gRPC for .NET Articles, Tutorials & News
gRPC for .NET articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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Editor picks for gRPC
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gRPC vs REST APIs: Performance, Scalability, and Use Cases Compared
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #495
Good side-by-side refresher on protocol tradeoffs when teams default to REST without revisiting internal service requirements.
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ASP.NET Core: Why I Couldn’t Upgrade FluentValidation Past 11.4 in My Calzolari.Grpc.AspNetCore.Validation Package (and How I Finally Fixed It)
anthonygiretti.com Issue #436
A solid postmortem on package upgrade friction, with useful lessons for anyone shipping ASP.NET Core and gRPC integration libraries.
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C# 13 & .NET 9 — Part 14: Web Services, RESTful API, gRPC, Pagination in APIs, Postman and Swagger
medium.com Issue #394
A solid REST/gRPC refresher for anyone building APIs, with pagination and tooling basics in the mix.
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Why We Abandoned Enums for Strings in Our .NET gRPC Service
medium.com Issue #357
Choosing strings over enums in gRPC is a useful reminder that protobuf constraints sometimes force design compromises you only discover in production.
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ASP.NET Core and Microservices Architecture
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #305
Microservices plus minimal APIs, gRPC, and observability. dense with architecture touchpoints.
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The Definitive guide to get ASP.NET Grpc Services working on Azure App Service
todayamerican.medium.com Issue #143
https://todayamerican.medium.com/the-definitive-guide-to-get-asp-net-grpc-services-working-on-azure-app-service-86d1bef0cdc9
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How to Enable Microsoft Entra ID for Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL)
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #387
Entra ID for Cosmos DB is a practical step away from shared keys and toward cleaner production security.
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🔴 VS Code Live - AI-Powered Kafka Development: Confluent Extension + GitHub Copilot + MCP
youtube.com Issue #387
The Blazor EventCallback article is a useful reminder that UI event patterns matter once async code meets component lifecycles.
gRPC .NET from the DotNetNews archive, curated for .NET developers who already ship production code. This is a reading list pulled from daily issues, not a substitute for the official docs on gRPC for .NET.
Use Start here for the editorial shortlist, then browse Latest or the full archive when you need more depth. Coverage leans toward gRPC .NET, gRPC ASP.NET Core, protobuf .NET. Recent pieces worth opening: “gRPC vs REST APIs: Performance, Scalability, and Use Cases Compared” and “ASP.NET Core: Why I Couldn’t Upgrade FluentValidation Past 11.4 in My Calzolari.Grpc.AspNetCore.Validation Package (and How I Finally Fixed It)”.
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c-sharpcorner.com Issue #305
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gRPC vs REST APIs: Performance, Scalability, and Use Cases Compared
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #495
Compare gRPC vs REST APIs: explore performance, scalability, use cases, architectural differences, data formats, and when to choose each.
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ASP.NET Core: Why I Couldn’t Upgrade FluentValidation Past 11.4 in My Calzolari.Grpc.AspNetCore.Validation Package (and How I Finally Fixed It)
anthonygiretti.com Issue #436
Context I’m the author of the Calzolari.Grpc.AspNetCore.Validation package, which provides request message validation for gRPC...
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C# 13 & .NET 9 — Part 14: Web Services, RESTful API, gRPC, Pagination in APIs, Postman and Swagger
medium.com Issue #394
This article is based on Chapter 14: Website Development Using MVC Pattern
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Cosmos DB Entra ID, AI agents, and .NET performance
DotNetNews Issue #387
A varied .NET roundup covering Entra ID for Cosmos DB, ASP.NET Core client assertions, Blazor callbacks, AI agents, and performance tips.
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Why We Abandoned Enums for Strings in Our .NET gRPC Service
medium.com Issue #357
Here is the story of why we spent hours fighting the Protobuf specification, and why we ultimately decided to serialize our Enums as…
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Health checks in .NET — a concise, production-ready guide (liveness, readiness, gRPC, RabbitMQ)
medium.com Issue #323
Health checks are a small investment that dramatically improves service reliability and operability. This article shows a pragmatic…
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ASP.NET Core and Microservices Architecture
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #305
Learn how to build independent, scalable services using minimal APIs, gRPC, and API Gateways (Ocelot). Discover best practices for database per service, observability with OpenTelemetry, and container...
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Your .NET Protobuf Collections Might Be Slowing You Down (and Burning Cash)
medium.com Issue #295
How hidden inefficiencies in Protobuf parsing can crush performance and inflate your cloud bill.
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Building Your First High-Performance gRPC Server in C#-A Developer’s Complete Guide
medium.com Issue #266
Modern applications demand speed, efficiency and seamless communication between distributed systems. While REST APIs have dominated the…
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REST vs gRPC in .NET: Choosing the Right API Style for Your Backend
medium.com Issue #266
Compare REST and gRPC in ASP.NET Core with examples.
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Use Pagination, Filtering, and Sorting in GraphQL with Hot Chocolate (.NET)
tomas-svojanovsky.medium.com Issue #233
https://tomas-svojanovsky.medium.com/use-pagination-filtering-and-sorting-in-graphql-with-hot-chocolate-net-5bd64c310fe2
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JWT auth, Cosmos DB search, Copilot
DotNetNews Issue #205
ASP.NET Core JWT auth, Cosmos DB search, C# practices, .NET 9 features, MAUI login, Aspire health checks, and Build/Copilot videos.
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gRPC vs REST in .NET: Which Communication Model Should You Choose?
medium.com Issue #189
https://medium.com/@orbens/grpc-vs-rest-in-net-which-communication-model-should-you-choose-efeb03368ff8
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EF Core, C#, and Azure security
DotNetNews Issue #186
Practical .NET coverage: EF Core tuning, C# pitfalls, OAuth client assertions, SignalR, Kafka, MAUI, AI tooling, and C# 14 preview.
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The Definitive guide to get ASP.NET Grpc Services working on Azure App Service
todayamerican.medium.com Issue #143
https://todayamerican.medium.com/the-definitive-guide-to-get-asp-net-grpc-services-working-on-azure-app-service-86d1bef0cdc9
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gRPC, EF Core seeding, and C# delegates
DotNetNews Issue #120
A varied .NET roundup with gRPC in .NET 8, EF Core 9 seeding, source generators, Blazor styling, LINQ performance, and WinForms debugging.
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EF Core optimization and gRPC SSE
DotNetNews Issue #45
Issue #45 covers EF Core query tuning, gRPC server-sent events, Docker, Serilog, OpenAI, and async patterns for working .NET developers.