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6 Reasons To Use ViewComponents in ASP.NET 5

6 Reasons To Use ViewComponents in ASP.NET 5

When using ASP.NET ViewComponents, there's a number of benefits to make your application more modular. Today, we review those benefits based on experience.

Using Pinned Tabs in your Browser as a Dashboard

Using Pinned Tabs in your Browser as a Dashboard

Inspired by a tweet, today's post presents a way to take your pinned tabs and use them as a dashboard or command center

Creating a Dynamic Dialog System with Bootstrap and ASP.NET 5

Creating a Dynamic Dialog System with Bootstrap and ASP.NET 5

With the anniversary of Bootstrap next month, today's post explains how to take a modal and make it more dynamic using ViewComponents

Hard Work + Kindness = Luck (or opportunity)

Hard Work + Kindness = Luck (or opportunity)

Today, I recap an event in my past where my hard work and kindness produced an opportunity I couldn't turn down.

Microsoft Identity Claims in ASP.NET Core: OperationAuthorization Requirement

Microsoft Identity Claims in ASP.NET Core: OperationAuthorization Requirement

I didn't know this existed until a reader made me aware of it. Today, we update the menu systems with Microsoft Identity using the OperationAuthorizationRequirement

Knowing Where To Hit

Knowing Where To Hit

As a consultant, most don't know where to start with new systems. In the end, it's all a matter of knowing where to hit

Advanced Basics: Build an ASP.NET Core Dropdown TagHelper with Automatic Postback

Advanced Basics: Build an ASP.NET Core Dropdown TagHelper with Automatic Postback

In today's post, we present an easy way to perform an automatic postback on dropdowns using TagHelpers

How JavaScript is like pepper

How JavaScript is like pepper

Gone are the days of "sprinkling" JavaScript over websites. Today, we discuss the one place where you should use JavaScript frameworks

Quick Tip: Rethinking Generic TagHelpers

Quick Tip: Rethinking Generic TagHelpers

TagHelpers don't have a generic type. Is that good? In this quick post, we look at a better way to build "generic" TagHelpers

How do I get into programming?

How do I get into programming?

With this pandemic causing so many problems, should I switch to a programming position? In today's post, we review a friendly discussion I had and offer some tips for learning how to program.