Postman is a great tool to quickly create a request and run it against your API. This is a flexible tool created to make your work simpler. 

System.IO.Pipelines is a new library that is designed to make it easier to do high performance IO in .NET. It’s a library targeting .NET Standard that works on all .NET implementations. 

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    public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async06
{
    public static class ApmWrapper
    {
        public static Task<int> ReadAsync(this Stream stream, byte[] data, int offset, int count)
        {
            return Task<int>.Factory.FromAsync(stream.BeginRead, stream.EndRead, data, offset, count, null);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
            {
                var data = new byte[10000];
                var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
                Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", task.Result);
            }
        }
    }
}

using (var stream = File.OpenRead(@"..\..\program.cs"))
{
    var data = new byte[10000];
    var task = stream.ReadAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
    task.ContinueWith(t => Console.WriteLine("Read bytes: {0}", t.Result)).Wait();
}

    public static class WebClientExtensions
    {
        public static Task<string> DownloadTextTaskAsync(this WebClient web, string url)
        {
            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();

            DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler handler = null;
            handler = (sender, args) =>
            {
                web.DownloadStringCompleted -= handler;

                if (args.Cancelled)
                {
                    tcs.SetCanceled();
                }
                else if(args.Error!=null)
                {
                    tcs.SetException(args.Error);
                }
                else
                {
                    tcs.SetResult(args.Result);
                }
            };

            web.DownloadStringCompleted += handler;
            web.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(url));

            return tcs.Task;
        }
    }

Modern is a header-only library designed to provide Standard C++ developers with first-class access to the modern Windows API. 

This project is the next generation of the ASP.NET Boilerplate web application framework.

Modular Architecture
Designed as modular and extensible from the bottom to the top.

Microservice Focused
Designed to support microservice architecture and helps to build autonomous microservices.

Domain Driven Design
Designed and developed based on DDD patterns and principles. Provides a layered model for your application.

Authorization
Advanced authorization with user, role and fine-grained permission system. Built on the Microsoft Identity library.

Multi-Tenancy
SaaS applications made easy! Integrated multi-tenancy from database to UI.

Cross Cutting Concerns
Complete infrastructure for authorization, validation, exception handling, caching, audit logging, transaction management and so on. 

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