Announcing Oqtane 5.0 for .NET 8
November 16, 2023
The 5.0.0 release is a major release and represents the official migration from .NET 7 to .NET 8. .NET 8 is the latest iteration of the .NET platform. It is a Long Term Support (LTS) release which means that it will be fully supported by Microsoft for the next 3 years (.NET 7 support ends in May 2024).
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Oqtane 4.0.6 Released
October 16, 2023
The 4.0.6 release is primarily focused on stabilization. This includes a variety of user experience improvements and a new Search capability which can be utilized in all Admin Dashboard areas for enhanced administration.
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Upgrading To New .NET Versions
October 11, 2023
Based on the fact that backward compatibility is one of the core philosophies of Oqtane, there are a variety of approaches you can take to allow your development environment to take advantage of newer versions of .NET.
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Data Scoping
October 02, 2023
Data scoping is a fairly common architectural concept when it comes to developing custom software. Basically it refers to the level of granularity that a specific type of data in your application needs to support. You can think of granularity as a way to group similar types of data to provide a logical boundary around it.
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Importing Users
September 25, 2023
Importing user accounts is a common requirement when migrating from one system or environment to another. One way to accomplish this is to use a third party Identity Provider for managing users. The challenge with that approach is that your site or application may have unique needs in regards to security roles or profile information which an Identity Provider is not able to support. So in order to provide the full flexibility to seamlessly onboard users there is often a need for a bulk import capability.
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Oqtane 4.0.5 Released
September 25, 2023
The 4.0.5 release is primarily focused on stabilization. This includes a variety of user experience improvements, Marketplace integration enhancements, localization updates, and a new User Import capability which automates the migration of user accounts from other systems or environments.
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Oqtane On .NET Live
September 12, 2023
On September 11, Shaun Walker was featured as a guest On .NET Live. His presentation provided an overview of the open source CMS and Application Framework that is “rocket fuel for Blazor”
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Oqtane 4.0.3 Released
August 29, 2023
The 4.0.3 release is primarily focused on stabilization. This includes a variety of performance optimizations, user experience improvements, Marketplace integration enhancements, localization updates, support for asynchronous scheduled jobs, and a new InputList component which allows users to optionally choose from a list of suggested items.
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Dapper & SQL Scripts
August 24, 2023
One of the most common misconceptions I hear about Oqtane is that you must follow the specific conventions used in the core framework and default templates in order to develop custom solutions on the platform. This is in fact NOT correct, as Oqtane actually offers tremendous flexibility to enable developers to use their preferred methodologies and components.