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Fat Controller CQRS Diet: Vertical Slices

This post is in my Fat Controller CQRS Diet series. It demonstrates how to thin your controllers by implementing commands and queries using the MediatR library.  Specifically in this post, I’ll look at organizing your code by vertical slices. I’m converting the MusicStore application that’s using ASP.NET Core MVC.   All the source code is available on GitHub. If you’re new to this series, here are earlier posts to get up to speed: Overview of Series Simple Query Simple Command Command Pipeline Notifications Organize by Feature Feature Slices or Vertical Slices are the terms I’ve heard the most for what I call… Read More »Fat Controller CQRS Diet: Vertical Slices

Fat Controller CQRS Diet: Notifications

This post is in my Fat Controller CQRS Diet series. It demonstrates how to thin your controllers by implementing commands and queries using the MediatR library. I’m converting the MusicStore application that’s using ASP.NET Core MVC.   All the source code is available on GitHub. If you’re new to this series, here are earlier posts to get up to speed: Overview of Series Simple Query Simple Command Command Pipeline Logging In the my previous Command Pipeline example, I leveraged StructureMap and the decorator pattern to setup a pipeline. My pipeline would invoke the actual command handler as well as any classes that… Read More »Fat Controller CQRS Diet: Notifications

Running a .NET User Group

Back in June 2016, I posted about my experience starting a User Group.   It covered some of the basics of the very initial forming of the group and various feedback.  Since it’s now been half a year and we’ve had 6 meetups since then, I figured it was time for a post about how it’s been running a .NET User group. Speakers Originally thought the toughest part of running the user group would be getting speakers.  However, this early on in the life of the user group, it hasn’t been much of an issue. I think there is one main… Read More »Running a .NET User Group