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Handling Cascading Deletes in Entity Framework Core

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Handling Cascading Deletes in Entity Framework Core

Cascading deletes in Entity Framework Core (EF Core) simplify data management by automatically removing related entities when their parent entities are deleted. However, when multiple paths exist between parent and child entities, cascading delete conflicts occur which then pose a challenge for maintaining data integrity. Scenario Let’s look at

Entity Framework Core Exception when Querying JSON Objects with an ID Column

Entity Framework Core Exception when Querying JSON Objects with an ID Column

The Entity Framework Core 7 release saw the addition support for storing entities in a JSON format, without having to use serializers. This can be useful for a variety of situations, especially when data will only be retrieved as a single set. The Exception While using this feature I recently,

Adding API Key Authentication to ASP.NET Core Web API with AuthenticationHandler

Adding API Key Authentication to ASP.NET Core Web API with AuthenticationHandler

Authentication is the process by which a user of a system is identified. ASP.NET Core allows multiple methods of authentication through authentication handlers which each support a different method of authentication. This can be with a cookie, a JSON Web Token (JWT), through OpenID or others. What is an

Securely Share Your Local ASP.NET Core Development Server with TryCloudflare

Securely Share Your Local ASP.NET Core Development Server with TryCloudflare

Sharing your local ASP.NET Core development server can be a very useful way of obtaining feedback, testing webhook integrations, and facilitating collaboration during development. One method of sharing a development server is to use ngrok, however a TryCloudflare tunnel can also be used to create a temporary publicly accessible

How does ASP.NET Core Authentication Work?

How does ASP.NET Core Authentication Work?

One of the key features of an application is knowing who the current user is. This is called authentication. ASP.NET Core includes authentication middleware to allow a user to be identified before the main application code starts executing. This is important as it allows authorisation checks to be carried

Duplicate Validation Messages with FluentValidation in ASP.NET Core 6 MVC

Duplicate Validation Messages with FluentValidation in ASP.NET Core 6 MVC

Validation is an important step when handling data from a request in ASP.NET Core 6. FluentValidation is a popular .NET library which can make validation your models easier. It allows you to define your validation rules in a single place and integrate custom logic for your validation, which would

Using ngrok with IIS Express and ASP.NET Core

Using ngrok with IIS Express and ASP.NET Core

Sometimes it can be helpful to quickly make the version of a project which is running on your development machine available to others. This could be for webhook integrations, demos, or some other reason. One of the tools you can use to achieve this is ngrok. ngrok creates a secure

Using a Vue.js SPA with ASP.NET Core Web API

Using a Vue.js SPA with ASP.NET Core Web API

I recently started working on a new side project and decided to implement it as a single page application (SPA). For this, I chose to build an API powered by an ASP.NET Core Web API and a Vue.js powered front-end to consume the API. I could find templates