Apart from the very welcome QoL features in C# 12 (collection literals, primary constructors for ordinary classes), the "Aspire" announcement is very interesting. Haven't decided yet if its a good thing or too much "magic".
And of course the Aspire announcement makes no mention of Dapr - I wonder if the teams have even spoken to each other!
I think it's a matter of time for Dapr stuff to be integrated. It is after all the first preview.
edit: here's more info about Dapr and Aspire
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/reference/as...
Fast forward to now and it's only bug and compatibility fixes. A shame cause reminders v2 would have been an amazing addition.
I think workflows (durable async/await) are more useful than Reminders v2 alone (in some sense, workflows are Reminders v2), but an enhanced reminders system is likely part of that, as is the new log-structured storage system. The log structured storage issue discusses this: https://github.com/dotnet/orleans/issues/7691. We've been experimenting with a programming model for workflows and intend to share that more broadly soon. Currently, we are planning for .NET 9, so feedback is welcome (best provided via GitHub rather than here). Aspire will make it easier to build and deploy Orleans apps, which is one of the harder points for people getting started with Orleans currently.
I was being a bit hyperbolic with "only bug fixes" but.. A bit.
Haven't seen anything around workflows but will check it out and the structured storage stuff. Interested in running my own workflow engine on Orleans and reminders v2 looked like the perfect Quartz.Net replacement for my needs.
Thanks for replying; hoping you would. Someone asked about the future of Orleans 8 on GH a couple weeks back but nobody from the project chimed in last I looked. Know how it is with PMs and BAs and other work though.
Or are they completely different things?