Greetings, Programs
Welcome to my blog.
This website is an attempt to write ideas down so I can refer to them later. If someone else finds these ideas useful, then I am glad.
Matthew Edgar
edgamat@outlook.com
https://github.com/edgamat
Latest Posts
Distributed Tracing in .NET - Part 2 - Exception Handling
In the previous post we described how to enable distributed tracing in .NET applications using OpenTelemetry. In this post I want to enrich the automatic instrumentation with application specific data when exceptions occur.
Distributed Tracing in .NET - Part 1 - Setup Open Telemetry
In the previous post we described a sample application and the goals of the exploration into distributed tracing. In this post I want to configure the application to export data using Open Telemetry.
Distributed Tracing in .NET - Part 0 - The Sample Application
I want to explore distributed tracing in .NET. For that I’m going to need a sample application to instrument.
Background Service Health Checks in .NET
Many (most) of the applications I write include one or more background services. Monitoring their status is challenging. Let’s see how health checks can help.
Filtering xUnit Tests in .NET
When running xUnit tests, sometimes you don’t want to run all of them. You can use filters to run a subset of the tests from the command line.