Announcing Entity Framework Core RC2

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:51:46.000Z

Entity Framework (EF) Core is a lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform version of Entity Framework. Today we are making Entity Framework Core RC2 available. This coincides with the release of .NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2.

Announcing .NET Core RC2 and .NET Core SDK Preview 1

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:52:19.000Z

Today, we are announcing the release of .NET Core RC2. You can use it to build ASP.NET Core, console apps and class libraries for Windows, OS X and Linux. RC2 is a major update from the November RC1 release, including new APIs, performance and reliability improvements and a new set of tools.

ASP.NET MVC Model Binding with C# 6

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T08:38:42.000Z

I usually struggle over ASP.NET MVC Model Binding mechanics. With this blog post I try to bring some light to the topic and show you how you can use C# 6 to strengthen your ASP.NET MVC Model Binding capabilities.

Introducing a new, advanced Visual C++ code optimizer

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:44:55.000Z

We are excited to announce the preview release of a new, advanced code optimizer for the Visual C++ compiler backend. It provides many improvements for both code size and performance, bringing the optimizer to a new standard of quality expected from a modern native compiler.

IP Filtering in ASP.NET Web API

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T08:35:23.000Z

One of the functionalities I had to use fairly often on different ASP.NET Web API projects that I was involved in in the past was IP filtering – restricting access to the whole API, or to parts of it, based on the caller’s IP address. I thought it might be useful to share this here. More after the jump.

Install ASP.NET Core RC2 And Create Hello ASP.NET Core Application

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:50:11.000Z

If you are tracking the progress of ASP.NET Core 1.0 (formerly ASP.NET 5) you are probably aware that Microsoft has announced the availability of RC2.

Macros extension: VS 2015 support and open-sourced

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T08:34:15.000Z

Macros have always been popular, first as part of the product, and now as an extension. In response to <a href="https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio-2015/suggestions/2650757-bring-back-macros">your feedback</a> we have upgraded the Macros for Visual Studio 2013 extension to be compatible with Visual Studio 2015. You can <a href="https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d3fbf133-e51b-41a2-b86f-9560a96ff62b">download the upgraded extension</a> from the Visual Studio Gallery.

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by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:46:21.000Z

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RavenDB 3.5 beta is out!

by bill-s, 2016-05-14T19:56:28.000Z

RavenDB 3.5 has been in development for over two years, and we finally get to see it taking its first steps out the gate.