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The main theme for this ASP.NET Core release was to improve developer productivity and platform functionality with regard to building Web/HTTP APIs. As usual, we made some performance improvements as well.  

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Microsoft today officially announced the next generation of their Windows Server product. Now known as Windows Server 2019, it includes various changes made to security, scalability and reliability of the platform. 

Git 2.8 has been released 

 public class VegaContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork, IDbContext
    {
#region Constructors (2) 

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the <see cref="VegaContext" /> class.
        /// </summary>
        static VegaContext()
        {
            Database.SetInitializer<VegaContext>(null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="VegaContext" /> class.
        /// </summary>
        public VegaContext() : base("LocalSqlServer") { }

#endregion Constructors 

#region Properties (2) 

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the languages.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The languages.
        /// </value>
        public DbSet<Language> Languages { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the resources.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The resources.
        /// </value>
        public DbSet<Resource> Resources { get; set; }

#endregion Properties 

#region Methods (2) 

// Public Methods (1) 

        /// <summary>
        /// Setups the specified model builder.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="modelBuilder">The model builder.</param>
        public void Setup(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            //todo
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new ResourceMap());
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new LanguageMap());
            modelBuilder.Entity<Resource>().ToTable("Vega_Languages_Resources");
            modelBuilder.Entity<Language>().ToTable("Vega_Languages_Languages");
            //base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
        }
// Protected Methods (1) 

        /// <summary>
        /// This method is called when the model for a derived context has been initialized, but
        /// before the model has been locked down and used to initialize the context.  The default
        /// implementation of this method does nothing, but it can be overridden in a derived class
        /// such that the model can be further configured before it is locked down.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="modelBuilder">The builder that defines the model for the context being created.</param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Typically, this method is called only once when the first instance of a derived context
        /// is created.  The model for that context is then cached and is for all further instances of
        /// the context in the app domain.  This caching can be disabled by setting the ModelCaching
        /// property on the given ModelBuidler, but note that this can seriously degrade performance.
        /// More control over caching is provided through use of the DbModelBuilder and DbContextFactory
        /// classes directly.
        /// </remarks>
        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new ResourceMap());
            modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(new LanguageMap());
            modelBuilder.Entity<Resource>().ToTable("Vega_Languages_Resources");
            modelBuilder.Entity<Language>().ToTable("Vega_Languages_Languages");
            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
        }

#endregion Methods 

        #region IUnitOfWork Members
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets this instance.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TEntity">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public new IDbSet<TEntity> Set<TEntity>() where TEntity : class
        {
            return base.Set<TEntity>();
        }
        #endregion
    }

public class LoadContexts
    {
        public LoadContexts()
        {
            var directoryPath = HttpRuntime.BinDirectory;//AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory; //"Dll folder path";

            var directoryCatalog = new DirectoryCatalog(directoryPath, "*.dll");

            var aggregateCatalog = new AggregateCatalog();
            aggregateCatalog.Catalogs.Add(directoryCatalog);

            var container = new CompositionContainer(aggregateCatalog);
            container.ComposeParts(this);
        }

        //[Import]
        //public IPlugin Plugin { get; set; }

        [ImportMany]
        public IEnumerable<IDbContext> Contexts { get; set; }
    }

public class MainContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
        public MainContext() : base("LocalSqlServer") { }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
            var contextList = new LoadContexts(); //ObjectFactory.GetAllInstances<IDbContext>();
            foreach (var context in contextList.Contexts)
                context.Setup(modelBuilder);

            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MainContext, Configuration>());
            //Database.SetInitializer(new DropCreateDatabaseAlways<MainContext>());
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets this instance.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TEntity">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public IDbSet<TEntity> Set<TEntity>() where TEntity : class
        {
            return base.Set<TEntity>();
        }
    }

The new SameSite behavior has been the default in Firefox Nightly since Nightly 75 (February 2020). At Mozilla, we’ve been able to explore the implications of this change. Starting with Firefox 79 (June 2020), we rolled it out to 50% of the Firefox Beta user base. We want to monitor the scope of any potential breakage. 

C# Language Features by Versions
This page contains all the features introduced to C# with a link to all the proposals and documentation.
This is a great way to find out if you are missing out on new features that can make your developer life easier. 

SRI Integrity Attribute allows the browser to determine if the file has been modified, which allows it to reject the file.

<script src="//www.site.com/plus/scripts/ba.js"
     integrity="sha256-Abhisa/nS9WMne/YX+dqiFINl+JiE15MCWvASJvVtIk="
     crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

We are thrilled to announce that the webhint browser extension has moved from beta to its v1 release and is now available for Insider builds of Microsoft Edge, as well as for Chrome and Firefox!