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Securing a GraphQL Server API with ASP.NET Core & Azure AD B2C - Part 5

Creating a Custom React UI

Securing a GraphQL Server API using Azure AD B2C can be a complicated process, this blog series walks through the steps required to get things up and running. Part 5 covers the creation of a custom React UI to manage the list of characters.
September 10, 2021

Securing a GraphQL Server API with ASP.NET Core & Azure AD B2C - Part 4

Automating Build & Deployment to Azure App Service

Securing a GraphQL Server API using Azure AD B2C can be a complicated process, this blog series walks through the steps required to get things up and running. Part 4 covers automating environment configuration, build and deployment using Azure Bicep and Azure DevOps.
September 3, 2021

Securing a GraphQL Server API with ASP.NET Core & Azure AD B2C - Part 3

Integrating the GraphQL Server API with Azure AD B2C

Securing a GraphQL Server API using Azure AD B2C can be a complicated process, this blog series walks through the steps required to get things up and running. Part 3 covers integrating the API we created in part 1 with the Azure AD B2C tenant we configured in part 2.
August 27, 2021

Securing a GraphQL Server API with ASP.NET Core & Azure AD B2C - Part 2

Configure Azure Active Directory B2C

Securing a GraphQL Server API using Azure AD B2C can be a complicated process, this blog series walks through the steps required to get things up and running. Part 2 covers getting Azure AD B2C setup and ready for integration with your GraphQL API.
August 20, 2021

Securing a GraphQL Server API with ASP.NET Core & Azure AD B2C - Part 1

Create the API

Securing a GraphQL Server API using Azure AD B2C can be a complicated process, this blog series walks through the steps required to get things up and running. Part 1 outlines the overall scope and covers getting the baseline (unsecured) service configured with the canonical StarWars schema.
August 13, 2021

That Conference 2016 - How'd it go?

(TL;DR - Another year of awesome)

That Conference 2016 was a rousing success, That Robotics / IoT Lab gave attendees another chance to experiment with Vex IQ and the Raspberry Pi. What would we do differently next time?
January 18, 2017

Wish List Processing with Azure Service Fabric

Fun with Microservices

Santa was an Azure early adopter, but his Web and Worker roles don't utilize the resources he is paying for as well as he'd like. The elves went to work and proposed a solution leveraging Azure Service Fabric. All the North Pole denizens want to make sure those on Santa's nice list get their wishes fulfilled this year.
December 12, 2016

That Conference 2016 - Let's Get Excited!

(Hurry... Early Bird ticket sales end soon)

That Conference 2016 is just around the corner, and Early Bird ticket sales end May 1st, 2016. Buy tickets now and you can save $100 on this fantastic family-friendly conference, so bring yourself, your family and your co-workers to this amazing experience. Did I mention there was bacon?
April 26, 2016

Tiny Epic Galaxies - A Review

(of the prototype)

I was recently afforded the opportunity to play a prototype of Tiny Epic Galaxies by Scott Almes [published by Gamelyn Games], read on to find out about the game and why you might want to back the Kickstarter in January 2015!
December 3, 2014

That Conference 2014 - It's Almost Here!

(and there's piles of awesome)

In case you haven't heard, That Conference 2014 is just around the corner. You should buy tickets. Did I mention there was bacon?
July 29, 2014

Windows 8 DevCamp Postmortem

Our team took on the challenge of building a Windows 8 application over a weekend, read on to find out how things turned out and what we'd do different next time.
January 15, 2013

Migrating to the Orchard

In this post I discuss migrating my Blog from BlogEngine.NET to Orchard, an open source content management system utilizing ASP.NET MVC.
January 5, 2013

TPL Dataflow - An [Extremely Short] Introduction

In this post I walk through the basics of the Task Parallel Library's Dataflow [TDF] components. My 2012 Fox Valley Day of .NET talk was based on using these components to build a simple lemmings-style 'game'.
April 16, 2012

Binding Flagged Enumerations

Here I walk through a possible solution for binding a flagged enumeration to a series of checkboxes in WPF.
October 13, 2011

Creating a bootable Win8 VHD from the #BldWin USB Drive

In this post I walk through the process for putting the goods from that shiny new USB stick you got from the inaugural //BUILD 2011 conference onto a bootable VHD so you can run it on your laptop / desktop / etc.
September 13, 2011

WPF DataGrid Drag & Drop Behavior

WPF has Drag & Drop support, but leveraging it effectively can sometimes be a bit tricky. Here I walk through a relatively straightforward approach to getting it all working in an Model-View-ViewModel application.
March 24, 2011

WCF RIA Services Regeneration - Can we get a better story please?

Regenerating the WCF RIA Services artifacts in a Silverlight / Web project can be hair-raising at times. In this post I walk through what our team uses to help alleviate these headaches, and suggest that the out-of-box process really needs to be improved to support these scenarios and allow for rapid iteration.
June 29, 2010