Samples.Aspire

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Samples/playgrounds repo for .NET Aspire AND client (MAUI) integrations.

Some facts R&D was conducted with following in mind:

1. trying to be minimally invasive

   not to request changes in MAUI, Aspire or any other SDK - for now.

   Thus a lot of stuff is dirty hacks/workarounds.

2. produce minimal PoC/MVP

   initial samples and eShopLite and Javier's sample were refactored into 4 separate repos/libraries/nugets

   1. HolisticWare.Tools.Clients.Maui.Aspire.Integration

      MAUI dependency

      Javier's Wrapper is inside

      https://github.com/HolisticWare-Xamarin-Tools/HolisticWare.Tools.Clients.Maui.Aspire.Integration/tree/main

      https://www.nuget.org/packages/HolisticWare.Tools.Clients.Maui.Aspire.Integration/

   2. HolisticWare.Tools.Devices

      Aspire dependency - for device management and orchestration

      Planned:

      • grabbing info about installed and running AVD and simulators,

      • ports, IP addresses, etc....

      https://github.com/HolisticWare-Xamarin-Tools/HolisticWare.Tools.Devices/tree/main

      https://www.nuget.org/packages/HolisticWare.Tools.Devices/

   3. HolisticWare.Tools.Aspire.Hosting.Clients.Maui

      Aspire dependency

      wires up (currently launches only) MAUI project, devices and apps

      I need to dive in deeper into Aspire SDK to see what can be used

      Planned: source generator for some settings

      https://github.com/HolisticWare-Xamarin-Tools/HolisticWare.Tools.Aspire.Hosting.Clients.Maui/tree/main

      https://www.nuget.org/packages/HolisticWare.Tools.Aspire.Hosting.Clients.Maui/

Template[s] repo:

• https://github.com/HolisticWare-DotNet-New-Templates/HolisticWare.DotNetNew.Templates.Project.Architecture.AspireWithClientsMaui.CSharp

Other repos:

• https://github.com/BretJohnson/aspire-samples

  • https://github.com/dotnet/aspire-samples

Some links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx1XOUFdU8k

Aspire

.NET Aspire

• cloud ready stack

  • for building observable, production ready, distributed applications.

• delivered through a collection of NuGet packages

Cloud-native apps often consist of small, interconnected pieces or microservices rather than a single, monolithic code base. Cloud-native apps generally consume a large number of services

Aspire template aspire-starter contains sample client app implemented in ASP.net Blazor:

dotnet new aspire-starter -o AspireStarter

Extending Blazor/Web client to other types of client apps (Console, Desktop, MAUI)

Samples and playgrounds for Aspire and client integration (console apps, MAUI,...)

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/get-started/aspire-overview

• https://github.com/dotnet/aspire

• microsoft/aspire#876

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/reference/aspire-faq

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/get-started/build-your-first-aspire-app?tabs=visual-studio

• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-dotnet-aspire-simplifying-cloud-native-development-with-dotnet-8/

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/deployment/azure/aca-deployment?tabs=visual-studio%2Cinstall-az-windows%2Cpowershell&pivots=azure-azd

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items?view=vs-2022#projectreference

Videos

• What Is .NET Aspire? The Insane Future of .NET!

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DORZA_S7f9w&ab_channel=NickChapsas

• How to Deploy .NET 8's New .NET Aspire Stack

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYe6y1kBuGI&ab_channel=NickChapsas

• Building Cloud Native apps with .NET 8 | .NET Conf 2023

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1M-7Bms1Jg&ab_channel=dotnet

• Cloud-native apps with .NET Aspire

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J02mvcEKrsI&ab_channel=LaylaCodesIt

Client integration (MAUI and other) related issues

• microsoft/aspire#876

• dotnet/maui#18802

Related and Contacts

• David Fowler

  • Distinguished Engineer .NET at Microsoft

  • https://github.com/davidfowl

  • https://github.com/dotnet/aspire/

• Chet Husk

  • Senior Product Manager

  • https://github.com/baronfel

  • https://github.com/dotnet/aspire/

• Reuben Bond

  • Principal Software Engineer .NET at Microsoft

  • https://github.com/ReubenBond

  • https://github.com/dotnet/orleans

• products

  • https://github.com/dotnet/aspire/

  • https://github.com/dotnet/orleans

    • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/browse/?terms=orleans