You're reading from Pragmatic Microservices with C# and Azure Build, deploy, and scale microservices efficiently to meet modern software demands

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835088296

Length 508 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Azure

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Microservices

Author (1):

Christian Nagel

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Creating Microservices with .NET FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to .NET Aspire and Microservices

3. Chapter 2: Minimal APIs – Creating REST Services

4. Chapter 3: Writing Data to Relational and NoSQL Databases

5. Chapter 4: Creating Libraries for Client Applications

6. Part 2: Hosting and Deploying

7. Chapter 5: Containerization of Microservices

8. Chapter 6: Microsoft Azure for Hosting Applications

9. Chapter 7: Flexible Configurations

10. Chapter 8: CI/CD – Publishing with GitHub Actions

11. Chapter 9: Authentication and Authorization with Services and Clients

12. Part 3: Troubleshooting and Scaling

13. Chapter 10: All About Testing the Solution

14. Chapter 11: Logging and Monitoring

15. Chapter 12: Scaling Services

16. Part 4: More communication options

17. Chapter 13: Real-Time Messaging with SignalR

18. Chapter 14: gRPC for Binary Communication

19. Chapter 15: Asynchronous Communication with Messages and Events

20. Chapter 16: Running Applications On-Premises and in the Cloud

21. Index

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