.NET 7 minimal API from scratch | FULL COURSE | clean architecture, repository pattern, CQRS MediatR

In this course I want to provide you a project structure and code organization to get you started with real .NET 7 minimal API projects. It's a full course on this topic where I start from creating and explaining the project structure, setting up different layers using EF Core, repository pattern, CQRS and MediatR. The biggest part of the video is however around the .NET 7 minimal API, taking you from the initial setup, explaining route handlers, implementing all CRUD operations and so on. Last but not least, this course walks you through the process of refactoring the .NET 7 minimal API so that it becomes readable, maintainable and scalable. At the end, you'll have a full project structure organized according to modern architectural patterns that you can take as a template for your own projects.

Contents
1. Intro: 00:00
2. Structuring the solution: 01:00
3. Coding the domain layer: 05:25
4. Coding the data access layer: 08:22
5. Creating repositories: 11:17
6. Adding migrations and database update: 22:30
7. CQRS with MediatR: 29:07
8. Route and rout handlers: 52:06
9. Dependency injection: 55:52
10. Implementing GET by ID : 57:40
11. Implementing POST route: 01:00:26
12. Implementing GET all route: 01:03:41
13. Implement PUT and DELETE: 01:04:57
14. Testing with Postman: 01:09:01
15. Is there a problem? 01:12:41
16. Refactoring service registrations: 01:15:49
17. Refactoring route registrations: 01:20:01
18. Automatic registration of endpoints: 01:26:28
19. Introducing route groups:  01:31:43
20. Extract lambdas into instance methods: 01:34:31
21: Model validation with endpoint filters: 01:45:58
22. Global exception handling: 01:55:10
23. Conclusions: 01:59:49 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vXYZ\bin\MdbgCore.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vXYZ\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools\MdbgCore.dll

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.Samples.Debugging.MdbgEngine;

namespace CpuAnalyzer
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           var engine = new MDbgEngine();

           var processesByName = Process.GetProcessesByName("MyApp");
           if (processesByName.Length == 0)
               throw new InvalidOperationException("specified process not found.");
           var processId = processesByName[0].Id;

           var process = engine.Attach(processId);
           process.Go().WaitOne();

           foreach (MDbgThread thread in (IEnumerable)process.Threads)
           {
               foreach (MDbgFrame frame in thread.Frames)
               {
                   if (frame == null || frame.Function == null) continue;
                   Console.WriteLine(frame.Function.FullName);
               }
           }

           process.Detach().WaitOne();
       }
   }
}

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool GetThreadTimes(IntPtr handle, out long creation, out long exit, out long kernel, out long user);

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
   foreach (MDbgThread thread in (IEnumerable)process.Threads)
   {
     //...
   }
   process.Go();
   Thread.Sleep(1000);
   process.AsyncStop().WaitOne();
}

• Managed Stack Explorer

• CLR Stack Explorer

• CPU-analyzer

// load the image and convert it to grayscale
var image = new Mat(fileName);
 
if (rotation != 0)
{
    rotateImage(image, image, rotation, 1);
}
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Source", image);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}
 
var gray = new Mat();
var channels = image.Channels();
if (channels > 1)
{
    Cv2.CvtColor(image, gray, ColorConversion.BgrToGray);
}
else
{
    image.CopyTo(gray);
}

// compute the Scharr gradient magnitude representation of the images
// in both the x and y direction
var gradX = new Mat();
Cv2.Sobel(gray, gradX, MatType.CV_32F, xorder: 1, yorder: 0, ksize: -1);
//Cv2.Scharr(gray, gradX, MatType.CV_32F, xorder: 1, yorder: 0);
 
var gradY = new Mat();
Cv2.Sobel(gray, gradY, MatType.CV_32F, xorder: 0, yorder: 1, ksize: -1);
//Cv2.Scharr(gray, gradY, MatType.CV_32F, xorder: 0, yorder: 1);
 
// subtract the y-gradient from the x-gradient
var gradient = new Mat();
Cv2.Subtract(gradX, gradY, gradient);
Cv2.ConvertScaleAbs(gradient, gradient);
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Gradient", gradient);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}

