Don Schenck

This Is Not Your Father's .NET

You don't need a Dockerfile to containerize your .NET app. Learn how to build production-ready Linux images directly from the command line.

This Is Not Your Father's .NET
#1about 3 minutes

The evolution of .NET as a modern development platform

.NET has become a fast, versatile, and open-source framework suitable for building containerized applications that run anywhere.

#2about 5 minutes

Building container images directly with the dotnet publish command

The `dotnet publish` command can create container images without requiring a Dockerfile, simplifying the build process for .NET applications.

#3about 3 minutes

Deploying applications to OpenShift using the dotnet shift tool

The `dotnet shift` command-line tool provides a streamlined way to build and deploy .NET applications directly to an OpenShift cluster.

#4about 4 minutes

Containerizing legacy .NET Framework applications with Windows containers

Legacy .NET Framework applications can be packaged into Windows containers to run on modern platforms like OpenShift.

#5about 3 minutes

Modernizing legacy apps using the strangler fig pattern

Gradually replace parts of a monolithic legacy application with modern microservices to incrementally update your system without a full rewrite.

#6about 4 minutes

Running legacy IIS applications inside an OpenShift VM

OpenShift Virtualization allows you to run a full Windows Server VM with IIS, providing a path for legacy applications that cannot be containerized.

#7about 4 minutes

Injecting environment variables into client-side Blazor applications

Use a container entrypoint script to substitute environment variables into static client-side files at runtime, enabling dynamic configuration.

#8about 1 minute

Implementing resilience patterns with the Polly library in .NET

The Polly project provides essential resilience patterns like retries, circuit breakers, and fallbacks for building robust distributed applications.

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