Unit tests are extremely important in making sure your application behaves normally. There is often the need to unit test a method which requires an authenticated context and lucky there is an easy way to do this. A typical startup file may have the authorization and authentication middleware setup. I know it might seem confusingRead more
Integration tests ensure that an app’s components function correctly, that the business logic returns the expected value. WebApplicationFactory is not new in the dotnet world but it’s not well know to all dot net developers. A more comprehensive article can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/test/integration-tests?view=aspnetcore-3.1. In this example I will exemplify a simple webapi and oneRead more
To use the ASP Identity manager there are some builtin extension methods that add all the required dependencies. AddIdentity<TUser, TRole> – this method adds the UserManager, SignInManager and RoleManager AddIdentityCore<TUser> – this method adds only the UserManager To add the identity with the SignManager but excluding the RoleManager we have to manually build it up,Read more
Perhaps not used too much but it’s very usefull to know. I had to implement data validation on several occasions outside of asp dotnet context.Read more
The Microsoft team provides a pretty good library (with minor issues which I will discuss in other posts) for managing users and authentication. AspIdentity is very configurable and it meets most demands for small and large applications. You can use the built in method to add an Identity and this adds all the dependencies andRead more
I am spending time these days to analyze and understand some implementation details that drive the identity for ASP. And one particular implementation really caught my mind, I am not saying it’s right or wrong, but it’s something to be aware of: The UserStore and the UserOnlyStore give you all the functionality you need forRead more
A less known yet usefull component in dotnet is the TypeConverter component. This component provides means to convert between data types. If you are wondering which data types are by default supported, just take a look under the hoodRead more
In my path to understand the magic behind the frameworks because without knowing we are just playing blank, I have tried to follow the trail of the sign in method that Identity uses when signing in. Note that the official repo of the asp is on https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore. First step is to open the Identity projectRead more
In my previous article Parameters in RevitApi I used the get_Parameter method which is obsolete since RevitAPI 2015. I am referrencing Revit2018 and the methods are not removed, maybe there are still present for compatibility reasons or maybe they plan to remove the in the future: In the documentation now we have LookupParameter but thisRead more
Getting parameters in RevitAPI is a challenging task. I have had some serious headaches trying to wrap my head around the what, where and huh of the parameters. Maybe it’s because of the lack of proper documentation from Autodesk. I mean, I get it, they have a list of ALL MEMBERS, well…pff, it’s not alwaysRead more
