You can run a single monolithic instance of a server application only if the number of clients accessing your application doesn’t exceed a couple of thousand. But what if you expect hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of clients to connect to your application simultaneously? Then a single instance...

The flight monitor case study: Applying Vertical Slices in a real-world scenario In my last articles I talked about Vertical Slice Architecture and how to organize code in a non-technical way. I showed some simple examples of how to do this in C# using the Minimal API and Blazor in...

Exploring Key Features, Use Cases, and Performance of Two Popular Real-time Communication Protocols Introduction Real-time communication plays a crucial role in today’s connected world, powering applications such as IoT devices, web-based chat, gaming, and industrial automation. Choosing the right protocol to facilitate this communication is essential to ensure the smooth...

Introduction: In today’s world, real-time communication is essential for many web applications. For example, consider an online game where players need to communicate with each other in real-time, or a chat application where users expect instant messaging. Fortunately, SignalR, a real-time web framework, is available to help developers implement...

Real-time interactivity is the bread and butter of modern web, mobile, and desktop applications. It doesn’t matter how hard you worked to build your app. If it’s not interactive enough, users will just ignore it in favor of competing apps that are interactive. When you open your social media...

SignalR is a popular software library that allows you send server code to client-side applications, like a React application. This tutorial will show you how to install SignalR on both your ASP.NET Core and React Typescript application. Creating your Applications When creating your ASP.NET Core application, there is an...

We’ll learn about the use of SignalR to build real-time functionality in your ASP.NET Core web apps. SignalR can also be used to add real-time functionality to desktop applications, mobile apps and Azure Functions. What is SignalR? SignalR has been around for 5+ years now, allowing ASP .NET developers to...