One Blazor Template to Rule Them All in .NET 8

In .NET 8 there is a new project in town that unifies the developing experience between Blazor Server and Blazor Web Assembly application models. In this video we will go over the new template and how we can get started using it! 

ASP.NET Core 2.1 introduces new application host for Windows services. We can now run ASP.NET Core applications as Windows services with minimal effort. This blog post introduces how it is done and how to build and run Windows services on ASP.NET Core without any need for dirty hacks. 

ASP.NET Web API Throttling handler, OWIN middleware and filter are designed to control the rate of requests that clients can make to a Web API based on IP address, client API key and request route.

public static void Register( HttpConfiguration config )
{
    config.MessageHandlers.Add( new ThrottlingHandler
                                {
                                    Policy = new ThrottlePolicy( perSecond: 1,
                                                                    perMinute: 20,
                                                                    perHour: 200,
                                                                    perDay: 1500,
                                                                    perWeek: 3000 )
                                                {
                                                    IpThrottling = true
                                                },
                                    Repository = new CacheRepository()
                                } );
}

Build 2021 is almost here, and Microsoft has published its catalog for sessions that will be ongoing throughout the event. We've rounded up some of the most interesting ones that we think you won't want to miss. Let's dive in! 

The next version of npm, v7, has been completed and will be shipping with Node.js v15 this week. The new release adds several features requested by developers including support for Workspaces. 

Entity Framework Core (EF Core) is the latest version of Microsoft's recommended data access technology for applications based on the .NET Core framework. It has been designed to be lightweight, extensible and to support cross platform development. 

After 15 years of running on essentially the same codebase, Microsoft has finally decided to retire MSDN and TechNet. The replacement will be an open source project known as docs.microsoft.com.