Up and Running With ASP.NET 5

Demo source code and links for Lynda.com Up and Running with ASP.NET 5 training course

Course Links

• Download Visual Studio
• Official ASP.NET 5 Release Roadmap

Exercise File versions

• 1.0.0-beta4 (what is shown in the videos): Sample application code
• 1.0.0-beta6: Sample application code
• 1.0.0-beta7: Sample application code
• 1.0.0-beta8: Sample application code

Release Notes

beta4 to beta8 (Full file comparison)

Updated Tooling

• Download and install: Microsoft.NET and Web Tools 2015 (Beta8)

Namespace/Library changes

• Hosting in IIS via the Microsoft.AspNet.Server.IIS package is no longer supported and has been discontinued
  • Replaced with IIS 8.0 httpPlatformHandler module configured via web.config
• Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel renamed to Microsoft.Framework.Configuration
• Microsoft.Framework.Runtime renamed to Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime

API changes

• Configuration
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] Must use ConfigurationBuilder instead of Configuration to create configuration objects
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] New ConfigurationBuilder requires base path for configuration files; inject IApplicationEnvironment into the Startup constructor [Startup.cs: line 19] and pass the value of IApplicationEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath into IConfiguration.SetBasePath()
  • [Startup.cs: line 26] Must call .Build() after adding configuration sources to generate configuration object
• Diagnostics
  • [Startup.cs: line 68] .UseErrorPage() middleware has been renamed to .UseDeveloperExceptionPage()
  • [Startup.cs: line 72] .UseErrorHandler() middleware has been renamed to .UseExceptionHandler()
• Entity Framework
  • [BlogDataContext.cs: line 36] ModelBuilder.ForSqlServer() extension no longer provided/required - removed entire extraneous section
• Identity
  • [AccountController.cs: line 58] Synchronous version of SignInManager.SignOut() no longer offered - must use .SignOutAync().
    Also converted the controller action to an async action, though this is not required

beta4 to beta7 (Full file comparison)

Updated Tooling

• Download and install: Microsoft.NET and Web Tools 2015 (Beta7)

Namespace/Library changes

• Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel renamed to Microsoft.Framework.Configuration
• Microsoft.Framework.Runtime renamed to Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime

API changes

• Configuration
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] Must use ConfigurationBuilder instead of Configuration to create configuration objects
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] New ConfigurationBuilder requires base path for configuration files; inject IApplicationEnvironment into the Startup constructor [Startup.cs: line 19] and call IApplicationEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath
  • [Startup.cs: line 26] Must call .Build() after adding configuration sources to generate configuration object
  • [Startup.cs: lines 55, 65] IConfiguration.Get() no longer offered - must use array indexer, which returns a string
• Entity Framework
  • [BlogDataContext.cs: line 36] ModelBuilder.ForSqlServer() extension no longer provided/required - removed entire extraneous section
• Identity
  • [AccountController.cs: line 58] Synchronous version of SignInManager.SignOut() no longer offered - must use .SignOutAync().
    Also converted the controller action to an async action, though this is not required

beta4 to beta6 (Full file comparison)

Namespace/Library changes

• Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel renamed to Microsoft.Framework.Configuration

API changes

• Configuration
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] Must use ConfigurationBuilder instead of Configuration to create configuration objects
  • [Startup.cs: line 21] New ConfigurationBuilder requires base path for configuration files; inject IApplicationEnvironment into the Startup constructor [Startup.cs: line 19] and call IApplicationEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath
  • [Startup.cs: line 26] Must call .Build() after adding configuration sources to generate configuration object
  • [Startup.cs: lines 55, 65] IConfiguration.Get<T>() no longer offered - must use non-generic version, which returns a string
• Entity Framework
  • [BlogDataContext.cs: line 36] ModelBuilder.ForSqlServer() extension no longer provided/required - removed entire extraneous section
• Identity
  • [AccountController.cs: line 58] Synchronous version of SignInManager.SignOut() no longer offered - must use .SignOutAync().
    Also converted the controller action to an async action, though this is not required