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You Don’t Need MediatR? I Built My Own 🚀
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Hey Reader, You may have seen the recent blog post from Jimmy Bogard (creator of MediatR and AutoMapper) announcing that these libraries are going commercial. And to be clear, I fully support that. Time is money, and supporting your family always comes first. BUT… In most of my projects, I don’t actually use everything MediatR offers. I usually just need a small part of it, the classic "send a request, get a response" pattern. So I thought: why not build a simple version myself?
👉 That’s exactly what I did in my latest video: I show you how to create your own lightweight MediatR-style handler system using just interfaces and a little bit of reflection. You’ll learn how to:
Let me know what you think. Should I publish this as a NuGet package? 🤔 Take care, Patrick P.S. The Easter Sale at the .NET Web Academy is live! 🐣 Grab your favorite course or plan at a huge discount while it lasts! Check it out here. |
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