Month: May 2017

Starting today, Amazon Video fans can now watch their favorite shows and movies in stunning 4K UHD on their Xbox One S with the latest Amazon Video app update. Already have the Amazon Video app? Simply launch the app to get the update. Don’t have Amazon Video? Head to the Xbox App Store, download the app and sign up for your 30-Day free trial now. Then sit back and watch Amazon originals such as Bosch, Sneaky Pete, The Grand Tour, and Man in the High Castle and more all in stunning 4K. With four times the resolution of standard HD, 4K Ultra… Continue reading 4K Streaming Comes to Amazon Video Xbox App→

Yesterday, Microsoft received the 2016 Extraordinary Employer Support Award from the U.S. Department of Defense in recognition of its sustained support of National Guard and Reserve military members. It was an honor to attend an on-campus ceremony where Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood accepted the award on behalf of the company. Amy’s presence is testament to the fact that Microsoft’s support of the military extends up and down our chain … Read more »

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I’m excited to announce that A Walk in the Dark is now available on Xbox One and Windows 10 via Xbox Play Anywhere. As big fans of 2D platformers, A Walk in the Dark represents our take on the platformed genre we grew up playing. In our game you’ll be playing as Bast, a cat on a mission to rescue his best friend Arielle, from an ancient evil creature that turned their hike into a fight for survival. This journey will take you through 100 levels that will put your skills as a gamer to the test. For the bravest… Continue reading Xbox Play Anywhere Action Platformer A Walk in the Dark Available Now→

Today we’re very excited for Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island to launch on Xbox One! We’ve teamed up with Right Nice Games, a small but very talented team from Sweden, and have been working hard to bring you their debut title. Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island is a vibrant 3D platformer, a homage to the platformer genre of the previous decade that all of us grew up playing. The game combines classic action gameplay, playful gadgets, and a lighthearted story set in an exotic place with lush greenery and colorful landscapes, reminiscent of childhood adventures. If… Continue reading Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island Available Now for Xbox One→

Welcome back for another edition of Weekend Reading. There is always a fair amount of news pouring out of Microsoft. This week, we’ve upped the game with a number of high-level stories that touch on big issues of our time, including accessibility, human rights, teaching technology in underserved schools, modernizing electrical grids and battling online scammers. Join us and get up to speed with what’s happening in the Microsoft universe. … Read more »

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Last week we highlighted Laurent Kempé’s, Hello World .NET Core Pi, post. This week we continue to follow his work and get ASP.NET Core running on a Raspberry Pi too…

ASP.NET Core MVC app running on Raspberry Pi

After running a first console app on my Raspberry Pi 3, I had to try ASP.NET Core and API. Two weeks ago when I posted “.NET Core console app running on Raspberry Pi”, I could make API working, but I had no chance with MVC. Today it worked!

 

This post will describe all steps I had to go through to have an ASP.NET Core MVC application running on my Raspberry Pi 3. I will not repeat the steps needed to install the Ubuntu MATE on the Pi, neither how to install the different tools, e.g., SSH Server, Putty, WinSCP… to have an efficient development environment, you can check the previous post for that.

Again you will need to install the .NET Core 2.0 SDK on your Windows machine. This time I used Windows x64 2.0.0-preview1-005791 which I downloaded as a zip. I unzipped it, and then I added it to the System Path.

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Next, we will create the ASP.NET Core MVC project using the following …

Now we have to adapt the mvc.csproj like this …

Then we need to run the restore command …

Then we publish  …

Now we are ready to display our first web page using ASP.NET Core MVC running on the Raspberry Pi 3. The first time your browse the site, it will be slow because the Raspberry Pi needs to compile the Razor Page, but you will finally end in front of

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Welcome to our new show “managing software development’. In this show we will be exploring the best practices, process’s, tools, and philosophy of management.

We will be speaking with Dev Managers, Directors and other industry leaders about managing large scale software projects.

This show is not only for managers but for anyone who is aspiring to be a manager.

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We’re launching a Multiplayer All-Access event with a free unlock of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition. Xbox is inviting all Xbox Live members, with or without a Gold membership, to play online with friends for free in any game they own during our Multiplayer All-Access event from May 18-21 on Xbox One and Xbox 360. Experience one of the most-popular benefits of Xbox Live Gold membership with access to the most advanced gaming network. Log in now and start playing together. Need something new to play? How about trying out one of the bestselling games on Xbox? All Xbox Live members… Continue reading Enjoy a Multiplayer All-Access Event With Minecraft: Xbox One Edition→