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Category: Aspire

  • WebApi SDK generator–part 2–naive implementation

    The decision to implement were: https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator – because has multiple language implementations has a WebAPI docker Implement one SDK generator per WebAPI – it is simpler to generate commands for each one , rather to have multiple on the same ASPIRE resource Can wait for 1 WebAPI to become available, rather for all This said,…

  • WebApi SDK generator–part 1–idea

    In those days, every Web Project has 2 parts  – an API and an SPA . If we document the SPA for the users, the API is directed more to programmers- and it will be helpfull to have already generated for them SDK for the language of their choice. There are many generators in the…

  • Dotnet Global Tools Extension for ASPIRE–part 2–code and usage

    First thing – – usage must be simple . So this is something that can be reproduces easy on each ASPIRE project : builder.AddDotnetGlobalTools(“dotnet-ef”, “dotnet-depends”); I cannot imagine simpler than this  – and , of course, you can add many more other dotnet tools –  see https://www.nuget.org/packages?q=&includeComputedFrameworks=true&packagetype=dotnettool&prerel=true&sortby=relevance  What happens: Now a Aspire resource will be…

  • Dotnet Global Tools Extension for ASPIRE–part 1–idea

    Every time I am at a new PC , I need dotnet to program. Ans also I find the need to install some dotnet tools ( global or local) . To mention only 2, dotnet-ef – Entity Framework Core command-line tool for database scaffolding ,migrations and management dotnet-outdated – Checks for outdated NuGet dependencies in…

  • 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…