.NET Microservices for Azure Developers

Course details

It's no longer only architects who need to understand the benefits and challenges of cloud-native architectures, such as microservices. By leveraging this popular architectural pattern, developers and other key application stakeholders can enhance the availability, reliability, and scalability of their software solutions. In this course, instructor Rodrigo Díaz Concha provides an overview of microservices, as well as how to use .NET to create microservices that can be deployed in Azure. Rodrigo covers key topics such as microservices pros and cons, writing unit tests, microservices containerization with Docker, microservices deployment on top of an orchestrator, and synchronous communication between microservices.

Concepts

Introduction

Making sense of microservices architecture in a .NET and Azure ecosystem
What you should know
What we are going to build

Introduction to Microservices

The importance of software architecture
What is the monolithic architecture
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) overview
Introduction to the microservices architectural style
Core principles of microservices
Microservices and Domain-Driven Design
Communication between microservices

Hands On - Creating Microservices with ASP.NET Core

Creating and cloning the repo
Creating your first microservice using ASP.NET Core
Creating and registering the DbContext for the microservice
Creating the PetsController and returning the list of pets
Obtaining a single pet in the PetsController
Creating a new pet
Challenge - Implementing BreedsController and validations
Solution - Implementing BreedsController and validations

Hands On - Microservices Containerization with Docker and Azure Container Registry

Creating the service principal and configuring the repo
Creating a workflow to log into Azure
Creating the Azure Container Registry resource
Creating the Dockerfile in Visual Studio
Modifying the workflow to create the container images
Challenge - Formatting the container image tags
Solution - Formatting the container image tags

Hands On - Microservices Deployment in Azure Container Apps

Creating the Container Apps environment using the Azure CLI
Creating the Container App using the Azure CLI
Modifying the workflow to deploy to the Container App
Challenge - Configuring environment variables
Solution - Configuring environment variables

Hands On - Synchronous Communication between Microservices

Creating the Clinic microservice
Adding the ClinicDbContext class
Implementing the ManagementService class
Implementing the ClinicApplicationService class
Adding resilience traits to the microservice using Polly
Creating the Container App for the Clinic microservice
Creating the Dockerfile and modifying the workflow
Adding environment variables to the Clinic microservice
Challenge - Implementing a new endpoint and memory cache
Solution - Implement a new endpoint and memory cache

Conclusion

Next steps with .NET microservices