Nick Chapsas | All things Azure & .NET

  1. Testing your CosmosDB C# code and automating it with AppVeyor

    Introduction Don't we all love well tested code? I know I do. It's just an awesome feeling knowing that if I change something over here, the thing over there didn't break. However, when your code depends on a third party library, then you have to hope that the code in…
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  2. (Video) How to use Entity Framework 2.0 with .NET Core Part 1 (Setup/Get/Create)

    Video tutorial In this video i will show you how you can get started with Entity Framework 2.0 for MySQL in .NET Core.…
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  3. How the CosmosDB Bulk Executor works under the hood

    Wait what? I'm a really curious person and ever since I got into programming and software engineering it's got worse. When Microsoft announced the Bulk Executor library for CosmosDB, I instantly got suspicious. If it could deliver what they promise then it would be a great addition for Cosmonaut. I…
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  4. (Video) How to save money in CosmosDB with Cosmonaut's Collection Sharing

    Hello everyone, in this video I will show you how you can get started with Cosmonaut's collection sharing in CosmosDB and .NET Core.…
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  5. 20 things you should know about Azure CosmosDB

    After a lot of reading (and a Pluralsight course) about CosmosDB and also a lot of chatting to other developers about this technology I came to a conclusion. Some people have only a vague understanding of what CosmosDB really is, which results in the same StackOverflow questions over and over…
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  6. (Video) Getting started with .NET Core and CosmosDB using Cosmonaut

    Video tutorial In this video i will show you how have fully working CRUD based on POCO objects in less than 2 minutes with Cosmonaut.…
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  7. How to easily start using CosmosDB in your C# application in no time with Cosmonaut

    I've used a lot of document based NoSQL databases. CosmosDB is by far my favourite, mainly because it's much more than that. Things like it's scale-ability, the different API options, the change feed or even the emulator that Microsoft provides are amazing. However, unless you are willing to dedicate a…
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  8. Clean up your .NET Core Startup with Scrutor

    It is undeniable that some of the best packages that are in any C# developer’s arsenal is created by the community. Just like any other developer that likes developing in his spare, I find myself testing around stuff and experimenting with ideas to see what might work. I recently…
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