In the last article I showed you how to set up a full text search using the built in full text search capabilities of Postgres. While I exposed a search api I didn't have a way to actually use it so...it was a bit of a tease. In this article I'll show you how…
Searching for content is a critical part of any content heavy website. It enhances discoverability and user experience. In this post I'll cover how I added full text searching for this site Next parts in this series: Search Box with Postgres Introduction to…
Now that I have this blog running using Entity Framework I can add new posts and languages easily. I just add a new markdown file to the project and check it in. The GitHub action triggers and the site is updated. In this post I'll cover a couple of small…
In a previous post we added a client for fetching Umami analytics data. In this post we will add a client for sending tracking data to Umami from a C# application. Umami is a lightweight analytics service that can be self-hosted. It is a great alternative to…
One thing I thought it would be fun to add is a way to look at the markdown for the articles on the site with a live rendering of the markdown. This is a simple markdown editor that uses SimpleMDE and a server side rendering of the markdown using the markkdig…
See parts 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for the previous steps. Introduction In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, how our services worked, and how to seed the database with some initial data. In this part…
See parts 1 and 2 and 3 for the previous steps. Introduction In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, and how our services worked. In this part we'll cover details on how to seed the database with…
In any web application it's important to handle errors gracefully. This is especially true in a production environment where you want to provide a good user experience and not expose any sensitive information. In this article we'll look at how to handle errors…
You can find all the source code for the blog posts on GitHub Parts 1 & 2 of the series on adding Entity Framework to a .NET Core project. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Introduction In the previous parts we set up the database and the…
You can find all the source code for the blog posts on GitHub Part 2 of the series on adding Entity Framework to a .NET Core project. Part 1 can be found here. Introduction In the previous post, we set up the database and the context for our blog posts. In…