Storing application secrets in Azure key vault
Most of the time we need to keep certain secrets (like passwords ) and encryption keys configurable as part of applications.Usually this stuff goes in an application configuration file (e.g.…
Read moreUsing azure active directory authentication in your web application
Azure active directory (AD) provides cloud based directory and identity management services.You can use azure AD to manage users of your application and authenticate access to your applications using azure…
Read moreOrchestrating business workflows using Azure logic apps.
Azure has multiple offerings in its App services category which can help you leverage Azure’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities. Web Apps – For web applications Mobile Apps –…
Read moreRedirecting Standard Error for a .NET application
A while back I was working on a small Proof of concept where I needed to use console based client to connect to a server and use it to send…
Read moreUsing anonymous pipes for inter and intra process communication
Pipes are a mechanism for inter process communication in windows.Pipes come in two varieties viz. Anonymous pipes and Named pipes.Anonymous pipes as name suggest do not have a name and…
Read morePorts and Adapter Pattern / Hexagonal Architecture
Anybody who has worked on couple of software projects with layered architecture knows how over a period of time all the projects get into the problem of excessive coupling across…
Read moreCode Weaving in .NET using Fody
In almost all .NET applications you encounter lot of boilerplate code which although has pretty standard implementation but is quite important from implementation point of view. Some common examples are…
Read moreQuery Objects
Lets consider two situations mentioned below which define the problem.I guess lot of you would be familiar with the first one. Problem Situation 1 : You start with a project…
Read moreStoring polymorphic classes in MongoDb using C#
NoSql databases like Mongo give us advantage of storing our classes directly in data store without worrying too much about schemas.Thus saving us from object-relational impedance mismatch.Common scenario that arises…
Read moreUsing MongoDb _Id field with C# POCOs
When using official C# mongo driver any field with name ‘Id’ and type “ObjectId” is mapped to _Id field in mongo db.What that means is that If you don’t supply…
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