Have you ever had a moment of inspiration, an idea you wanted to test in C#, but didn’t want to spin up a full project just to run a few lines of code? Same here.
Well, with .NET 10 Preview 4, that pain is going away. Say hello to the new dotnet run app.cs feature.
It’s like C# finally took a page from Python and JavaScript, languages that have long made it easy to run a file with a single command. Now C# joins the party. 🎉
[Read More]Microsoft Build 2025 centered on the future of intelligent agent-based applications. This post recaps my four-day experience in Seattle attending Build, covering keynotes, developer sessions, GitHub Copilot updates, .NET Aspire insights, and hands-on labs. Get a firsthand look at emerging trends and tools shaping how we build AI-powered solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem.
[Read More]It has been over 2 years since I’ve posted an update to this blog. I miss writing. It’s time I get back to writing about what I’ve been working on and what’s on my mind. The start of a new year is as good of time as any to get back to blogging.
While I’m at it, I might as well share my New Year’s resolutions for 2024.
[Read More]I was recently faced with a scenario where I needed a script to deploy an Azure Function. Specifically, there was a desire to use a REST API to deploy a .zip file of the Function app.
The documentation for “Deploy ZIP file with REST APIs” indicates this is possible via a HTTP POST request to https://{APP-NAME}.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/zipdeploy. One challenge with the current documentation is the stated need to use HTTP BASIC authentication. Needing to use BASIC authentication is a problem if BASIC authentication is disabled.
[Read More]I recently started experimenting with the beta versions of the new Azure Storage and Event Hub extensions for Azure Functions. The new extensions use the new Azure SDK, and as a result, include support for using Azure AD to authenticate to specific Azure resources (a.k.a., managed identities). I’m a fan of having fewer secrets to manage. Less secrets . . . more better. 😉
This intent of this blog post is to share my initial experiences with the extensions. It’s still early, and thus I expect a few bumps in along the way.
