This is the second of a new series of posts on ASP .NET Core. In the past week, I had the opportunity to participate in a hackfest with several colleagues from across the globe, to work on real-life customer projects. I took a break from my primary project to help a colleague with a simple problem: upload a file from a web browser and save it into Azure Blob Storage within an ASP .NET Core web application!

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure you sign in to Azure, create a storage account and make a note of the storage connection information.

Refer to:

• Create a Storage Account: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-quickstart-create-account
• Storage Accounts with .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-quickstart-blobs-dotnet

“Show me the code!”

Fortunately, I packaged everything nicely as a simple web app project, uploaded into Github and added instructions on how you can use it right away.

 Get it here: https://github.com/shahedc/SimpleUpload

I tested it in Visual Studio 2017 v15.8.6 and Visual Studio Code, so either should work for you.

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It’s been a while since I wrote a new blog post besides event announcements and posting slides so here’s the first of a new series of posts. The topic: ASP .NET Core!

Why ASP .NET Core?

With all the things I’ve been working with lately, I’ve still kept up to date on what’s new with ASP .NET Core for building Web Apps, Web APIs and even full-stack C# web applications with Blazor!

With the release of ASP .NET Core 2.1, and the upcoming releases of 2.2 (late 2018) and 3.0 (2019), now is a great time to be an ASP .NET Core developer. But where should you begin? You have many options.

Dev Tools for ASP .NET Core

1. Visual Studio for Windows: a full-fledged IDE that runs on Windows (or even on Windows on your Mac via Parallels/Bootcamp. Get the latest version to try out new stable ASP .NET features and get the Preview versions to try cool new features. Install just the pieces you need. Start with the free Community edition for students, individuals and open-source projects.
2. Visual Studio for Mac: build ASP .NET Core applications on a Mac in a full-fledged IDE. VS for Mac can also be used for macOS apps, Xamarin mobile apps for iOS/Android, cloud apps and more!
3. Visual Studio Code: super light-weight code editor available on Windows, MacOS and Linux. Use the dotnet CLI tools in the integrated Terminal to quickly build ASP .NET Core web apps and more!

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