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2. Running async tasks on app startup in ASP.NET Core 3.0
   Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 4

   In this post I describe how a small change in the ASP.NET Core 3.0 WebHost makes it easier to run asynchronous tasks on app startup using IHostedService…

   September 17, 2019 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 3.0 Dependency Injection Configuration
3. New in ASP.NET Core 3: Service provider validation
   Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 3

   In this post I describe the ValidateOnBuild feature that is new to .NET Core 3.0. I also show five gotchas to look out for that the DI validator will miss.…

   September 10, 2019 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 3.0 Dependency Injection
4. Using scoped services inside a Quartz.NET hosted service with ASP.NET Core

   In this post I describe how to run Quartz.NET jobs using an ASP.NET Core hosted service, and how to handle scoped services inside singleton jobs.…

   May 28, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
5. Creating a Quartz.NET hosted service with ASP.NET Core

   In this post I describe how to run Quartz.NET jobs using an ASP.NET Core hosted service, and how to handle scoped services inside singleton jobs.…

   May 21, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
6. Reducing initial request latency by pre-building services in a startup task in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show a startup task that pre-builds all the services registered in the DI container to reduce the duration of the first request to the app.…

   February 05, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
7. 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…

   January 29, 2019 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Configuration Health Checks