aspnet-configuration

What problem does it solve?

This Skill guides users through robust configuration management in ASP.NET Core, covering appsettings.json, environment-specific overrides, user secrets, and the options pattern, ensuring secure and flexible application settings.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Layered Configuration: Understand the hierarchy of appsettings.json, environment variables, and user secrets.
• Strongly-Typed Options: Bind configuration sections to C# classes for type-safe access and validation.
• Secure Development Secrets: Use dotnet user-secrets to manage sensitive data locally without committing it to source control.
• Use Case: When deploying an ASP.NET Core application to different environments (development, staging, production), use this skill to correctly manage database connection strings, API keys, and logging levels for each environment.

Quick Start

Explain how to use appsettings.Development.json to override default settings in my ASP.NET Core application.