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Styles of Writing ASP.NET Core Middleware

6 Feb 2021 ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection .NET Core Middleware

In this post, I discuss the differences between convention and factory styles of writing middleware in ASP.NET Core along with the differences in how the instances are created and interact with dependency injection.

Introducing Strongly Typed HTTP Request Headers for ASP.NET Core

12 Jan 2021 ASP.NET Core C# 9 Clean Code Dependency Injection

In this first part of a series of posts, I discuss the thinking behind taking string based HTTP Headers and presenting them to your .NET code via dependency injection as strongly typed objects.

Should I be Checking Injected Dependencies for Null?

20 Dec 2020 .NET Core ASP.NET Core Configuration Dependency Injection

In this post, I present my Top 5 scenarios of null injections from the .NET Dependency Injection container and use these to justify adding guard clauses to your C# constructors in consuming classes.

Understanding Disposables In .NET Dependency Injection - Part 3

17 Nov 2020 ASP.NET Core Clean Code Dependency Injection Design Patterns .NET Core IDisposable

Following on from Parts 1 and 2, in this final part of the series, I move on to dealing with types that you do not have source control for and therefore cannot change directly to hide the Dispose method using the techniques I have described in the previous posts.

Understanding Disposables In .NET Dependency Injection - Part 2

17 Nov 2020 ASP.NET Core Clean Code Dependency Injection Design Patterns .NET Core IDisposable

Following on from Part 1 where I provide an overview of hiding the Dispose method from consumers of the Dependency Injection container, in this part, I move on to dealing with objects that are created outside, but registered with the DI container.

Understanding Disposables In .NET Dependency Injection - Part 1

17 Nov 2020 ASP.NET Core Clean Code Dependency Injection Design Patterns .NET Core IDisposable

In this post I will be discussing the traps that can catch you out by potentially creating memory leaks when registering types that implement the IDisposable interface as services with the out-of-the-box .NET Dependency Injection container.