Month: January 2018

Top REST API Best Practices

Top REST API Best Practices

Posted by | Jan 29, 2018 | ,

Many giants like Facebook, Google, Github, Netflix, Amazon, and Twitter have their own REST(ful) APIs that you can access to get or even write data. But why all the need for REST? Is it that good and why is it so prevalent? Surely it’s not the only way to convey messages? What is the difference between REST and HTTP? Well, it turns out REST is pretty flexible and compatible with HTTP that is the main protocol the internet is based upon. Since it is an architectural style and not the standard, it provides a lot of freedom to implement various design...

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.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Logging With NLog

.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Logging With NLog

Posted by | Jan 23, 2018 | ,

Why is the logging so important during the application development? Well, while your application is in the developing stage it is very easy to debug the code and to find out what went wrong. But, can you debug in the production environment? Of course not.  That is why logging messages are a great way to find out what went wrong and where did error happen in your code in the production environment. .NET Core has its own implementation of logging messages, but in all my projects, I prefer to create my own custom logger service.  This is what I am going...

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.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Service Configuration

.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Service Configuration

Posted by | Jan 15, 2018 | ,

.NET Core configuration differs greatly from the standard .NET projects. We don’t have anymore a web.config file but instead, we use a built-in Configuration framework that comes with the .NET Core. Therefore having a good understanding of how to configure your project and how to configure the services, which you will use until the end of the development process, is a must. In this post, I will explain to you how to use the configuration methods in the Startup class. Also, you will learn how to register different services and how to use extension methods to help you achieve...

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.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Creating a Database

.NET Core 2.0, Angular and MySQL. Creating a Database

Posted by | Jan 8, 2018 | ,

If you wonder is it hard to manipulate the MySql database by using Workbench, well let me tell you that it is not that hard at all but quite opposite. Creating schemas, tables, relations and populating those tables is very easy, once you are familiar with the MySql Workbench tool. By following instructions from this post, you will master skills for creating a database, creating and populating tables, creating relations between those tables and having the backup of your data. Later on, we will use this database to connect .NET Core project to it. If you want to see...

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