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Run MSSQL on Docker for Windows

For some time now, Microsoft has been providing various MSSQL Server versions for Docker - for Linux and for Windows. This means that spending a few hours to install MSSQL Server on your own PC is a thing of the past and is now available with Docker in a few moments.

Twitch MediatR with ASP.NET Core

Twitch

Twitch is the leading streaming platform for video games and Co.

Starting small, Twitch hosts monthly over 3.5 million streamers that can be watched over the shoulder while playing games, cooking or driving a car. This platform is therefore very well known, especially with the younger generations. More than 70% of the viewers, whose average age is 21 years, belong to the millennials. The average Twitch user already spends almost 2 hours a day on the platform to watch videos.

Fast SQL-Insert with C# and SqlBulkCopy

In .NET, there is a very fast and easy way to pump a variety of entities into an SQL database: SqlBulkCopy

Load an image into a byte-array with C#

This pretty simply snippet exports your Image into a byte-array.

1public static byte[] ToByteArray(this System.Drawing.Image image)
2{
3    using(MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
4    {
5        image.Save(memoryStream);
6        return memoryStream.ToArray();
7    }
8}

Usage:

1System.Drawing.Image myImage = .....
2
3byte[] imageAsByteArray = myImage.ToByteArray();

Hint: ImageSharp

ImageSharp uses the same signature to export bytes into a MemoryStream

Download a file with .NET

The most current and currently recommended way to download .NET Framework, .NET Standard or .NET Core files from the Internet is the HttpClient class.

Use a GoPro Hero as Webcam

The GoPro Hero series is the most popular action cam on the market. The current GoPro Hero 7 also offers USB-C, a micro-HDMI port as well WiFi and Bluetooth. However, the GoPro is just too good to have a life in a bag until I’m next on holiday. That’s why I had the idea to replace my Logitech 720p webcam with my the GoPro Hero 7.

Model Binders in ASP.NET Core

When ASP.NET Core receives a web request, it routes the request to a specific action - a method that matches the route - of a controller.

HTTP Status 500 on debugging ASP.NET Core with Visual Studio 2017

I gave my PC a new Windows installation and run into the following error:

Unable to start process C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe. The web server request failed with status code 500, Internal Server Error. The full response has been written to C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Temp\HttpFailure.html.

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Modern API-Development with ASP.NET Core

Due to my daily business, I have created a series of sample projects how to develop and evolve a modern API with the help of ASP.NET Core.

Hide organizations in Azure DevOps aka VSTS

Azure DevOps aka Visual Studio Team Services aka VSTS got a pretty nice new interface and design the last month - but has one huge disadvantages for all you guys out there: all orgnization of a user are visible.