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Configuration and Options in .NET

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WelcomeFree Preview1m 13s What will you learn in this course?Free Preview1m 45s Who is the course for and prerequisitesFree Preview34s

Introduction to Configuration(0/8)

Introduction49s What is Configuration?1m 45s Why configuration is important?1m 38s Configuration in .NET1m 28s Configuration sources & providers1m 11s First Configuration NuGet package2m 47s Explore the IConfiguration and related APIs7m 34s Section Recap1m 21s

Getting started with Configuration(0/10)

Introduction1m 7s Standalone vs. Host4m 4s What’s a ConfigurationManager?1m 21s Exploring the Worker Service default configuration1m 30s Running the Worker Service with template behavior34s Learning the JSON configuration provider capabilities1m 45s Environment specific configuration2m 56s Configuring and manually parsing custom values1m 43s Benefiting from the Binder package1m 40s Section Recap1m 31s

Configuration Providers(0/14)

Introduction to Configuration Providers37s Base File Providers47s Discussing the empty application builder sample app1m 12s JSON configuration provider3m 0s XML configuration provider1m 51s INI configuration provider1m 48s User Secrets configuration provider1m 36s Managing user secrets6m 36s Environment Variables configuration provider2m 31s Command-line configuration provider3m 31s Key-per file configuration provider2m 25s Azure Key Vault configuration provider4m 10s Azure App Configuration provider with Key Vault secrets3m 36s Section Recap59s

Implementing a Custom Configuration Provider(0/9)

Introduction to Implementing a Custom Configuration Provider1m 31s Create the implementation class library1m 35s Implement the IConfigurationSource1m 23s Implement the IConfigurationProvider2m 27s Extend IConfigurationBuilder and expose AddYamlFile APIs2m 22s Implementing the YAML parser9m 35s Review and Finalize implementation details2m 11s Consuming YAML configuration with custom provider4m 29s Section Recap1m 7s

Exploring the Options Pattern(0/16)

Introduction to the Options Pattern2m 9s Modeling the Logging Options2m 9s Bind Logging Options to Configuration1m 50s Consuming Logging Options through DI2m 41s Adding another options-modeled object1m 2s Binding additional named-options1m 48s Configuring and editing named-options1m 30s Resolving named-options by name1m 30s Verifying configuration bindings and DI hydration1m 13s Considering alternative APIs for registering options1m 40s Overriding configurations with post configure APIs2m 15s Overriding all config-bound instances1m 52s Avoid implementing IOptions1m 58s Understanding reflection-based binding2m 14s Enabling source-generated configuration binding2m 5s Section Recap1m 1s

Options Pattern Validation(0/9)

Introduction to Validating Options1m 42s Implementing the IValidateOptions interface5m 7s Registering options with validation3m 2s Using data-annotations for declarative validation4m 45s Handling validation errors4m 36s Expressing simple delegate-based validation with fluent APIs3m 21s Controlling when validation errors occur2m 24s Compile-time validation with source-generators4m 7s Section Recap1m 36s

Options Monitoring(0/8)

Introduction to Options Monitoring1m 13s Differentiating Options interfaces2m 10s Visualizing an Alerting App Scenario1m 7s Exploring the Alerting Implementation7m 47s Post Code-walk: Options and Settings3m 8s Changing Config Data & Monitoring Alerts2m 4s Being Mindful of Monitoring Limitations1m 32s Section Recap1m 13s

Best Practices for Library Authors(0/13)

Introduction to Consumer-Centric (Empathy-based) Authoring52s Defining Strongly-typed WidgetOptions1m 26s Debating namespace Naming: IServiceCollection Extensions1m 11s Exploring an Add* with IConfigurationSection API1m 55s Consuming the Add* with IConfigurationSection3m 35s Improving consumer experiences through meaningful error messages1m 35s Confirming new consumer experiences1m 52s Considerations when accepting Option-types as Add* API parameters1m 52s Consuming the Add* with Options-type API2m 17s Exposing an Action API1m 43s The Importance of Consistent APIs1m 58s Using the configureOptions delegate-based API2m 29s Section Recap1m 19s

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