ASP.NET Core - Where did my HttpContext go?

A critical thing to understand is that ASP.NET Core is no longer based on System.Web.dll. The new architecture is modular and decoupled fro...

ASP.NET Core - ConfigurationManager RIP

.NET Core 1.0 has arrived and overall it has been well received by the community. The cross-platform advantages outweigh the learning curv...

Background Image Cross-Fading with Pre-loader

I wanted to implement an image gallery by cross-fading background images for Planet Diego . I was looking for a solution that would be perf...

Hurricane Matthew turned into Hackathon

Hurricane Matthew was a deadly category 4 storm affecting most of the Caribbean and south-mid eastern United States. Like most south Florid...