What will you learn?

It is a long blog post, but it builds the foundation and deep understanding of the middleware in the ASP.NET 8 or previous versions starting with ASP.NET 6.

It explores middleware, introduces you to HTTP middleware and ASP.NET middleware. It deep dives how the ASP.NET middleware works & how it is actually built. Then you will learn different ways to create middleware in .NET and their pros and cons. Finally, you will build your own middleware pipeline using the ASP.NET approach. Do not miss the copy & paste console sample to debug the .NET like middleware pipeline.

The Middleware

What comes to your mind when you hear the word middleware?

Middle of nowhere. 🃏😆 But that's not the case here.

In the middle of two soft(wares), right? But in the context of the ASP.NET 8 why do you need it? What does it do? How does it work?