HasNoKey and FromSqlRaw methods

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you've stumbled upon this post there's a high chance that you're a ASP.NET Core Developer working on a Web Application accessing a SQL database using Entity Framework Core - …

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EMail Address Validation in C# and ASP.NET Core A lightweight and customizable helper class to validate any e-mail address using the HTML living standards RegEx and/or ASP.NET Core built-in validators in C#

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Validating an email address is a classic requirement of almost any web application. Most of the modern client-side and server-side web frameworks provide native methods to fulfill this need: however, …

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C#: Should we still use #region blocks? My two cents about StyleCop's SA1124 "DoNotUseRegions" rule and why I still (rarely) use #region blocks

November 18, 2021September 3, 2022 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

In this post we'll talk about #region blocks, the C# preprocessor directives that let the developer specify a block of code that can be expanded or collapsed when using the …

ASP.NET C# - How to convert Office files to PDF using SyncFusion File Formats & Essential Studio

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ASP.NET C# – How to check if a PDF file is password protected A simple yet effective way to determine if a PDF file is password protected or not using SyncFusion PDF libraries

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you found this post it most likely means that you're looking for a way to determine if a PDF file is password protected or not using ASP.NET C#. This …