Exploring the JSON Configuration Files in ASP.NET Core 1.0

As I have mentioned before, my team and I are working on getting up and running with a new ASP.NET Core 1.0 application. I've spent some time with them going over the new JSON-based configuration files like project.json, global.json, and appsettings.json, and now I'm finally

Using Gulp.js and the Task Runner Explorer in Visual Studio 2015

We're setting up a new ASP.NET 5 ASP.NET Core 1.0 [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNET5IsDeadIntroducingASPNETCore10AndNETCore10.aspx] project in Visual Studio 2015, and my team is trying to get used to the idea of "Task Runners" such as Grunt.js or Gulp.js. We're brand new to

The ASP.NET Core 1.0 Glossary

With the RTM release of ASP.NET Core 1.0 [http://www.asp.net/vnext] scheduled to happen in early 2016 [https://github.com/aspnet/Home/wiki/Roadmap], there's been a lot of new terminology floating around the Microsoft space. Having attended a couple [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/anglebrackets-day-one-wrapup-mvc-project-design-and-interviews/] of

Using the _ViewImports.cshtml File to Set Up View Namespaces in MVC 6

As of Beta 5 of ASP.NET 5, there is a new file in the Views folder of an MVC project called _ViewImports.cshtml (here's the GitHub item [https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/27]). In previous Beta versions, this file was called _GlobalImport.cshtml; even though it has been

Finding and Using ASP.NET Session in Core 1.0

I'm building a tutorial (hopefully soon to be a post) and in that tutorial I needed to use Session for some quick-and-dirty data storage. Unfortunately when I tried to use Session in my default project, it was nowhere to be found, and I was sent down a small rabbit hole