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Custom Metrics to AWS CloudWatch from ASP.NET Core

I was playing around with AWS CloudWatch and was curious to send custom metrics from ASP.NET Core. Specifically the execution time of an HTTP request. AWS SDK I created a simple middleware that starts a StopWatch before calling the next middleware in the pipeline. When it returns, stop the StopWatch and send the data to CloudWatch. First is to add the relevant NuGet packages. Configuration If you’ve never used the AWS SDK/Packages, I recommend checking out my post on Configuring AWS SDK in ASP.NET Core. It goes over creating a named profile to store your AWS credentials and using appSettings… Read More »Custom Metrics to AWS CloudWatch from ASP.NET Core

Roundup #51: .NET Core 3.0 launches at .NET Conf, .NET Standard adoption, Nullable Reference Types, Cake on Linux, Logging in ASPNET 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. .NET Core 3.0 launches at .NET Conf .NET Conf is a FREE, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET Core 3.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2019! Come celebrate and learn about the new release. You won’t want to miss this one. Link: https://www.dotnetconf.net/ Update on .NET Standard adoption It’s about two years ago that I announced .NET Standard 2.0. Since then… Read More »Roundup #51: .NET Core 3.0 launches at .NET Conf, .NET Standard adoption, Nullable Reference Types, Cake on Linux, Logging in ASPNET Core

Roundup #50: HttpRepl, ReferenceAssemblies, IAsyncEnumerable, Searching Nuget, Resilience

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. HttpRepl: A command-line tool for interacting with RESTful HTTP services The ASP.NET team has built a command-line tool called HttpRepl. It lets you browse and invoke HTTP services in a similar way to working with files and folders. You give it a starting point (a base URL) and then you can execute commands like “dir” and “cd” to navigate your way around the API. Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/httprepl-a-command-line-tool-for-interacting-with-restful-http-services/ Using the ReferenceAssemblies NuGet… Read More »Roundup #50: HttpRepl, ReferenceAssemblies, IAsyncEnumerable, Searching Nuget, Resilience