Injecting content into your head or body tags via dependency injection using ITagHelperComponent

Having been playing around with the ASP.NET Core 2.0 preview for a little while now, one cool feature I stumbled upon was the addition of the new ITagHelperComponent interface and its use. What problem does the ITagHelperComponent solve? Pre .NET Core 2.0, if you're using a library that comes bundled with some static assets such as JavaScript or CSS, you'll know that in order to use the library you have to manually add script and/or link tags (including...

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Creating custom password validators for ASP.NET Core Identity

ASP.NET Core Identity is a membership system that lets you add user accounts to your ASP.NET Core applications. It provides the low-level services for creating users, verifying passwords and signing users in to your application, as well as additional features such as two-factor authentication (2FA) and account lockout after too many failed attempts to login. When users register on an application, they typically provide an email/username and a password....

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