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Roundup #60: gRPC vs HTTP APIs, .NET Perception, Rider, WebWindow

Here are the things that caught my eye recently in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. gRPC vs HTTP APIs ASP.NET Core now enables developers to build gRPC services. gRPC is an opinionated contract-first remote procedure call framework, with a focus on performance and developer productivity. gRPC integrates with ASP.NET Core 3.0, so you can use your existing ASP.NET Core logging, configuration, authentication patterns to build new gRPC services. Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/grpc-vs-http-apis/ Perception of .NET I thought this thread was fascinating. Very interesting to read some of the… Read More »Roundup #60: gRPC vs HTTP APIs, .NET Perception, Rider, WebWindow

Roundup #59: IHostingEnvironment vs IHostEnvironment, Async demystified, Pulumi, Memory management and GC in ASP.NET Core

Here are the things that caught my eye recently in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. IHostingEnvironment vs IHostEnvironment – obsolete types in .NET Core 3.0 In this post I describe the differences between various ASP.NET Core types that have been marked as obsolete in .NET Core 3.0. I describe why things have changed, where the replacement types are, and when you should use them. Link: https://andrewlock.net/ihostingenvironment-vs-ihost-environment-obsolete-types-in-net-core-3/ Async demystified – Karel Zikmund Do you struggle to understand async/await in C#? How it works and why?… Read More »Roundup #59: IHostingEnvironment vs IHostEnvironment, Async demystified, Pulumi, Memory management and GC in ASP.NET Core

Orleans Health Checks using ASP.NET Core

One of the nicest things with the introduction of the Generic Host in Orleans v3.0 is that it allows you to run Orleans side by side with ASP.NET Core. One of the main benefits that I could think of is creating Orleans health checks using ASP.NET Core Health Checks. Co-Hosting Since Orleans 3.0, there is now support for the GenericHost via extensions on IHostBuilder, this allows you to run multiple services within the same process all sharing things such as logging, services, configuration, etc. In a recent blog post, I covered how you can co-host Orleans and ASP.NET Core. This… Read More »Orleans Health Checks using ASP.NET Core