Category Archives: ASP.NET Core

Fritz’s 10 Minute Tips

I’m thinking of starting a series of videos called ‘Fritz’s 10 Minute Tips’ that cover a small topic in 10 minutes or less.  These videos will typically be a screencast that answers a common question on StackOverflow, the MSDN Web Development blog, or that I receive through a number of other sources.

Today’s video is about how to use Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Core.  I previously wrote about this on the MSDN Web Development blog, but wanted to walk through it in video format.  Here is the video of me walking through the basics of configuring and using the dependency injection features of ASP.NET Continue reading

Everything about Docker I learned from Minecraft

A Minecraft ContainerI’ve been experimenting with Docker a LOT recently.  The container mechanisms and structure make a lot of sense to the DevOps side of me, and I wanted to put this knowledge to good use.  My daughter’s cyber-school wanted a Minecraft server and I offered to help.  With a little bit of work and my handy Azure subscription, we got a great Minecraft server running in the cloud that I can redeploy anywhere I need.  Here’s how I set it up. Continue reading