Release notes

CONTENT

• 2021-01-21 - Release 3.1.1
  • Highlights
  • Details
    • Changes
    • Bug Fixes
  • Contributions
• 2020-12-14 - Release 3.1.0
  • Highlights
  • Details
    • Changes
    • Bug Fixes
  • Contributions
• 2019-11-26 - Release 3.0.0
  • Highlights
  • Details
    • New folder structure
    • Retired deployment scenarios

2021-01-21 - Release 3.1.1

The latest 3.1.1 release contains multiple changes and bug fixes:

Highlights

1. Refactors code for few of the code modules
2. Fixes few important bugs

Details

Changes

• Removed unused using and refactored spacing in many classes.
• Removes dotnet.myget.org NuGet package feed dependency from the NuGet.config file.
• Removes unnecessary await from Ordering.BackgroundTasks
• Updates packages in package-lock.json file in WebSPA project.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes total decimal place and drop-down menu hover issue in Web MVC app.
• Fixes Ordering Functional Test case.

Contributions

We’d like to acknowledge and thank the following community members for their valuable contributions !

@vishipayyallore, @william-keller, @hetal-kapadia , @InstanceFactory

2020-12-14 - Release 3.1.0

The latest 3.1.0 release contains multiple changes and bug fixes:

Highlights

1. Updates to .NET Core 3.1.0
2. Refactors code for few of the code modules
3. Fixes few important bugs

Details

Changes

• Removes unused using from different classes.
• Updates Readme with relevant information.
• Updates app manifest to support helm 3.x+ and Kubernetes version 1.16.x+
• Updates different npm package versions in WebSPA
• Changes docker host DNS default value to host.docker.internal
• Changes OpenIdConnect string literal to OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme
• Changes ReadAllBytes to ReadAllBytesAsync in PicController
• Updates Solution file

Bug Fixes

• Fixes SignalR 401 Unauthorized error.
• Fixes different typo in the main Readme file.
• Fixes Firewall specific rule check in the script.
• Fixes disposing of direct instantiated objects in calalog service
• Fixes typo in Readme and appsetting.json file.
• Fixes unit test cases
• Fixes parameter error in multiarch job
• Fixes WebSPA build error after updating sha hashes in packages-lock.json
• Fixes missing claimsType for load testing
• Fixes PurchaseUrl port in WebSPA appsettings.json
• Fixes spelling mistake in code comment.
• Fixes k8s manifest deployment error invalid type for io.k8s.api.core.v1.ConfigMap.data from macOS environment.

Contributions

We’d like to acknowledge and thank the following community members for their valuable contributions !

@vishipayyallore, @markharwood101, @hfz-r, @smholvoet, @InstanceFactory, @EdmondShtogu, @nsedoud, @H3RSKO, @MajidAliKhanQuaid, @fjvela, @jeremiahflaga, @zakaria-c, @wojciechrak , @anjoy8, @m-knet, @n-stefan, @synercoder , @Rosenberg96

2019-11-26 - Release 3.0.0

The latest 3.0.0 release contains a LOT of changes and new features:

Highlights - 3.0.0

1. Update to .NET Core 3.0
2. Use of gRPC for microservice-to-microservice communication
3. Use of Envoy Proxy for BFF
4. Repo cleanup
5. Initial Service Mesh support
6. Revise deployment scenarios

Details - 3.0.0

• Migrate solution from ASP.NET Core 2.2 to 3.0 and update all projects to use the latest .NET Core 3.0 templates.

• Implement the new .NET Core 3.0 WorkerService in Ordering.API and other background processes.

• Improve Ordering.API

  • Group order items
  • apply discounts from Marketing.API

• Handle two deployment scenarios

  • Basic deployment, better for learning:

    • Visual Studio (F5 experience)
    • Docker compose on windows
    • Docker compose on macOS
    • Local Kubernetes

  • Advanced deployment, complex but more real-life:

    • Deploy to AKS with a Service Mesh for resiliency
      • Sidecar implementation with Envoy/Linkerd
      • Improved API Gateway and resilience
      • gRPC for microservice-to-microservice communications
      • Dev Spaces support (only for containers that don't use gRPC)

New folder structure

The repo also has a new, simpler, folder structure, as shown in the following image:

In the above image you can see that the first folder level contains, basically:

• build: Scripts for building Docker images.
• deploy: Scripts for deployment.
• src: All source projects, including tests.
  • ApiGateways: Envoy configuration and Aggregators source code.
  • BuildBlocks: Common components used by several projects.
  • Mobile: Mobile apps projects.
  • Services: Backend for all services. Including unit and functional tests for some projects.
    • Basket
    • Catalog
    • Identity
    • Location
    • Marketing
    • Ordering
    • Payment
    • Webhooks
  • Tests: General functional application tests.
  • test-results: Test results
  • Web: Web applications

Retired deployment scenarios

• Service Fabric & Service Fabric Mesh.
• Kubernetes using YAML (only Helm charts are supported)
• CLI scripts for build and push (docker-compose and docker multi-stage are used)