What You Will Learn

• Native AOT Compilation: Learn to publish ASP.NET Core 8 applications as self-contained, ahead-of-time compiled executables — reducing startup time and memory usage. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
• Advanced Metrics & Observability: Use System.Diagnostics.Metrics with counters, gauges, and histograms, and integrate with OpenTelemetry for real-time performance monitoring. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• Redis-based Output Caching: Implement distributed output caching using Redis for faster HTTP responses and better scalability. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
• Routing Tooling Enhancements: Explore route syntax highlighting, editor completions, route analyzers, and fixers in Visual Studio for more accurate routing code. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
• Blazor Upgrades: Understand new Blazor capabilities like streaming rendering, render modes (static vs interactive), JS Initializers, and enhanced form / navigation handling. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
• Identity API Endpoints: Interact programmatically with ASP.NET Core Identity to register, sign in, and manage users via cookie or token-based authentication. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
• Minimal API Improvements: Use form binding, anti-forgery middleware, and optimized minimal APIs for modern lightweight microservices. :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}
• SignalR Enhancements: Handle network disruptions with stateful reconnect, and configure keep-alive / server timeout settings more flexibly. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}
• Performance Optimizations: Benefit from improvements in JIT, garbage collection, hardware intrinsics, and more to build high‑throughput applications. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}