Entity Framework migrations have been around for some time. They are particularly useful if you are using Entity Framework code-first migrations. Migrations recognise changes in your Entity Framework pattern and script those changes. You can then perform those changes against your database. What is Code-First? Code-first is when you build up your entities inside your […]

.NET Core 3 was officially launched two months ago. The inclusion of Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) was one of the major changes. But, it also included a number of small changes, particularly when configuring the application. How a .NET Core App Starts One of the major changes between .NET Framework and Core […]

We are going to be expanding on the mediator design pattern and seeing how we can hook into it’s pipelines. However, if you are unfamiliar with what the mediator design pattern is, or just want a refresher, then I recommend reading my article entitled “How the Mediator Design Pattern Simplifies an Application“. From that, we […]

One of the things I faced the challenge of overcoming was using RabbitMQ and SignalR in-conjuction with one another. I am building a ASP.NET Core application and want to consume a RabbitMQ queue when the application starts. When a message is published to that queue, it sends a message to all the clients connected through […]

As your computer application gets more complex, more classes may be added. So, the more classes you add, the more difficult it can be to communicate between these classes. This can be a problem if these classes are located in different assemblies. This is where the mediator design pattern comes in. With the mediator design […]