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How to use Log4Net with ASP.NET Core for logging

February 18, 2017 by Anuraj

ASP.NET Core Logging Log4Net

This post is about using Log4Net with ASP.NET Core for implementing logging. The Apache log4net library is a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a variety of output targets. log4net is a port of the excellent Apache log4j™ framework to the Microsoft® .NET runtime. We have kept the framework similar in spirit to the original log4j while taking advantage of new features in the .NET runtime.

Implementing the Repository and Unit of Work Patterns in ASP.NET Core

February 14, 2017 by Anuraj

Repository Unit Of Work Design Patterns ASP.NET Core

This post is about implementing the Repository and Unit of Work Patterns in ASP.NET Core. The repository and unit of work patterns are intended to create an abstraction layer between the data access layer and the business logic layer of an application. Implementing these patterns can help insulate your application from changes in the data store and can facilitate automated unit testing or test-driven development (TDD). Long back I wrote a post on implementing a generic repository in ASP.NET 5 (Yes in ASP.NET 5 days, which can be used in ASP.NET Core as well.). So I am not explaining more on Repository pattern. The UnitOfWork pattern is a design for grouping a set of tasks into a single group of transactional work. The UnitOfWork pattern is the solution to sharing the Entity Framework data context across multiple managers and repositories.

Watermark Images on the Fly in ASP.NET Core

February 07, 2017 by Anuraj

Images ASP.NET Core System.Drawing

This post is about applying Watermark images on the fly in ASP.NET Core. From the initial days of ASP.NET Core image manipulation was a challenge since the System.Drawing library was depend on GDI+ and Microsoft didn’t released a package for image manipulation.

VS2017 RC - a product matching the following parameters cannot be found: channelId: VisualStudio.15.Release

January 24, 2017 by Anuraj

VS2017 RC VisualStudio

This post is about an installation issue while installing the VS 2017 RC. While installing the VS 2017 RC, the installation was failing, the setup was throwing an exception like this - a product matching the following parameters cannot be found: channelId: VisualStudio.15.Release product Id : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Professional.

Running a specific test with .NET Core and NUnit

January 23, 2017 by Anuraj

dotnet core NUnit unit test

This post is about running a specific test or specific category with .NET Core and NUnit. dotnet-test-nunit is the unit test runner for .NET Core for running unit tests with NUnit 3.

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