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The Rough History of .NET Framework Reference Source

Again this post comes from a Stack Overflow thread. .NET 5 was released a few weeks ago, and 2020 is coming to an end. So now let’s talk about the stories around .NET Framework Reference Sourc...

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The End of MonoDevelop

Microsoft abandoned MonoDevelop GitHub repository earlier this year, and we can see no commit was pushed since February. However, there is no official announcement from any Microsoft channel on why...

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Migrating Files UWP to Uno, Part I

WinUI was developed as part of UWP and has been the foundation of many Windows 10 apps. Uno Platform implements the same API surface on non-Windows platforms, so some applications can be migrated t...

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Miseries Around ASP.NET Windows Authentication Setup

ASP.NET developers should have some IIS knowledge. But how much can be enough to fully understand the concepts of Windows authentication? Well, based on the questions from Stack Overflow, I bet the...

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The Challenges to Enable 'Open With Windows Terminal'"

Microsoft have created several interesting open source projects in the past few years, and Windows Terminal is surely one of the most wanted. If you haven’t played yet with it on Windows 10, you m...

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Everything You Might Need About IIS Server Header

When testing some requests/responses on IIS with a good utility such as Telerik Fiddler, you might discover much more information than using a browser. Most Common Server Header in Responses So y...

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Remote Management of Containerized IIS Instances on Windows Server Core

You might want to run some applications on a Windows Server Core machine for quick testing. Instead of using a full virtual machine, running a Docker container can be easier. But in the meantime, w...

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How to Replace BackgroundWorker with Async/Await and Tasks

BackgroundWorker was introduced early in .NET Framework as an easy way to do asynchronous tasks in Windows Forms applications. Though it is WinForms centric and not considered part of the async pat...