Imagine you are a Junior .Net Developer and you just started your development career. You got your first job and you are given a task – write unit tests! Nothing to worry about, since you got me. I’ll show you how things are done and what are the best practices to follow. Introduction Writing unit […]
I recently was developing a console application in .net core, where I had to use log4net logging. In the standard asp.net core approach we can use: public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggerFactory loggerFactory) { loggerFactory.AddLog4Net(); } But this is .net core console application, where I’m creating LoggerFactory on my own, so it would not work. In […]
Recently I’m diving into Microsoft actor model implementation – Service Fabric Reliable Actors. Apart from Microsoft Orleans, is another one worth looking into. Let’s start from the beginning. What is Service Fabric? It is many things and can be compared to Kubernetes: Simplify microservices development and application lifecycle management Reliably scale and orchestrate containers and […]
Microsoft Orleans is a developer-friendly framework for building distributed, high-scale computing applications. It does not require from developer to implement concurrency and data storage model. It requires developer to use predefined code blocks and enforces application to be build in a certain way. As a result Microsoft Orleans empowers developer with a framework with an […]
From version 3.1 of Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus it is finally possible to manage queues, topics and subscriptions in .Net Core. Let’s have a look at how we can use it in real life scenarios. Previously we would use sample code for getting a queue: public IQueueClient GetQueueClient(string _serviceBusConnectionString, string _queueName) { var queueClient = new QueueClient(_serviceBusConnectionString, _queueName); return […]
Once in a while, you get a task, that you need to generate an export file to the 3rd party system. It is popular when communicating with price comparer services, search services, adds services etc. So you need to generate csv file with almost the same data, but in a slightly different format. How to […]
Recently in my team at work, we focus on maintaining older micro-services. While this might not be the most exciting job to do, it is an opportunity to work on a developer craftsmanship. A micro-service or any code that you write, can be old after a year or even a half, cause our developer habits […]
Recently I run into a challenge. I’ working on a micro-service that receives and processes messages one by one. How to send Service Bus messages, not instantly, but when they pile up? The reason for cause it is expensive when it comes to performance. Let’s send messages after 10 piles up or after every 20 seconds. […]
From time to time everyone needs to write simple console application. It’s a great, simple type of project to test something or write a simple tool. However, most of the times it looks… kind of dull. This is a part of a series of articles about writing a perfect console application in .net core 2. […]
Some time ago I got a question from Eto: “How would I go about this if I just want to receive one message only?” And I started thinking… is it possible in .Net Core? I used the newest Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus package, that is dedicated for .Net Core, but there is no method to receive only one […]