.NET Foundation News and Blog introduces Steeltoe, a robust toolkit for .NET developers focused on building secure, scalable, cloud-native applications and microservices.

Project Spotlight: Steeltoe – Building Cloud-Native .NET Applications

Steeltoe is a collection of libraries designed to help .NET developers build production-grade, cloud-native applications. It enables:

Externalized configuration and management of application settings outside of source code.
Service discovery support for flexible and scalable communication between your microservices.
Distributed tracing to monitor the flow of requests in complex systems.
Application management with tools for diagnostics and support.
Security integrations to keep applications protected using industry-standard practices.

Key Benefits of Steeltoe

Proven Reliability: Steeltoe is trusted by global developers, with millions of end-users benefitting from its stability. It receives major contributions from organizations like VMware and Microsoft.
Flexibility: Developers can leverage comprehensive extensions and third-party libraries to create a wide range of web applications—anything from lightweight microservices to large enterprise solutions.
Enhanced Productivity: Steeltoe builds on .NET runtime libraries, offering necessary glue code and supporting many Spring Cloud libraries and patterns. Fast project initialization is possible using the Steeltoe Initializr at start.steeltoe.io.
Supportive Community: Developers have access to guides, tutorials, videos, and direct community and team support via Slack and other channels.

What Can You Build with Steeltoe?

Microservices: Incorporate independent, evolvable service architectures for scalable cloud solutions.
Cloud Applications: Deploy and scale on any cloud provider while maintaining connectivity and performance.
Web Applications: Build fast, secure, and responsive apps capable of interfacing with diverse data stores.

For more information, documentation, and community resources, visit the Steeltoe website.

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