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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

Logging in .NET Core using ILogger

Logging in .NET Core using ILogger

Logging is an important part of software development. It helps us know that tasks have been completed, monitor applications and provides a trail to follow when things don’t work. Microsoft has included a logging framework in .NET Core and ASP.NET Core to allow developers to easily implement logging

Handling null values in C#

Handling null values in C#

Handling null values in C# and .NET comes with the territory. Null values were introduced by Tony Hoare in mid-1960s to represent missing or unknown data. This is a useful capability but it has resulted in null reference exceptions becoming one of the most common causes of bugs which developers