Announcing Updated Web Development Tools for ASP.NET Core RC2

by bill-s, 2016-05-21T07:19:55.000Z

We are pleased to announce the ASP.NET Core Tooling Preview release to support the .NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2 release. Get the new version of the framework and Visual Studio 2015 support now at: <a href="http://dot.net/">http://dot.net</a>

Converting an ASP.NET Core RC1 Project to RC2

by bill-s, 2016-05-21T07:18:51.000Z

With the release of ASP.NET Core RC2, Microsoft hit a major milestone. But this change isn’t a trivial one. It’s a big change. Since I’m updating my <a href="http://shawnw.me/learnaspnetcore" target="_blank">Pluralsight course on ASP.NET Core</a>, I wanted to get a list of changes for the new version. I figured I’d share all the changes I could find converting a stock RC1 project to a RC2 one. It’s a big list, but hopefully manageable. Please share in comments and changes I missed so others can be helped!

Multiple URL performance testing support for Azure Web Applications

by bill-s, 2016-05-21T07:17:58.000Z

<a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalm/2015/09/15/announcing-public-preview-for-performanceload-testing-of-azure-webapp/">Performance/load testing of Azure web applications</a> is supported for a while, today we are announcing support for multiple URLs performance testing using Visual Studio web test format. Typically web application includes multiple web pages with headers and query parameters, so currently user has to create multiple test runs in Azure portal for testing each of these pages. We have been getting feedback to support multiple web pages in a single performance test run. With the latest update, you can now simulate a user scenario with multiple URLs and performance test your web application fully.

.NET Core - .NET Goes Cross-Platform with .NET Core

by bill-s, 2016-05-20T18:11:29.000Z

This article should help clarify what .NET Core is today and what its goals are, how it relates to the Microsoft .NET Framework and the fundamentals of the command-line tooling that you can use to get started with .NET Core.