Useful Links

A curated list of websites and resources used in or relevant to this project.

.NET / ASP.NET

ASP.NET — Microsoft's web framework for building modern web apps and APIs
Aspire — .NET Aspire documentation and resources
Blazor — .NET web framework for building interactive UI with C#
LibMan — Lightweight client-side library acquisition tool for ASP.NET Core
MailKit — Cross-platform .NET SMTP/IMAP/POP3 client library used for sending mail
NodaTime — Date and time library for .NET with explicit timezone handling
Npgsql — .NET data provider for PostgreSQL
Polly — Resilience and transient fault-handling library for .NET (retries, circuit breakers, timeouts)
bUnit — Testing library for Blazor components
Reqnroll — BDD test automation framework for .NET (SpecFlow successor)
Respawn — Intelligent database cleanup tool for resetting test databases to a known state between tests
Scalar — OpenAPI documentation and API client
Testcontainers — Library for spinning up real Docker containers in tests (used for PostgreSQL integration tests)
TUnit — Modern, async-first test framework for .NET
WireMock.Net — HTTP server mock for stubbing and verifying API calls in tests
Shouldly — Fluent assertion library for .NET

Docker — Container platform for building and running applications
Headlamp — Extensible Kubernetes web UI for browsing and managing cluster resources
Helm — Package manager for Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry — Observability framework for traces, metrics, and logs
Keycloak — Open source identity and access management (authentication, SSO, OAuth2/OIDC)
Let's Encrypt — Free, automated TLS certificate authority used for HTTPS in production
k3s — Lightweight Kubernetes distribution designed for production on resource-constrained nodes
k9s — Terminal-based UI for interacting with and managing Kubernetes clusters
Kubernetes — Container orchestration platform
LocalStack — Local AWS cloud service emulator (S3, SQS, and more)
LocalStack Explorer — Web UI for browsing LocalStack resources
OpenVPN install — Simple bash installer for setting up an OpenVPN server on Linux
OVHcloud — Cloud hosting provider (servers, managed Kubernetes, object storage)
PostgreSQL — Open source relational database
Traefik — Cloud-native reverse proxy and ingress controller for Kubernetes

ASP.NET Core repo structure (davidfowl) — Recommended C# repository layout for ASP.NET Core projects
Building a custom domain events dispatcher in .NET (Milan Jovanović) — Guide to implementing a domain event dispatcher with EF Core and MediatR
C4 Model — A model for visualising software architecture
Structurizr — Tooling for creating C4 model diagrams as code

Hardenize — Comprehensive web security assessment covering TLS, headers, DNS, and email security
Open Graph Preview — Preview how Open Graph meta tags render on social media platforms
HTTP Security Headers — Scan and grade HTTP response security headers for a given URL
OWASP Top 10 — Standard reference for the most critical web application security risks
Permissions Policy — Reference and generator for the Permissions-Policy HTTP header
security.txt — Standard for defining a security policy and contact information for responsible disclosure (/.well-known/security.txt)
SSL Labs — Deep analysis and grading of a server's SSL/TLS configuration
ZAP — Open source web application security scanner for finding vulnerabilities

Homebrew — Package manager for macOS and Linux
cdnjs — Free and open source CDN for JavaScript libraries
CodeQL — Semantic code analysis engine for security scanning
DocFX — Static documentation site generator for .NET projects
GitHub Actions — CI/CD automation platform
JetBrains Rider — Cross-platform .NET IDE
Mailpit — Local SMTP server and web UI for capturing and inspecting emails during development
mkcert — Tool for creating locally-trusted TLS certificates for development
NuGet — .NET package manager
SonarCloud — Cloud-based static code analysis for code quality and security (free for public repositories)
SonarQube — Self-hosted version of Sonar's static code analysis platform