TL;DR; A new HttpClientFactory feature is coming in ASP.NET Core 2.1 which helps to solve some common problems that developers may run into when using HttpClient instances to make external web requests from their applications. Introduction This blog post has been in the works since mid-October 2017, which was when I first noticed the new […]
Happy new year! Another year seems to have flown by incredibly quickly. I wanted to sit down and think back to some of the highlights from the past twelve months. 2019 was a hectic year for me and quite exhausting at times, but also extremely rewarding. In fact, now that I’ve thought back to everything […]
It’s been some time since I produced a HttpClient related blog post. This one has been on my list to complete for quite a while. I want to cover something pretty important which happened in .NET Core 2.1 with regard to lifetime management of HTTP connections. TL;DR;HttpClient in .NET Core (since 2.1) performs connection pooling […]
Abstract In the world of microservices (yes, there’s that buzzword again!) and distributed systems, we often find ourselves communicating over HTTP. What seems like a simple requirement can quickly become complicated! Networks aren’t reliable and services fail. Dealing with those inevitable facts and avoiding a cascading failure can be quite a challenge. In this talk, […]
Regular visitors of my blog will know that I’ve written a lot of posts about the HttpClientFactory feature, available in the Microsoft.Extensions.Http package which simplifies the consumption and proper lifetime usage of HttpClient instances. Recently, I’ve begun digging into gRPC and I’m pleased to see a similar pattern is available for gRPC-based communication. In this […]