In the previous article, we had a look at how to scale a SignalR hub by using Redis backplane. But you can also scale your hubs by using Azure SignalR Service. And this is what we will have a look … Continue reading Scaling out a SignalR hub with Azure SignalR Service

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 … Continue reading How to scale out a SignalR back-end by using Redis

Securing your applications is very important, especially if they are accessible via a network that you don’t have control over, such as public internet. Without security, absolutely anyone can connect to your application, including someone who is up to no … Continue reading Securing your SignalR applications with OpenID Connect and OAuth

We have already covered all the fundamental ways of using SignalR messages. We have learned how to set up clients of all supported types, how to send messages to specific clients and how to use data streams, both client-to-server and … Continue reading Advanced SignalR configuration: fine-tuning the server-side hub and all supported client types

Until this point, we have only covered the use of singular messages in SignalR. But SignalR also supports message streaming. Streaming is when, instead of sending all data at ones, you send it in chunks. Perhaps, it’s a large object … Continue reading Streaming in SignalR

SignalR hub can broadcast a message to all connected clients. But this is far from being the only way you can use SignalR. The hub allows you to send messages to individual clients. You can also group clients together and … Continue reading Sending messages to individual SignalR clients or groups of clients

SignalR Hub is only useful if you have clients connected to it. And in this article, you will learn how to connect in-browser clients. We will start with in-browser clients because they are slightly easier to set up than external … Continue reading In-browser SignalR clients

SignalR is an inbuilt ASP.NET Core library that makes it easy to create interactive real-time applications. It enables fast two-way messaging between the client and the server. Under the hood, it uses some complex logic to enable all of this. … Continue reading Single Sign-on user authentication on Blazor WebAssembly SignalR client

Many design patterns were developed with SOLID principles in mind. Therefore it will be hard to learn design patterns unless you know SOLID principles. But SOLID principles aren’t merely a tool to help you learn design patterns. Every software developer … Continue reading Applying SOLID principles to JavaScript – a step-by-step refactoring guide

My book, SignalR on .NET 6 – the complete guide, is out now! Also available in print. A while ago, when ASP.NET Core didn’t even exist, Microsoft has created a library for .NET Framework-based ASP.NET that enabled a two-way communication … Continue reading SignalR vs gRPC on ASP.NET Core – which one to choose

This article is a chapter from the book Microservices Communication in .NET Using gRPC Since gRPC is often used for processing large volumes of data inside a distributed application, this communication mechanism must be optimized for the best performance. In … Continue reading Performance Best Practices for Using gRPC on .NET

This article is a chapter from the book The easiest way to learn design patterns This chapter summarizes which design patterns can be used to solve any specific type of a software development problem. It’s intended to be a reference … Continue reading Summary of the problems design patterns are intended to solve

Photo by Pexels.com Software rollouts are often a dreaded part of business operations. While IT teams fear technical problems, the rest of the team may feel uneasy about having to learn something new and changing the way they are used to … Continue reading Stress-free Software Rollouts: How to Get It Right

Docker is a very popular containerization technology. It makes deployment of complex distributed applications easy. This is achieved by running each individual service inside an isolated environment. This isolated environment has it’s own operating system, but it’s really lightweight. Unlike … Continue reading The best books to learn Docker easy

This article first appeared in G2i. Programming is part art and part science. How does story telling with your code fit into this dichotomy? A story is an accounting of a set of events or people, real or imaginary. Code … Continue reading Telling a Story with Your Code