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  3. ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition

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    Using health checks to run async tasks in ASP.NET Core

    Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 4

    In this post I describe an approach to running tasks on startup that uses IHostedService to run the tasks and exposes their status using health checks…

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    Feedback on async task examples and another possible solution

    Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 3

    In this post I discuss some feedback on my previous posts about running async tasks on startup, including why database migrations were a poor example…

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    Two approaches for running async tasks

    Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 2

    In this post I show two approaches for running tasks asynchronously on startup. Each approach allow registering tasks using DI, but have different trade offs…

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    Built in options for running async tasks

    Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core - Part 1

    In this post I look at the problem of running one-off tasks asynchronously on app startup in ASP.NET Core, and explore the pros and cons of each option…

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    Using dependency injection with Twilio SMS and ASP.NET Core 2.1

    In this post, I describe how to create a custom ITwilioRestClient, register it with the DI container, and inject it into an MVC controller.…

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    Creating an AWS policy for calling the SES mailbox simulator from CodeBuild

    In this post I show how to create an AWS IAM policy that allows you to send email with AWS SES to the mailbox simulator only, not to real recipients.…

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