NetCoreConsoleAppTemplate

An example Hangfire/Topshelf application that primarily uses .Net Standard 2.0 libraries^*.

^* Topshelf does not yet target .Net Standard so technically the console application project targets net461, not netstandard2.0.

Example Includes:

• Using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration (ConfigurationBuilder/IConfiguration classes) to persist settings in appsettings.json file within a console app like Asp.Net Core does.

• Using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection (IServiceCollection/ServiceProvider classes) for dependency injection within a console app like Asp.Net Core does.

• Entity Framework Core

  • Reads connection string from configuration
  • Migration Ready
  • Seeding

• Using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging configured to use Serilog with MSSqlServer

• Topshelf configuration:

  • Using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection for service construction.
  • Using Serilog for logging

• Hangfire configuration:

  • Using MSSqlServer
  • Using Serilog for logging
  • Example BackgroundJobServer initialization
  • Example recurring job with initialization
  • Example use of IJobCancellationToken / CancellationToken