I was tasked at work with making my client’s Blazor Web Server app internationalized. It was quite an easy task; that is, until I had to localize the error messages from validation attributes (which are used a LOT throughout the app). I looked for an answer for ages, because I just couldn’t accept what was …
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Seeing through the microservices hype
Imagine two people in a room (2 things in the same process space) P1 can talk to P2 directly, it is very fast. Converting that to a microservice changes that so that when P1 and P2 wish to negotiate, they have to do this And then the recipient has to reply. We are converting nanosecond …
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ASP.NET Core hosted React UI with Aspire
The template doesn’t work for me as-is. Here is how to fix it You can now run your AppHost project and see the React app listed, running, and with a valid URL exposed.
Be warned: Apps that use BlazorBootstrap may stop working soon!
Hi all Please share this important message on your social media accounts to raise awareness. TL;DR: BE WARNED!!! BlazorBootStrap is an illegal copy of Blazorise. Legal steps are being taken to have BlazorBootstrap removed from both NuGet and Github – so any apps you have that are written with it are likely to stop building. …
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You are probably doing dependency injection registration wrong!
What’s wrong? A mistake I’ve seen a few times is when apps that consume injectable dependencies take on the responsibility of registering those dependencies. I consider this a mistake because at the point you need a new project (such as an Azure Functions App) you then need to register all the same dependencies – meaning …
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Including source code in your application build
An application that demonstrates a component suite often serves as both a showcase and a learning tool. It provides an interactive way to explore the functionality, design, and capabilities of a set of UI components or features. What makes it particularly valuable is its ability to display its own source code alongside the demo, offering …
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Preventing Dialog boxes obscuring Blazor-Server connection status
When a Blazor-Server application loses connectivity from the browser with the server, it displays a semi-transparent obscuring layer and a message informing the user it is trying to reconnect. My most recent release of Morris.Blazor.Web.Modal uses the HTML <dialog> element to ensure users cannot tab to controls beneath the currently focused Modal window. The problem …
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Running Entity Framework Core tests against a real database
How to use a real MS Sql Server database for your Entity Framework Core unit tests.
Debugging my published Roslyn source generator’s NuGet package
This post explains how to release a Debug version of a Roslyn code generator, and have the Visual Studio debugger open when you run dotnet build.
Avoid returning index.html for API calls
While writing an asp.net hosted Blazor WASM app, I’ve noticed that when I call an API on my server I receive the contents of index.html when I am expecting a 404 error. TL;DR Explanation When you first request a URL from the host and nothing is found at that address, the server will serve the …
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