Microtemplate

A Visual Studio solution template for microservices in .NET/C#

Introduction

This is a multi-project solution template for Visual Studio to quickly scaffold a microservice based on Clean Architecture.

You can add this template to your Visual Studio templates and use it as a starting point for creating a new Microservice without repeating yourself.

How to use

1. Download the latest Microtemplate.zip file from the Releases page
2. Place the ZIP file in your Visual Studio user data location: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2022\Templates\ProjectTemplates
3. If Visual Studio was open, restart it
4. You can now create a new project using the Microtemplate project template

Architecture overview

This template uses Clean Architecture for its solution and project structure. There are 5 projects created with this solution:

1. Domain (Core)
2. Persistence (Infrastructure)
3. UnitTests (Tests)
4. IntegrationTests (Tests)
5. Web (Presentation)

© Jason Taylor

Used libraries and frameworks

• Entity Framework
• XUnit
• NSubstitute
• FluentAssertions
• AutoFixture
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing

References

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/creating-project-and-item-templates?view=vs-2022
• https://jasontaylor.dev/clean-architecture-getting-started/