Getting Started: Modular Monoliths in .NET

Start your Modular Monoliths journey

About This Course

A monolith refers to a software application that is deployed as a single physical deployment. Many monolithic applications lack sufficient structure and end up becoming Big Balls of Mud. By contrast, a modular monolith breaks up the application into logical modules which are largely independent from one another. This provides many of the benefits of more distributed approaches like microservices without the overhead of deploying and managing a distributed application. In this course, you�ll learn how to get started building a modular monolith application using a real world sample, the RiverBooks ecommerce site.

Course Curriculum

3h 11m 8 sections

Welcome

1:15 Free preview

What will you learn in this course?

2:07 Free preview

Who is the course for and prerequisites

1:13 Free preview

Introducing Software Architectures

3:27

Standard Monoliths

3:53

Microservices

3:56

Modular Monoliths

2:26

Comparison and Trade-Offs

3:24

Key Takeaways

2:03

Brief Overview of RiverBooks Sample

2:30

Environment Setup

1:26

Creating initial Solution and Projects

15:04

Key Takeaways

0:49

Modeling the Books Domain

6:50

Adding Persistence Abstractions

2:33

Creating Basic Services

4:03

Integrating with EF Core

11:31

Key Takeaways

0:30

Adding Book Endpoints

11:47

Testing the API

15:55

Create the Users Module

9:39

Add Registration and Login Endpoints

10:06

Linking Users and Books via a Cart

31:52

Module Communication Options

6:01

Refactoring to Improve Design

15:39

Key Takeaways

3:48

Key Concept Review

7:25

Run the Full RiverBooks Application

8:36

Next Steps

0:57

Meet Your Instructor

Steve "ardalis" Smith

Steve "ardalis" Smith

Steve "ardalis" Smith is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. He provides mentoring and training workshops for teams with the desire to improve. Steve has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for over 10 consecutive years, and is a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. He is the top contributor to the official documentation on ASP.NET Core and enjoys helpings others write maintainable, testable applications using Microsoft's developer tools.

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