Andrew Lock "Sock"

I'm a full-time developer, working with ASP.NET Core, C#, Docker and Kubernetes. I love learning and writing about my experience to help others!

Plymouth, Devon Joined on Aug 1, 2019 https://andrewlock.net/

Education

MEng, MSc, PhD

Work

Software Developer at Elevate Direct Ltd

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Aug 16 '20

Exploring the code behind IHttpClientFactory in depth

#aspnetcore #httpclient #dependencyinjection #sourcecodedive

12 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Aug 9 '20

Detecting duplicate routes in ASP.NET Core: Visualizing ASP.NET Core 3.0 endpoints using GraphvizOnline - Part 5

#aspnetcore #routing

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Aug 2 '20

Creating a custom endpoint visualization graph: Visualizing ASP.NET Core 3.0 endpoints using GraphvizOnline - Part 4

#aspnetcore #routing

9 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jul 26 '20

Adding an endpoint graph to your ASP.NET Core application: Visualizing ASP.NET Core 3.0 endpoints using GraphvizOnline - Part 2

#aspnetcore #routing

9 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jul 19 '20

Visualizing ASP.NET Core endpoints using GraphvizOnline and the DOT language

#aspnetcore #routing

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jul 12 '20

Getting started with ASP.NET Core

#aspnetcore #aspnetcoreinaction

16 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jul 5 '20

Adding host filtering to Kestrel in ASP.NET Core

#aspnetcore #hosting #security

5 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jun 28 '20

Setting global authorization policies using the DefaultPolicy and the FallbackPolicy in ASP.NET Core 3.x

#aspnetcore #aspnetcoreidentity #auth

8 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jun 21 '20

Customising the ASP.NET Core default UI without editing the PageModels

#aspnetcore #aspnetcoreidentity #auth

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jun 14 '20

Strongly-typed ID update 0.2.1: Using strongly-typed entity IDs to avoid primitive obsession - Part 6

#aspnetcore

5 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jun 7 '20

Handling Web API Exceptions with ProblemDetails middleware

#aspnetcore #middleware #errors

5 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 31 '20

Extending the shutdown timeout setting to ensure graceful IHostedService shutdown

#aspnetcore #generichost #hostbuilder

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 24 '20

Using jQuery and Bootstrap from a CDN with fallback scripts in ASP.NET Core 3.0

#aspnetcore #frontend #razor #razorpages

10 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 17 '20

Preventing mass assignment or over posting with Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core

#aspnetcore #security #razorpages

10 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 10 '20

Adding simple email address obfuscation for your blog like Cloudflare Scrape Shield

#frontend #security

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 3 '20

How to automatically choose a free port in ASP.NET Core 3.0

#aspnetcore #netcore30 #routing

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

May 3 '20

5 ways to set the URLs for an ASP.NET Core app

#aspnetcore #netcore30 #configuration #hosting

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Apr 19 '20

Accessing route values in endpoint middleware in ASP.NET Core 3.0

#aspnetcore #netcore30 #routing

9 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Apr 12 '20

Replacing AJAX calls in Razor Pages with Razor Components and Blazor

#aspnetcore #blazor #netcore30 #razor

13 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Apr 5 '20

Don't replace your View Components with Razor Components

#aspnetcore #blazor #netcore30 #razor

13 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Mar 29 '20

How to fix the order of commits in GitHub Pull Requests

#git #github

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Mar 22 '20

Creating a custom ErrorHandlerMiddleware function

#aspnetcore #errors

8 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Mar 15 '20

When ASP.NET Core can't find your controller: debugging application parts

#aspnetcore #errors #mvc

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Feb 23 '20

Exploring the new rollForward and allowPrerelease settings in global.json

#netcore #netcore30 #devops

12 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Feb 16 '20

Creating an endpoint from multiple middleware in ASP.NET Core 3.x

#middleware #netcore30 #aspnetcore #routing

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Feb 9 '20

Inserting middleware between UseRouting() and UseEndpoints() as a library author - Part 2

#middleware #middlewareanalysis #netcore30 #aspnetcore

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Feb 1 '20

Inserting middleware between UseRouting() and UseEndpoints() as a library author - Part 1

#middleware #middlewareanalysis #netcore30 #aspnetcore

9 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jan 27 '20

Excluding health check endpoints from Serilog request logging: Using Serilog.AspNetCore in ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 4

#aspnetcore #logging

7 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jan 26 '20

Logging MVC properties with Serilog.AspNetCore

#aspnetcore #logging

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jan 12 '20

Logging the selected Endpoint Name with Serilog

#aspnetcore #logging

6 min read

Andrew Lock "Sock"

Jan 5 '20

Reducing log verbosity with Serilog RequestLogging

#aspnetcore #logging

9 min read