Setting up VSTS CI/CD for a SPA app using AngularCLI, ASPNetCore (Part 2)

In my previous post I showed you how to setup a build pipeline for a SPA application written in Angular using Angular CLI and ASP.Net Core as back-end. I promised back then to continue with the release as well, but have been pretty busy lately.

Dec 18, 2017

3 min

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Using ASP.NET Core DI to inject objects into ActionFilterAttribute

Problem

Let’s assume you want to validate something before a request hits your ASP.NET Core controller’s action method. One of the possible solutions is to create an ActionFilterAttribute and use its OnActionExecutionAsync (in case you like to do it asynchronously) to do the checking. Now if you are depending on something like configuration or even another instance of a class it is going to be tricky.

Oct 04, 2017

2 min

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CORS issues when using Azure AD in ASP.Net Core and Angular

Recently, I wrote a post about using Azure Active Directory (AD) as authentication mechanism for a single page application written in Angular.

Oct 01, 2017

2 min

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Integrating your SPA with Azure AD

As a user I want to be able to login to system using my work account

This is one of the most famous lines in a user story in almost every project’s backlog.

Sep 28, 2017

11 min

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Authentication in ASP.NET Core 2.0

As you might know the .NET Core 2.0 was release recently and with it come many improvements and changes. In this post I will point out a couple of changes from a security and authentication perspective.

Sep 23, 2017

3 min

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Using Azure B2C as your identity manager (Part 2)

Flexibility is a key part of Azure Active Directory B2C. Use built-in policies to create a login experience in minutes. For more complex scenarios, use our identity experience framework to build custom policies.

Aug 21, 2017

9 min

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Using Azure B2C as your identity manager (Part 1)

Flexibility is a key part of Azure Active Directory B2C. Use built-in policies to create a login experience in minutes. For more complex scenarios, use our identity experience framework to build custom policies.

Aug 16, 2017

3 min

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Using client certificates for ASP.Net Core App hosted on Azure Web App service

Recently we had to communicate with an external API featuring mutual authentication using client certificates (AKA two way SSL).

May 03, 2017

3 min

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Setting up VSTS CI/CD for a SPA app using AngularCLI, ASPNetCore (Part 1)

Recently I was assigned to a green field project where we had to create an initial structure of a project which was going to be written in Angular 2 using Angular CLI for front end side and ASP.Net Core for back-end.

Apr 27, 2017

4 min

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