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Roundup #4: Discover.NET, Signed Nuget Packages, Scheduled Messages in Jasper, RailsConf Keynote

Here are the things that caught my eye last week.  Throwing something out of my usual focus on .NET and tossing in the Railsconf keynote.  I generally pay attention to other ecosystems but just don;t really post it on this blog.  But I might start sneaking some in on the roundups. I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter.   Last week I was on vacation, hence the missed roundup. Discover .NET I am thrilled to announce the launch of Discover .NET. The site is an attempt to improve… Read More »Roundup #4: Discover.NET, Signed Nuget Packages, Scheduled Messages in Jasper, RailsConf Keynote

Migrating to .NET Core: NuGet Package Dependencies

There are a few road blocks from migrating to .NET Core.  One roadblock is .NET Framework API’s that are not included in NETStandard2.0.  Another, is NuGet Package dependencies. I’ll cover the API surface in another post, but for this post I want to show you a couple quick ways you can check if your NuGet package dependencies are compatible with .NET Core. Checking NuGet.org If you head over to NuGet.org and search for the package you depend on, there you can click to expand the Dependencies heading which will list all the targets.  Here’s an example of the MediatR package.… Read More »Migrating to .NET Core: NuGet Package Dependencies

EF Core: Logging Lazy Loading

If you are planning on migrating from Entity Framework 6.x to Entity Framework Core, there is likely one major road block: Lazy Loading. In most circumstances I don’t think lazy loading is a good idea.  If you were using Entity Framework, you may be using Lazy Loading unintentionally since it’s built in by default. Eager Loading To eager load a related entity, you specify the related entity to be populated with the Include() method.  This is applicable in EF and EF Core.  However in Entity Framework 6.x, if you do not Include() a related entity, and access that navigation property,… Read More »EF Core: Logging Lazy Loading