.NET Rocks! Digging Deeper into .NET Aspire with Chris Klug
Oct 16, 2025
Chris Klug, a developer architect skilled in cloud solutions and automation, shares his insights on effectively using .NET Aspire. He emphasizes cloud-native architecture, whether in the cloud or on-premises, and explores the interplay between containers and Kubernetes. Chris highlights Aspire's ease of debugging and managing multiple projects while discussing practical telemetry integration and deployment strategies. The conversation dives into testing methods and tools that enhance developer workflows, revealing tips on using Aspire for both new and existing projects.
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Aspire Hosts, Dapr Abstracts
- Aspire focuses on hosting and providing runtime plumbing rather than abstracting services away like Dapr does.
- You can combine Aspire for hosting with Dapr or SDKs for how services fit together.
Run All Services Locally First
- Run multiple services locally with Aspire so you can spin up and debug them together easily.
- Use Aspire's local project hosting as the primary productivity win even before external services.
Add SQL Server First
- Start Aspire projects by adding a SQL Server instance if your stack uses SQL Server.
- SQL is often the simplest first service to enable and debug in Aspire.