// blur and threshold the image
var blurred = new Mat();
Cv2.Blur(gradient, blurred, new Size(9, 9));
 
var threshImage = new Mat();
Cv2.Threshold(blurred, threshImage, thresh, 255, ThresholdType.Binary);
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Thresh", threshImage);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}
 
 
// construct a closing kernel and apply it to the thresholded image
var kernel = Cv2.GetStructuringElement(StructuringElementShape.Rect, new Size(21, 7));
var closed = new Mat();
Cv2.MorphologyEx(threshImage, closed, MorphologyOperation.Close, kernel);
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Closed", closed);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}
 
 
// perform a series of erosions and dilations
Cv2.Erode(closed, closed, null, iterations: 4);
Cv2.Dilate(closed, closed, null, iterations: 4);
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Erode & Dilate", closed);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}

//find the contours in the thresholded image, then sort the contours
//by their area, keeping only the largest one
 
Point[][] contours;
HiearchyIndex[] hierarchyIndexes;
Cv2.FindContours(
    closed,
    out contours,
    out hierarchyIndexes,
    mode: ContourRetrieval.CComp,
    method: ContourChain.ApproxSimple);
 
if (contours.Length == 0)
{
    throw new NotSupportedException("Couldn't find any object in the image.");
}
 
var contourIndex = 0;
var previousArea = 0;
var biggestContourRect = Cv2.BoundingRect(contours[0]);
while ((contourIndex >= 0))
{
    var contour = contours[contourIndex];
 
    var boundingRect = Cv2.BoundingRect(contour); //Find bounding rect for each contour
    var boundingRectArea = boundingRect.Width * boundingRect.Height;
    if (boundingRectArea > previousArea)
    {
        biggestContourRect = boundingRect;
        previousArea = boundingRectArea;
    }
 
    contourIndex = hierarchyIndexes[contourIndex].Next;
}
 
 
var barcode = new Mat(image, biggestContourRect); //Crop the image
Cv2.CvtColor(barcode, barcode, ColorConversion.BgrToGray);
 
Cv2.ImShow("Barcode", barcode);
Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events

 PM> Install-Package ZXing.Net

private static string getBarcodeText(Mat barcode)
{
    // `ZXing.Net` needs a white space around the barcode
    var barcodeWithWhiteSpace = new Mat(new Size(barcode.Width + 30, barcode.Height + 30), MatType.CV_8U, Scalar.White);
    var drawingRect = new Rect(new Point(15, 15), new Size(barcode.Width, barcode.Height));
    var roi = barcodeWithWhiteSpace[drawingRect];
    barcode.CopyTo(roi);
 
    Cv2.ImShow("Enhanced Barcode", barcodeWithWhiteSpace);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
 
    return decodeBarcodeText(barcodeWithWhiteSpace.ToBitmap());
}
 
private static string decodeBarcodeText(System.Drawing.Bitmap barcodeBitmap)
{
    var source = new BitmapLuminanceSource(barcodeBitmap);
 
    // using http://zxingnet.codeplex.com/
    // PM> Install-Package ZXing.Net
    var reader = new BarcodeReader(null, null, ls => new GlobalHistogramBinarizer(ls))
    {
        AutoRotate = true,
        TryInverted = true,
        Options = new DecodingOptions
        {
            TryHarder = true,
            //PureBarcode = true,
            /*PossibleFormats = new List<BarcodeFormat>
                    {
                        BarcodeFormat.CODE_128
                        //BarcodeFormat.EAN_8,
                        //BarcodeFormat.CODE_39,
                        //BarcodeFormat.UPC_A
                    }*/
        }
    };
 
    //var newhint = new KeyValuePair<DecodeHintType, object>(DecodeHintType.ALLOWED_EAN_EXTENSIONS, new Object());
    //reader.Options.Hints.Add(newhint);
 
    var result = reader.Decode(source);
    if (result == null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Decode failed.");
        return string.Empty;
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine("BarcodeFormat: {0}", result.BarcodeFormat);
    Console.WriteLine("Result: {0}", result.Text);
 
 
    var writer = new BarcodeWriter
    {
        Format = result.BarcodeFormat,
        Options = { Width = 200, Height = 50, Margin = 4},
        Renderer = new ZXing.Rendering.BitmapRenderer()
    };
    var barcodeImage = writer.Write(result.Text);
    Cv2.ImShow("BarcodeWriter", barcodeImage.ToMat());
 
    return result.Text;
}

var barcodeClone = barcode.Clone();
var barcodeText = getBarcodeText(barcodeClone);
 
