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gRPC for .NET Articles, Tutorials & News

gRPC for .NET articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.

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gRPC for .NET work shows up across many DotNetNews issues because teams keep hitting the same implementation questions. gRPC for .NET is a recurring focus for C# and .NET developers working in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Recurring subtopics in recent issues include gRPC .NET, gRPC ASP.NET Core, protobuf .NET, and gRPC C#. When a subtopic never appears in the archive titles or excerpts, it is left out of this introduction.

Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for gRPC for .NET; the archive list is chronological and larger. Secondary angles such as gRPC .NET and gRPC ASP.NET Core appear when the archive actually covered them. Cross-links to ASP.NET Core Web API and ASP.NET Core help when the problem spans more than one tag.

Each card points at the original publisher URL and the DotNetNews issue that carried it, so you can read the article in context or jump straight to the source.

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Editor picks for gRPC

  1. 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.

    Read article Issue #495

  2. 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.

    Read article Issue #436

  3. 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.

    Read article Issue #394

  4. 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.

    Read article Issue #357

  5. ASP.NET Core and Microservices Architecture

    c-sharpcorner.com Issue #305

    Microservices plus minimal APIs, gRPC, and observability. dense with architecture touchpoints.

    Read article Issue #305

  6. 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

    Read article Issue #143

  7. 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.

    Read article Issue #387

  8. 🔴 VS Code Live - AI-Powered Kafka Development: Confluent Extension + GitHub Copilot + MCP

    youtube.com Issue #387

    Getting Started With .NET Aspire 13: Building and Deploying an App With PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker Compose.

    Read article Issue #387

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