An Overview of Tag Helpers in ASP.NET Core

I was a little hesitant about the new Tag Helpers feature coming out with ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET MVC 6 when I last wrote about it [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/tag-helpers-in-asp-net-5/], but a few recent updates have totally changed my mind. These things are going to be awesome.

Creating a Model-First Model in Entity Framework

In the first installment of this series [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/entity-framework-for-beginners-creating-a-database-first-model] , we set up a new EDMX context for our Northwind database using a methodology known as Database-First (an astonishingly descriptive name, don't you think?). In this post, we're going to build our own model using a new Context

Creating a Database-First Model in Entity Framework

Entity Framework (EF) is the preferred data access solution and Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) from Microsoft. There are three methodologies you can pick from when building an EF model: Database-First, Model-First, and Code-First. In this post, we'll explore creating a Database-First model using an EDMX designer file. What is Entity Framework?

The Beginner's Guide to LINQ in .NET

Just want the code? Download the sample project from GitHub [https://github.com/exceptionnotfound/LINQExamples]! What is LINQ? LINQ stands for Language INtegrated Query, a feature of .NET that was released as part of version 3.5 way back in 2007. It greatly improved the ability of C# and VB

Unobtrusive Validation - ASP.NET MVC Demystified

Let's learn what Unobtrusive Javascript is in MVC, and how we can use it to do client-side validation without writing any script. Sample project included!