Angular 2 : Getting off the Starting Line

The Angular team created a quickstart repo over at https://github.com/angular/quickstart which is a great starter project template for basically a "Hello World" application. It provides: lite-server, which is a demo or local/development only server basic tests using karma typescript dependencies (tsconfig, typings) Getting started is included in the README, but it's simple # clone the repo git clone https://github.com/angular/quickstart <your app name> # change directory to your app name cd <your app name> # delete the .git file to remove the binding from the angular repo rm -rf .git Now the code is set for you to create your own repo, git init, commit etc. Running the quickstart First make...


ASP.NET Core Needs a Logo

It is not uncommon for developers to adorn their laptops, Macs, Surface Pros, etc with the sticky vinyls of the platforms, tools and frameworks of the stuff we like to use. Unless you have been under a rock, or just too busy to look up, ASP.NET is all new again. It's small, fast, runs cross platform and aims to be on the radar of every new kid coming out of whatever school you name to be the framework of choice. But where's my sticker dude? dotnet is covered pretty well on stickermule.com as Kristan Hellang pointed out on the github issue - https://github.com/aspnet/Home/issues/579. I pointed out in my comment on the issue...


Setting up ASP.NET Core debugging in VS Code

UPDATE: Now Version 1.0 of Visual Studio Released - Same steps apply for Version 1.0. In the most recent ASP.NET Community Standup (http://live.asp.net), Damian walked through the steps of getting RC2 debugging setup inside of Visual Studio Code - Insiders Build. Here are the steps. Install the dotnet SDK for your OS Go to https://github.com/dotnet/cli#installers-and-binaries and select the proper link for your OS in the .NET Core SDK Installer column and install this. As a note, if you have a previous version of this installed you may need to manually remove the dotnet folder from the installation location prior as the installer will not overwrite, and it fails silently....


Kestrel as a Static Server for Angular

Available on github : https://github.com/spboyer/ng2-kestrel-appserver Selecting the server architecture may or may not be a pivotal point in your application design...but it maybe it should. Micro-services, SOA, 12 Factor, ZDD and all of the other buzzwords do in fact have merit, getting away from the monolith application and "putting all of you eggs in one basket" server apps are a think of the past. Right? The core message here is "do one thing and do it well". So why would you couple your dynamic and static content into a single application? Static content doesn't change (often), scaling needs aren't 1:1 with the web api layers. However, there are some needs that the simple use of...


ASP.NET Core Slack Community

update the team has been renamed to .NET from ASP.NET to not exclude anyone - sign up page here I'm a big fan of Slack. I use it internally for work as well as for a number of teams that I'm involved with for projects or community like OrlandoDevs, Telerik Experts, Angular Beers. I find that it's a great way to quickly discuss topics of interest, created private and public rooms, share code snippets etc. For ASP.NET I have been using Jabbr, Twitter, Email and even GitHub at times via Issues to connect with the community and engineers to get answers and discuss ideas or topics. I like that Slack give me the mobile apps, what I feel...