Build a CRUD App with Vertical Slice Architecture in .NET 9 🚀

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader,

If you’ve ever built a simple CRUD app with a layered architecture… you might be making things harder than they need to be.

In my newest YouTube tutorial, I show you how to build a scalable CRUD app using something super clean and refreshing:

👉 Vertical Slice Architecture in .NET 9

We’ll build a full Video Game API, step-by-step, with:

.NET 9 Web API + Entity Framework Core
Code-first migrations
Controllers (yep, still using those!)
The Mediator pattern for cleaner code
And, of course, the full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)

No more bloated services or endless layers. With vertical slices, each feature lives in one place. Super organized. Super focused.

Oh, and the source code is completely free to download. Just check the link in the video description.

This has been one of my favorite architectural styles lately. If you’re curious how it compares to Clean Architecture or want a simpler setup for smaller apps, this is for you.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

And feel free to hit reply if you have questions 😊

Take care & happy coding,

Patrick

P.S. Want to go deeper into real-world .NET and Blazor projects? Join me inside the .NET Web Academy. There’s a whole community waiting for you. Check it out here.

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