Changelog for Upgrade from ASP.NET Core 2.1 to ASP.NET Core 3.1

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

Update to AspNetCore v3.1.2 (2020-03-05)

Summary

• All packages updated to the latest version.
• Code improvement and bug fixes.
• AutoMapper v9.0.0 changes applied and static Mapper removed.
• Swashbuckle new changes applied.
• NETCore 3.x and ASPNETCore 3.x and EFCore 3.x new changes applied.

Details

• Because of updates in AutoMapper api and removing the static Mapper class, IMapper passed to all controller and services that uses mapping. (for example OldPostsController.cs)

• Mapping implementation changed in BaseDto.cs

• Mapping configuration changed in AutoMapperConfiguration.cs

• Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools added. We need it since EFCore v3.x to use migration command in Nuget Package Manager Console.

• Because of EFCore3.x api changes, entityType.Relational().TableName changed to entityType.GetTableName() and property.Relational().DefaultValueSql changed to property.SetDefaultValueSql() in ModelBuilderExtensions.cs

• ConfigureWarnings removed in ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs because automatic client evaluation is no longer supported and this event is no longer generated.

• ValueTask replaced by Task in GetByIdAsync method of Repository

• Package Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Examples replaced by Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Filters and so their namespaces.

• IExamplesProvider changed to generic version IExamplesProvider<T> (see CreateUserResponseExample)

• Package NLog.Targets.Sentry2 replaced by Sentry.NLog and their related code changed in Program.cs and its nlog.config changed a little.

• Due to model changes in OpenApi(Swagger), these files changed ApplySummariesOperationFilter.cs, RemoveVersionParameters.cs, SetVersionInPaths.cs, UnauthorizedResponsesOperationFilter.cs

• Swagger configuration in SwaggerConfigurationExtensions.cs changed due to swagger new updates

• Implementation of ApiResultFilterAttribute.cs changed due to ASPNETCore 3.x new updates

• Implementation of AddMinimalMvc in ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs method changed since service.AddControllers() was introduced.

• IHostingEnvironment replaced by IWebHostEnvironment because of API deprecated in NETCore 3.x (here for example)

• The app.UseMvc() replaced by app.UseRouting() and app.UseEndpoints() in Startup.Configure method

• Unused namespaces in all projects removed.