Advanced topics
This section covers topics beyond the main tutorial path that often come up in real projects. Unlike the main path, each topic is relatively independent and can be read as needed—once you have completed the main tutorial.
Technical detail
Advanced topics will be written over time after the main path is complete. The list below is the current plan; its order does not indicate the order of publication.
Available now
- Database migrations: Add a column to an existing table and verify that old data is preserved.
Planned topics
| Topic | Problem it addresses |
|---|---|
| Background tasks | Work that continues after a request returns: scheduled jobs and queue consumers (BackgroundService) |
| Caching | Reduce repeated computation and database load with memory, distributed, and output caching |
| Rate limiting | Protect endpoints from being overwhelmed by too many requests (built-in Rate Limiting middleware) |
| Real-time communication | Push messages to clients with SignalR |
| Health checks | Let load balancers and container orchestration platforms know whether your service is healthy |
| Native AOT | Compile the app to a native executable for faster startup and lower memory use |
| Observability | Collect traces and metrics with OpenTelemetry |
If there is a topic you especially want to see, open an Issue in the repository.