Comparison of features, capabilities, prices. Why to choose one or another.
Azure Cosmos DB vs MongoDB Atlas
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How to block access to URL-path using Azure App Gateway
Sometimes we need to restrict access to some URL-path of a Web application from Internet while allow to access the whole web site. This kind of restriction might be relevant for example for a administrative user interface or a special API that should not be accessed from Internet.
IT system detailed documentation template
Here is mine a IT-system documentation template. Once the documentation is in place it is widely used by developers, testers, users and management. Isn’t it much better to just refer to a paragraph in docs and send an URL to a colleague then describe the same thing over and over again in e-mails?
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Accounting and roles with ASP.NET Identity in MVC
This is a simple tutorial on how to set up accounting and roles authorization in an ASP.NET MVC 5 application using ASP.NET Identity framework.
Sample project can be downloaded here https://github.com/mchudinov/AspMvc5Identity
This tutorial is based on chapters 13 and 14 about ASP.NET identity from an excellent book by Adam Freeman “Pro ASP.NET MVC 5 Platform“.
Simple cache interface and implementations
During a couple of my last .Net projects I used the same cache interface and implementations of it with MemoryCache, System.Web.Caching.Cache and CacheManager.
Visual Studio solution is available here https://github.com/mchudinov/CacheNet. Solution includes source code in both C# and Visual Basic.
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Web API caching with CacheManager, CacheOutput and Redis
Customizable and extendable Web API caching with CacheManager, Strathweb.CacheOutput and Redis in the backend.
Source code for solution is available here https://github.com/mchudinov/WebApiCache
ASP.NET cache and session with Redis and CacheManager
How to use Redis as a session provider and a cache provider for ASP.Net solution. To make solution flexible for cache backend we use CacheManager.
Source code is available here https://github.com/mchudinov/AspCacheRedis
How to build and deploy a web deployment package using MSBuild
Web application packaging and deployment automation using MSBuild needs the following steps:
Step 0. Server preparation is covered here How to prepare a Windows Server 2012 for web deployment
- Configure solution build profiles
- Configure transformation of web.config file
- Configure publishing profiles
- Create a web deployment package with MSBuild script
- Run deployment from command line
Sample solution that includes build script and configured publishing profiles can be downloaded here https://github.com/mchudinov/BuildWebDeployPackage
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How to prepare a Windows Server 2012 for web deployment
Here is a list of steps for preparation of a Windows Server 2012 for deployment of web packages or deployment from Visual Studio.
- Activate Web server role
- Install Web Deploy
- Open network ports
- Create an account for deployment
- Create web sites
- Configure deployment for sites
Setup a multilingual site using ASP.NET MVC5
A multilingual site should translate the following:
- Date and time formatting
- Currency
- Text resources: lables, buttons, validation messages, tooltips
It must be easy to switch languages.
It should be relatively easy to add more languages.
An example ASP.NET MVC 5 project can be downloaded here https://github.com/mchudinov/AspMvc5Multilingual