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(barcodeText))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Enhancing the barcode...");
    //Cv2.AdaptiveThreshold(barcode, barcode, 255,
        //AdaptiveThresholdType.GaussianC, ThresholdType.Binary, 9, 1);
    //var th = 119;
    var th = 100;
    Cv2.Threshold(barcode, barcode, th, 255, ThresholdType.ToZero);
    Cv2.Threshold(barcode, barcode, th, 255, ThresholdType.Binary);
    barcodeText = getBarcodeText(barcode);
}
 
Cv2.Rectangle(image,
    new Point(biggestContourRect.X, biggestContourRect.Y),
    new Point(biggestContourRect.X + biggestContourRect.Width, biggestContourRect.Y + biggestContourRect.Height),
    new Scalar(0, 255, 0),
    2);
 
if (debug)
{
    Cv2.ImShow("Segmented Source", image);
    Cv2.WaitKey(1); // do events
}
 
Cv2.WaitKey(0);
Cv2.DestroyAllWindows();

1. بررسی وجود کتاب
2. بررسی تعداد موجود یک کتاب در کتابخانه
3. بررسی وضعیت امانی کتاب (آیا کتاب در دست کسی از قبل امانت است؟ یا کتاب برای امانت آزاد است؟)
4. در صورتی که کتابی بیش از زمان مورد نظر در دست کسی امانت است، با یک پیامک از او بخواهیم که کتاب را بازگرداند.

    class Book
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public int Quantity { get; set; }
        public bool IsLoanable { get; set; }
    }

 class User
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public  string CellPhoneNumber { get; set; }
    }

  class Loan
    {
       public DateTime ExpiredDate { get; set; }
        public User User { get; set; }
    }

 class BookManager
    {
        public Book GetBook(int id)
        {
                return new Book()
                {
                    Id=id,
                    Title = "a book",
                    Quantity = 3,
                    IsLoanable = true
                };
        }
    }

 public int IsLoan(int bookId)
        {
            return 2;
        }

        public List<Loan> GetLoans(int bookId)
        {
            return new List<Loan>()
            {
                new Loan()
                {
                    ExpiredDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-15),
                    User = new User()
                {
                    Id = 2,
                    Title = "User1",
                    CellPhoneNumber = "342342424"
                }
                },
                new Loan()
                {
                    ExpiredDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(5),
                    User = new User()
                        {
                            Id = 56,
                            Title = "User56",
                            CellPhoneNumber = "324324324324"
                        }
                }
            };
        }

   class SmsManager
    {
        public void SendMessage(string number)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("please take back the book to the library : "+number);
        }
    }

    class FacadeBookLoan
    {
        private readonly BookManager _bookManager;
        private readonly LoanManager _loanManager;
        private readonly SmsManager _smsManager;
        public FacadeBookLoan()
        {
            _bookManager = new BookManager();
            _loanManager=new LoanManager();
            _smsManager=new SmsManager();
        }

        public int IsLoanable(int bookId)
        {
            var book = _bookManager.GetBook(2);
            if (book == null)
                return -2;
            if (!book.IsLoanable)
                return -1;
            var howManyBookIsLoaned = _loanManager.IsLoan(bookId);

            if(howManyBookIsLoaned>0) ManageLoaners(bookId);

            return book.Quantity - howManyBookIsLoaned;
        }

        private void ManageLoaners(int bookId)
        {
            var loans = _loanManager.GetLoans(bookId);

            foreach (var loan in loans)
            {
                if (loan.ExpiredDate > DateTime.Now)
                {
                    _smsManager.SendMessage(loan.User.CellPhoneNumber);
                }
            }
        }
    }

var myfacade=new FacadeBookLoan();
var loansCount= myfacade.IsLoanable(2);
Console.WriteLine(loansCount > 0 ? "you can loan the book" : "you can't loan the book");

please take back the book to the library : 324324324324
you can loan the book

In .NET 5, there are only two equivalent foreach loops happening behind the scenes. However in .NET Framework, there’s an extra one happening, which means nine iterations happen, instead of six. 

