July 23, 2020
Hey hey hey it's started
When using NServiceBus, sometimes there is a need to perform actions when the endpoint is started. This can become cumbersome when using the .NET Core Generic Host infrastructure. NServiceBus.Extensions.EndpointStarted comes to the rescue, and allows to register a simple callback function during the endpoint configuration phase.
OK Mauro, but I want to do paging AND sorting
Paging and sorting can be applied in isolation, even in distributed systems. When in need of paging AND sorting, the level of coordination required grows exponentially. It turns out that the problem is not that different from searching in distributed systems, and similar techniques can be used to address the paging and sorting dilemma.
Paging and sorting in distributed systems, oh my!
Paging and sorting sound like a controversial and complex topic when it comes to displaying data; however, they don't need to be, even in distributed systems.
Businesses don't fail, they make mistakes
Sooner or later the system will fail. Doesn't matter if it'll be for an infrastructure failure or a bug. It'll fail. Dealing with failures can be tricky especially when business failures are handled like if they were infrastructure ones.
Exploring NServiceBus Integration Testing options
Sometimes there is the need to test the full business scenario. Like the full dress rehearsal for a show. When using messaging, business scenario testing is not easy and NServiceBus unit testing capabilities aren't good enough.
I built a thing, well...two.
NServiceBus has a configurable routing engine whose role is to define where messages should be routed when sent. The routing engine is configured along with the endpoint, that might not be the most comfortable solution. Is there anything we can do about it?
The Price of Freedom
When designing UIs for a distributed system we're faced with many choices. It's hard to districate ourselves into the options jungle. We might be tempted to select what at a first look seems to be most flexible solution, as flexibility pretend to imply freedom. It's tremendously easy to transition from freedom to anarchy.