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ASPNET Core TagHelper's - A Better @addTagHelper type resolver

Solve dynamic plugin issues in ASP.NET Core Razor views by creating a custom TagHelper type resolver that supports globbing patterns.

This is about TagHelper's in ASP.NET Core, and how to get more flexible @addTagHelper directives.

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DnnPackager - v2.0.6

Announcing the release of DnnPackager v2.0.6 with feature highlights and GitHub release notes.

A short post to announce that a new minor release of DnnPackager is out.

You can find the release notes here explaining what's new: https://github.com/dazinator/DnnPackager/releases/tag/2.0.6%2B2

For an introduction to DnnPackager in general see here

Special thanks to @nvisionative for requesting this feature.

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Dnn Extensions - Sources Packages?

Explores the dual-purpose nature of source packages in DotNetNuke, weighing the pros and cons of including full Visual Studio project files.

I have been doing some work on DnnPackager recently, and I've come accross the concept of "Source" packages. I have to admit I am not entirely new to these, but I've never personally used them for my projects in the past.

Source packages are basically identical to the ordinary install zip's for your dnn module / extension, i.e you "install" them into your Dnn site like any other install package, except that they also include "source code" files within them, like .cs, .vb files etc.

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