[🏫 In-Person] Messaging: Do You Need a Command Dispatcher with Ian Cooper

This event will be a single talk on Messaging with Ian Cooper

⚠️ Please Note: This is a new venue, and we require that everyone present has their full name and a photo ID to attend. Please update your meetup profile before the event, or you'll not be allowed in the venue.

⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Goodlords at Ratoon, 33-35 Fargate, Sheffield. (New Venue✨)

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• 🚗 Parking: The APCOA car park on Eyre Street is a five-minute walk.

Agenda:

• 🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:00 - 18:30)
• 🗣 Introduction (18:30)
• 👉 Messaging with Ian Cooper (18:35ish)
• 🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)

👉 Messaging: Do You Really Need a Command Dispatcher or Messaging Framework with Ian Cooper
The .NET ecosystem offers several frameworks that act as command/query dispatchers, messaging frameworks, or both. As some of these projects shift from open source to commercial offerings, developers are beginning to ask: do we even need these frameworks in the first place?

In this talk, we’ll begin by exploring the rationale for using a command dispatcher. Why introduce this layer of indirection instead of calling your domain logic directly from an API handler?
Once we’ve understood when and why a command dispatcher adds value, we’ll take a closer look at messaging frameworks—how they work and why they often include command dispatching as a core feature.
Finally, we’ll assess the benefits that these frameworks offer over rolling your own solution—from reliability and observability to consistency and scalability.

Code examples will use Brighter V10.