To get the most out of this book
While the samples in the book have been written on Windows 10, the technology stack used is multiplatform: VS Code, .NET 5, Dapr, Kubernetes, and Locust all offer tools and libraries for multiple platforms.
On Windows 10, it is recommended to have WSL 2 installed and enable the WSL 2 engine in Docker.
For detailed instructions on how to set up your environment, please see the Setting up Dapr section in Chapter 1, Introducing Dapr.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
The Dapr runtime reached the v1.0 production-ready version in February 2021 – see the announcement at https://blog.dapr.io/posts/2021/02/17/announcing-dapr-v1.0/.
The samples and scripts in this book have been tested with Dapr version 1.1.
