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Derek Comartin

Multi-Targeted NuGet Package Gotchas!

In order to migrate your application from .NET Framework to .NET Core, one part of the migration is making sure all of your dependencies via NuGet packages will work on .NET Core. Most packages nowadays are multi-targeted. Meaning they target various versions of .NET Framework, .NET Core, and .NET Standard. Here are a few of multi-targeted NuGet package gotchas that I’ve discovered in my own migration. Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET Core This post is in a blog series for migrating from .NET Framework to .NET Core. Here’ are some earlier post if you need to catch up: Migrating… Read More »Multi-Targeted NuGet Package Gotchas!

CAP: Event Bus & Outbox Pattern

If you’re thinking of building or already are implementing a system using async messaging (SOA or Microservices) then you need to start thinking about what type of messaging library you want to use in front of a message broker. CAP is an Event Bus that implements the Outbox Pattern to deal with distributed transactions. YouTube I did a live stream exploring CAP that is over on my YouTube Channel. Distributed Transaction When you’re using messages (events) to communicate between systems you will run into the situation where you need to save data to your database, then publish an event to… Read More »CAP: Event Bus & Outbox Pattern

Configuring Errors and Warnings in C#

I recently stumbled upon some code that was making an awaitable method call but was not being awaited. I noticed the issue because it was a compiler warning CS4014 and was highlighted in code. I immediately fixed the issue, however, my second action was configuring errors and warnings in C#. YouTube Make sure to check out my YouTube channel where I often post related content that accompanies my blog posts. WarningAsError You can have a .NET build fail by having the compitler producing errors for normally what are considered warnings. Such as as CS4014 Because this call is not awaited,… Read More »Configuring Errors and Warnings in C#