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Derek Comartin

Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries through Language

I’ve found that one of the most important ways to find service boundaries is through the dialog you have with various end users in different parts of the system we are working on. Really focusing in on the words they use can be instrumental in finding service boundaries. This blog post is in a series. To catch up check out these other posts: Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries Language Autonomous Services Focus on Service Capabilities, not Entities 4+1 Architectural View Model Taken out of Context If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which… Read More »Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries through Language

Roundup #44: Porting Desktop Apps to .NET Core, .NET Core 3 Progress, GC Pressure, WCF vs gRPC

Here are the things that caught my eye this week in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Porting desktop apps to .NET Core Since I’ve been working with the community on porting desktop applications from .NET Framework to .NET Core, I’ve noticed that there are two camps of folks: some want a very simple and short list of instructions to get their apps ported to .NET Core while others prefer a more principled approach with more background information. Instead of writing up a “Swiss Army… Read More »Roundup #44: Porting Desktop Apps to .NET Core, .NET Core 3 Progress, GC Pressure, WCF vs gRPC

Roundup #43: .NET 5, gRPC, .NET Core 3 Perf, App Service Dashboard, Interface Default Implementation

I was away while Microsoft BUILD happened last week. After catching up, here are the things that caught my eye this week in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Introducing .NET 5 Today, we’re announcing that the next release after .NET Core 3.0 will be .NET 5. This will be the next big release in the .NET family. There will be just one .NET going forward, and you will be able to use it to target Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS and WebAssembly and more.… Read More »Roundup #43: .NET 5, gRPC, .NET Core 3 Perf, App Service Dashboard, Interface Default Implementation