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Background Translations Pt. 2

ASP.NET EasyNMT

In our previous post here we discussed how we can use EasyNMT to translate our .md files into different languages. We also discussed how we can surface this functionality to the user by adding a...

Friday, 23 August 2024 19:52

8 minute read

Background Translations Pt. 1

ASP.NET EasyNMT

So for a while now I've used EasyNMT to translate my .md files into different languages here. I've wanted to 'surface' this so you can all have a play with it too. See the second part of this series...

Friday, 23 August 2024 05:38

4 minute read

Ensuring your IHostedService (or IHostedLifecycleService) is a single instance

ASP.NET

This is a dumb little article because I was a bit confused about how to ensure that my IHostedService was a single instance. I thought it was a bit more complicated than it actually was. So I thought...

Thursday, 22 August 2024 16:08

5 minute read

Adding XSRF for JavaScript

ASP.NET Javascript

When adding the search box in the prior article, we left out a critical security feature: XSRF protection. This article will cover how to add XSRF protection to the search box. What is XSRF? XSRF...

Thursday, 22 August 2024 05:30

2 minute read

Adding Entity Framework for Blog Posts (Pt 6)

ASP.NET Entity Framework

Now that I have this blog running using Entity Framework I can add new posts and languages easily. I just add a new markdown file to the project and check it in. The GitHub action triggers and the...

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 05:45

3 minute read

Adding a C# Umami Tracking client

ASP.NET Umami

In a previous post we added a client for fetching Umami analytics data. In this post we will add a client for sending tracking data to Umami from a C# application. Umami is a lightweight analytics...

Sunday, 18 August 2024 20:13

6 minute read

A SimpleMDE Markdown Preview Editor with server side rendering.

ASP.NET Markdown

One thing I thought it would be fun to add is a way to look at the markdown for the articles on the site with a live rendering of the markdown. This is a simple markdown editor that uses SimpleMDE and...

Sunday, 18 August 2024 17:45

6 minute read

Adding Entity Framework for Blog Posts (Part 5)

ASP.NET Entity Framework

See parts 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for the previous steps. Introduction In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, how our services worked, and...

Sunday, 18 August 2024 01:20

5 minute read

Adding Entity Framework for Blog Posts (Pt. 4)

ASP.NET Entity Framework

See parts 1 and 2 and 3 for the previous steps. Introduction In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, and how our services worked. In this...

Saturday, 17 August 2024 20:00

6 minute read

Handling (unhandled) errors in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Umami

In any web application it's important to handle errors gracefully. This is especially true in a production environment where you want to provide a good user experience and not expose any sensitive...

Saturday, 17 August 2024 02:00

3 minute read