Introduction to .NET Aspire

.NET Aspire is a revolutionary stack created for building cloud-native microservices. It emerges as a game-changer, offering a streamlined, opinionated approach to simplify orchestrating the .NET microservices and connecting them to cloud services with ease.

The book explores the development of .NET Aspire, its core concepts, and a powerful manifest for defining the application's structure and integrations. With this foundation, you will explore practical patterns for seamlessly incorporating polyglot microservices, covering languages like Go, Python, and Node.js. You will gain hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry monitoring, Azure Developer CLI, and Dapr. You will also gain a deep understanding of unit testing practices and AI capabilities, including frameworks like TensorFlow and ML.NET, directly into your .NET Aspire solutions.

By the end of this book, you will possess the practical skills and in-depth knowledge to design, build, deploy, and effectively manage sophisticated, production-ready cloud-native applications, empowering you to excel in the world of distributed systems.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Understand .NET Aspire fundamental and core architecture principles.
● Build polyglot microservices using C#, Go, Python, and Node.js.
● Deploy application using Azure Developer CLI.
● Integrate Dapr for enhanced distributed application capabilities.
● Build intelligent applications with LLM orchestration and Semantic Kernel.
● Apply best practices for unit testing Aspire components.
● Build resilient, observable, cloud-native .NET solutions.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for .NET developers, cloud engineers, and software architects aiming to build modern cloud-native applications. Readers should have basic knowledge of .NET development and an understanding of web APIs and containerization concepts.

1. Introduction to .NET Aspire
2. .NET Aspire Integrations
3. .NET Aspire and Other Languages
4. .NET Aspire Monitoring
5. Deployments Using azd
6. Integrating with Dapr
7. .NET Aspire Testing
8. .NET Aspire and AI

● Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri works for Microsoft as a principal software engineering manager in the Azure SQL product. He has more than 17 years of experience in designing and developing several products within Microsoft, ranging from SSIS to MDS, and currently in Azure SQL DB. He has deep knowledge in cloud computing, distributed systems, AI, microservice-based architecture, and cloud-native apps, and has experience working in three different Microsoft centers (India, China, and the United States). Santhosh has authored and published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed and indexed journals and in major trade publications. He is a core MVB blogger at DZone and an active senior IEEE member handling various conferences as technical chair in the Seattle IEEE region. He also manages several open- source projects on GitHub, which have several stars. He has participated in and judged industry-wide hackathons related to AI, which were widely popular on DevPost. He frequently speaks and presents at various conferences about microservices, AI, and cloud computing. He actively mentors junior engineers on ADPList and contributes widely to the developer community. Naga is in the top 1% of developers in the cloud and AI community. Naga has been awarded the prestigious Docker Captain membership program for his outstanding contributions to the Docker and containers community.

● Tomasso Stocchi is a cloud solution architect for Microsoft’s application innovation team. He helps developers leverage Microsoft’s technologies to build cloud-native intelligent applications and implement DevOps practices. He has extensive experience and knowledge in cloud computing and software development.