If you’ve been following my ASP .NET Core blog series from October to December 2018, you may have noticed a little surprise. The first letter of each article spells out the words HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Congratulations! You’ve made it this far! 😀
Not just a gimmick, this blog series kicks off with a “Hello World” intro to ASP .NET Core, reveals a new open-source learning app (NetLearner) halfway through, breaks all my previous blog viewership records with December’s .NET Core 3.0 recap after Connect(); 2018 and finally wraps with up a SignalR writeup (and a new sample app that’s not chat!)
Blog viewership numbers in 2018:
- Jan – Sep: ~2k/month with little or no updates
- Oct: ~6k
- Nov: ~8k
- Dec: 36k+ (as of Dec 27, when this blog post was published)
- 40k+ as of Dec 31 midnight
Special thanks to the following people at Microsoft for all your guidance, motivation, inspiration, feedback and suggestions:
- Jon Galloway (Special THANKS for mentioning my blog during the recurring ASP .NET Community Standup) and tweeting out the links
- Beth Massi
- Jeff Fritz
- Scott Hanselman
- Brady Gaster
- David Fowler
Also, I really appreciate the support from the Visual Studio team with their tweets:
@VisualStudio on Dec 18: https://twitter.com/VisualStudio/status/1075086548712988673
Explore what’s to come in #dotNET Core 3.0 & C# 8.0, & what’s new w/ @ASPNET Core. https://t.co/2MDWj1Sv6M #csharp pic.twitter.com/ezSCUX4ZJz
— Visual Studio (@VisualStudio) December 18, 2018
@VisualStudio on Dec 20: https://twitter.com/VisualStudio/status/1075804272279867397
Here's a great list of @ASPNET Core Dev resources in this 'Wake Up and Code' blog series, https://t.co/5ouoTeFllD
— Visual Studio (@VisualStudio) December 20, 2018
During this blog series, I also participated in Matthew Groves’ 2nd annual C# Advent 2018, which ran daily from Dec 1 – Dec 25. Check out his website to see dozens of new blog posts from many talented C# developers and bloggers:
- The Second Annual C# Advent: https://crosscuttingconcerns.com/The-Second-Annual-C-Advent
Hope you enjoyed the 2018 series and will stay tuned for what’s to come in 2019:
- A-Z with ASP .NET Core 2019 Series
- Jan – June 2019: 26 weeks of ASP .NET Core posts
- Will be combined to form a living breathing ebook
- Will be updated to align with .NET Core 3.0 release