Posts about .NET Core
Logs are a key element for diagnosing, monitoring or auditing the application’s behaviour, so if you are either a library author or you are developing an application, it is important to ensure that the right logs are generated.
Would it be nice if there was an easy solution to write tests for it? Let’s start a journey through the best approaches to tests logs when using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.
GitHub Actions are a great free tool to have continuous integration of your opensource .NET library for free, directly into GitHub, saving you from setting up other tools and linking accounts. Setting it up can feel a daunting task but, if you follow this guide you are going to be able to set it up in 10 minutes!
I often get asked if it is better to have a global.json in a .NET project (not necessarily .NET Core) to define a specific .NET Core SDK version and, unfortunately, if you need a short answer you will get from me the typical engineer answer: it depends! Here is the full answer so you can decide what suits best for your needs.
HttpClientLab turns the HttpClientFactory into a lab, so you can mock the HttpClient to write tests.
