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Test APIs using Endpoints Explorer and .http files |
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ASP.NET Core web developers often need to test the controller based APIs and minimal APIs they add in their projects. Typically developers use tools such as Postman or Swagger for this purpose. Visual Studio 2022 now has tools that can come handy for quickly testing your APIs. This article explains these tools with an example. |
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Posted On : 18 Sep 2023 |
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Use protected browser storage in Blazor |
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In the previous article we learned to use sessionStorage and localStorage in Blazor apps. The localStorage object also has storage event that one can use to get notified when localStorage is modified in some way. In this article we will first discuss the storage event with an example. We will then learn to use what is known as Protected Browser Storage that is available exclusively to Blazor Server apps. |
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Posted On : 14 Aug 2023 |
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Use sessionStorage and localStorage in Blazor |
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Traditionally developes used cookies to store small pieces of information on the client machine. Although you can use cookies in Blazor apps, there is a modern and more handy alternative -- sessionStorage and localStorage objects. |
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Posted On : 07 Aug 2023 |
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Show cascading dropdown lists in Blazor |
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In the previous article we learned to cascading create dropdown lists in ASP.NET Core MVC. You might want the same functionality in Blazor Web Assembly apps also. That's what we are going to do in this article. |
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Posted On : 17 Jul 2023 |
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Show cascading dropdown lists in ASP.NET Core |
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Many years ago I wrote a few articles on displaying cascading dropdown lists in ASP.NET. Since this is a very common requirement while building web UIs it's worthwhile to see how cascading dropdown lists can be displayed in ASP.NET Core MVC also. |
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Posted On : 19 Jun 2023 |
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Group Dropdown list items in ASP.NET Core |
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Displaying a list of options in a dropdown list or a listbox is quite common in ASP.NET Core forms. You can use the Select Tag Helper to render a <select> element and its options. If you want to display a large number of options to choose from, it would be better to group those options to make it easier for the end user to make the selection. In this article we will learn two ways to group dropdown list items. |
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Posted On : 05 Jun 2023 |
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Display Checkbox and Radio Button table column in ASP.NET Core |
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Displaying data in tabular or grid format is quite common in web applications. At times you want to display a column as a series of checkboxes or radio buttons such that a user can indicate a boolean selection. In this article we will discuss a possible approach to accomplish that task.
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Posted On : 29 May 2023 |
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Perform CRUD operations on JSON data using SQL Server and EF Core -- Part 1 |
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Non-relational data is quite common these days. Such a non-relational data is often stored in JSON format. There are database engines available that process JSON documents and allow you to work with data using specialized libraries designed for that purpose. However, at times you need to work with relational and non-relational data together in the same application. |
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Posted On : 01 May 2023 |
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Pass a JSON Web Token (JWT) to minimal API using fetch() |
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In the previous article we learned to call Web API and minimal API using fetch(). Many a times your APIs are secured using JSON Web Token (JWT) based authentication scheme. And you need to pass the JWT while making API calls. In this part of the article we will learn to do just that. |
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Posted On : 17 Apr 2023 |
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