David Fowler: Architecture of .NET Aspire - Episode 322

David Fowler is a Distinguished Engineer and has been at Microsoft for over 16 years working on developer frameworks and tools in the .NET space. He's one of the creators of several popular OSS frameworks and tools such as .NET Aspire, NuGet, SignalR, and ASP.NET Core. He also architected the Azure SignalR Service, a service for doing real-time WebSocket-based communication at scale. He's an avid open-source advocate and developer currently focused on simplifying developer experiences in the microservice space. David is also passionate about mentoring, supporting individual contributors in their careers, and helping underrepresented folks get interested in technology.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:14] David's career journey.

[4:28] Development of.NET Aspire.

[6:47] Evolution of front-end and back-end architectures.

[13:27] Challenges and Improvements in.NET Aspire.

[19:08] The set of resources they chose to start with.

[21:48] The Infrastructure Library.

[25:23] The potential for creating templates to streamline the bootstrapping process for teams and projects.

[28:58] Does Azure API include networking in the firewall rules?

[31:52] What are the things David is most excited about with DevStory?

[32:3] The "wait for" feature.

[38:03] The complexity of implementing health checks.

[44:53] What is Dapper?

[44:01] Future Vision for.NET Aspire.

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Azure Provisioning 3.0

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NET Aspire Overview

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