        private static ObjectQuery TryGetObjectQuery<T>(IQueryable<T> source)
        {
            var dbQuery = source as DbQuery<T>;

            if (dbQuery != null)
            {
                const BindingFlags privateFieldFlags = 
                    BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public;

                var internalQuery =
                    source.GetType().GetProperty("InternalQuery", privateFieldFlags)
                        .GetValue(source);

                return
                    (ObjectQuery)internalQuery.GetType().GetProperty("ObjectQuery", privateFieldFlags)
                        .GetValue(internalQuery);
            }

            return null;
        }

 PM> Install-Package EFSecondLevelCache

 var products = context.Products.Include(x => x.Tags).FirstOrDefault();

 var products = context.Products.Include(x => x.Tags).Cacheable().FirstOrDefault(); // Async methods are supported too.

namespace EFSecondLevelCache.TestDataLayer.DataLayer
{
    public class SampleContext : DbContext
    {
        // public DbSet<Product> Products { get; set; }
 
        public SampleContext()
            : base("connectionString1")
        {
        }
 
        public override int SaveChanges()
        {
            return SaveAllChanges(invalidateCacheDependencies: true);
        }
 
        public int SaveAllChanges(bool invalidateCacheDependencies = true)
        {
            var changedEntityNames = getChangedEntityNames();
            var result = base.SaveChanges();
            if (invalidateCacheDependencies)
            {
               new EFCacheServiceProvider().InvalidateCacheDependencies(changedEntityNames);
            }
            return result;
        }
 
        private string[] getChangedEntityNames()
        {
            return this.ChangeTracker.Entries()
                .Where(x => x.State == EntityState.Added ||
                            x.State == EntityState.Modified ||
                            x.State == EntityState.Deleted)
                .Select(x => ObjectContext.GetObjectType(x.Entity.GetType()).FullName)
                .Distinct()
                .ToArray();
        }
    }
}

public class User
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastLogin { get; set; }
}

public static void RunActionMeasurePerformance(Action action)
{
    GC.Collect();
    var initMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch.Start();
    action();
    stopwatch.Stop();
    var currentMemUsage = Process.GetCurrentProcess().WorkingSet64;
    var memUsage = currentMemUsage - initMemUsage;
    if (memUsage < 0) memUsage = 0;
    Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}, Memory Usage: {1:N2} KB", stopwatch.Elapsed, memUsage / 1024);
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var length = 1000000;
    var users = new List<User>(length);
    for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
 
        var user = new User
        {
            Id = i,
            UserName = "User" + i,
            Password = "1" + i + "2" + i,
            LastLogin = DateTime.Now
        };
        users.Add(user);
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine("Custom mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userList =
            users.Select(
                o =>
                    new User
                    {
                        Id = o.Id,
                        UserName = o.UserName,
                        Password = o.Password,
                        LastLogin = o.LastLogin
                    }).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("EmitMapper mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var map = EmitMapper.ObjectMapperManager.DefaultInstance.GetMapper<User, User>();
        var emitUsers = users.Select(o => map.Map(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("ValueInjecter mapping");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var valueUsers = users.Select(o => (User)new User().InjectFrom(o)).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.DynamicMap<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using List");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<List<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
    Console.WriteLine("AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable");
    RunActionMeasurePerformance(() =>
    {
        var userMap = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<User>>(users).ToList();
    });
 
 
    Console.ReadKey();
}

 Custom mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.4869463, Memory Usage: 58,848.00 KB

EmitMapper mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6068193, Memory Usage: 62,784.00 KB

ValueInjecter mapping
Elapsed time: 00:00:15.6935578, Memory Usage: 21,140.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, DynamicMap using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.6028971, Memory Usage: 7,164.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using List
Elapsed time: 00:00:00.0106244, Memory Usage: 680.00 KB

AutoMapper mapping, Map using IEnumerable
Elapsed time: 00:00:01.5954456, Memory Usage: 40,248.00 KB