My Blog

Implementing an ASP.NET Core RC1 Logging Provider
Implementing an ASP.NET Core RC1 Logging Provider
April 22, 2016

I recently added a logging provider to my open source project (WilderBlog). I know I shouldn’t have implemented a provider myself, but I wanted to see how the sausage was made.

Using Cache in ASP.NET Core 1.0 RC1
Using Cache in ASP.NET Core 1.0 RC1
April 14, 2016

Welcome to the New Wildermuth.com
Welcome to the New Wildermuth.com
April 14, 2016

A while back, I decided that this blog deserved a clean coat of paint and since I’m digging into ASP.NET Core, it was logical to re-write it. I wanted more than just to change the look, I wanted to make some real changes to the code and finally open source the code too!

Content Negotiation in ASP.NET Core
Content Negotiation in ASP.NET Core
March 16, 2016

As you might know, in ASP.NET Core, the MVC6 stack now includes the Web API functionality. Having a single stack has advantages and I’m happy they’ve converged the two stacks.

Hello World Road Trip - So Far
Hello World Road Trip - So Far
March 7, 2016

We’re in San Francisco today and I thought it would be a good time to write a quick update to the trip. As some of you know, we’re currently in the middle of a twenty-five city trip and so far so good.

Atlanta Stop of the Hello World Road Trip
Atlanta Stop of the Hello World Road Trip
February 12, 2016

Had a great time kicking off the road trip in Atlanta. If you missed it, you’ll be able to hear Jim Wooley’s story soon on the Hello World Podcast!

Angular 2 and ASP.NET Core - A Webcast
Angular 2 and ASP.NET Core - A Webcast
February 1, 2016

I’ve been toying around with getting Angular 2 working in a simple ASP.NET Core app. There are some specific caveats with getting it to work in Microsoft’s new framework. Let me show you how.

Kicking Off The Road Trip!
Kicking Off The Road Trip!
January 22, 2016

It’s almost time to hit the road again and I am very excited! I’m headed across North America (with a dash of Europe) over twenty-five cities this spring.

ASP.NET 5 Webinar
ASP.NET 5 Webinar
November 20, 2015

I had a great time today talking about ASP.NET 5 on a Pluralsight webinar. Over 1,000 people were able to attend. Thank you all for tuning in!

Upgrading ASP.NET 5 Beta 8 to RC1
Upgrading ASP.NET 5 Beta 8 to RC1
November 18, 2015

UPDATED: Missed fixes.

ASP.NET 5 and Bower
ASP.NET 5 and Bower
November 10, 2015

As most of you already know, I have a new course on ASP.NET 5. I’ve just released a teaser video that shows how the Bower.json editor in Visual Studio works.

The Week at DEVIntersection
The Week at DEVIntersection
October 29, 2015

I want to thank all the great attendees I met at this week’s DEVIntersection (Fall 2015) conference in Vegas! Richard Campbell and company put on a great show!

Upgrading from ASP.NET 5 Beta 7 to Beta 8
Upgrading from ASP.NET 5 Beta 7 to Beta 8
October 20, 2015

If you’ve been following along, you know by now that I’m investing my time into learning ASP.NET 5. Now that the ASP.NET team have released a new version, let me help you move your code to the new version.

New Course on ASP.NET 5!
New Course on ASP.NET 5!
October 11, 2015

If you read my blog, you probably already know how excited I am about ASP.NET 5. To dovetail with that, I’ve created a nine-hour course on Pluralsight that covers this brand-new technology from Redmond.

A Look at ASP.NET 5: Part 5 - The API
A Look at ASP.NET 5: Part 5 - The API
September 27, 2015

A Look at ASP.NET 5: Part 4 - MVC 6
A Look at ASP.NET 5: Part 4 - MVC 6
September 14, 2015

I had planned on finishing these a long time ago, but working on my Pluralsight course about ASP.NET 5 distracted me. Sorry about that.

ASP.NET 5 Identity and REST APIs
ASP.NET 5 Identity and REST APIs
September 10, 2015

As I’ve been digging into building apps with ASP.NET 5, I’ve had to get used to some of the new metaphors. Some of these make sense (especially if you’ve used Node before), but some are brand new to me. One of these metaphors I ran into was the idea of Identity notifications. 

Angular v. React v. Aurelia v. et al.
Angular v. React v. Aurelia v. et al.
September 1, 2015

When I announced my upcoming course, I had a lot of people ask me about what I thought of X framework versus Angular (which I’m covering in the course). I feel like I have to say something.

New ASPNET5 Course Coming
New ASPNET5 Course Coming
August 25, 2015

I’m diligently working towards my new Pluralsight course and I am very excited about it. The new course is an end-to-end building of a web app using ASP.NET 5, MVC6, Entity Framework 7, Angular 1.4, and Bootstrap 3.x.

Atlanta Code Camp Call for Speakers is Open
Atlanta Code Camp Call for Speakers is Open
August 17, 2015

We’re excited to announce that the 10th Annual Atlanta Code Camp is coming this fall on October 24th, 2015! We’re holding it at Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia.

Windows Phone, Surface, and Fanboydom
Windows Phone, Surface, and Fanboydom
July 25, 2015

I admit it, I don’t know if that last word in the title is real, but anyway. I’ve used a Windows Phone since betas of Windows Phone 7. Like some of you I have the question of whether to believe the new Microsoft’s lukewarm support for the platform. Will Win10 be the savior of the platform or final coffin nail? I don’t have an answer to that.

Back in the Swing of It
Back in the Swing of It
July 22, 2015

It’s been a tough couple of months here at Wildermuth central. I’m finally feeling good enough to get back on my proverbial feet. The hair is longer, the beard grayer, and hopefully a little more wise.

Mapping Between Entities and View Models
Mapping Between Entities and View Models
July 22, 2015

As many of you know, my recent course on Pluralsight dealt with Best Practices in ASP.NET: Entities, Validation and View Models. As I’ve worked with clients, there seem to be a non-ending list of ways to deal with data in ASP.NET.

Upgrading ASP.NET 5 Beta4 to Beta5
Upgrading ASP.NET 5 Beta4 to Beta5
July 22, 2015

For my upcoming course, I have a decent sized example that I’ll be teaching from. In the process of watching ASP.NET 5 go through the sprints, I have to upgrade the project at every step. I feel at some point I should be getting better at dealing with the sprints, but not yet ; )