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Category: Aspire

  • BlazorExtensionsAspire – integrate BlazorWebAssembly with WebAPI via Aspire–code

    BlazorExtensionsAspire solves the problem of automatically injecting the URL of WebAPI into Blazor WebAssembly . The code for obtaining writes into appsettings.json of BlazorWebAssembly To use it add this to a Aspire AppHost project and then add this to a BlazorWebAssembly project and then inject Do not forget to add CORS to webAPI !

  • BlazorExtensionsAspire – integrate BlazorWebAssembly with WebAPI via Aspire–idea

    Any WebAPI application needs an UI – and Blazor is a choice nowadays ( along other SPA , like Angular, React, Svelte … ) For integrating in ASPIRE ,there is a no simple task : Blazor should know the WebAPI url and use it to gather data. But the WebAPI URL could change  – so…

  • TestExtensionsAspire- part 2- execution

    Now the code mans to create commands about running dotnet <test or run> in the current folder of the csproj test project. Things that needed to be solved: 1.    Test Project as NuGet Package The main project (.csproj)  , that will be referenced as a NuGet dependency, it’s not an Aspire project, so it doesn’t…

  • TestExtensionsAspire- part 1 – idea

    I know that Aspire could be used to perform integration test. And this can be achieved by having a test project that references Aspire – see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/testing/write-your-first-test?pivots=xunit . However, how about allowing your test project ( even unit test project ) to run under Aspire Host ? Of course, Aspire will reference the test –…

  • SqlExtensionsAspire–part 2–code

    I wanted the code to be easy used by any programmer that uses SqlServer in ASPIRE , such as For this to work, I create extensions – you can see them at https://github.com/ignatandrei/aspireExtensions/blob/main/src/SqlServerExtensions/SqlExtensionsAspire/SqlServerExtensions.cs Some problems that I solved 1. Versioning The Aspire version was 9.3 , so my version of the nuget SqlExtensionsAspire is 93.2025.208.1818…

  • SqlExtensionsAspire–part 1–idea

    Aspire is a popular orchestrator for managing projects and Docker containers in the .NET ecosystem. While it’s primarily known for .NET, Aspire also supports other technologies like Node.js, Python, and more. Since I use SQL Server as my database, I found myself needing a few essential features: Execute pre-defined SQL commands at database creation timeI…

  • Execute SqlServer scripts at startup – Aspire 9.1 vs Aspire 9.2

    One of the usual things in Software development is creating the database with all the tables,views,stored procedures and anything related . For Aspire 9.1 with Sql Ser,this involved a coordination between some shell scripts – see the code : The scripts where in the mount binding. Also,some .gitattributes files was required with to can execute…

  • Aspire 9.x add sql server database viewer

    .NET Aspire is a formidable tool to visualize your components and relation between them . Today I will show you how to add a custom visualizer for SqlServer database . The code for adding a database is pretty simple     The community extension,https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire,has already an extension,WithDBGate,that adds a viewer for the whole SqlServer .…

  • What I have learned by building .NET Stars -part 3- Aspire

    I have that same idea to build a project : is what is called today a Modular Monolith – and it is very old in .NET world as can be implemented as a .sln solution. For those unfamiliar,a Modular Monolith allows you to break down your application into independent modules (think database access,data flow logic,a…

  • Aspire Blazor WebAssembly and WebAPI

      Aspire is the new visualizer – see https://github.com/dotnet/aspire I am very fond of WebAPI  –  it allows for all people to see the functionality of a site,in a programmatic way ( side note:,my nuget package,https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetCore2Blockly,allows to make workflows from your WebAPI) And Blazor WebAssembly is a nice addition that the WebAPI . I am…