Why should you care?

Employers and clients want proof you can finish. One deployed capstone explains your skills better than listing 120 lesson titles.

See it live — copy this example

Create a Web API project (dotnet new webapi), paste the code, then run dotnet run.

// ShopNest AnalyticsService — capstone module
// 1. Gateway + JWT  2. Order→Payment saga  3. RabbitMQ
// 4. docker compose up  5. Grafana dashboard
// README: architecture diagram + demo URL

Run Example »

This lesson uses terminal or setup steps. Run commands on your computer — the live editor appears on coding lessons.

What happened?

• Build incrementally: get docker compose up with Order + Payment + RabbitMQ first, then add Gateway, then observability.
• Do not try everything in one weekend without sleep.

Try it yourself

1. docker compose up --build — all core services healthy.
2. Place order through Gateway → verify Payment event → Inventory reserve.
3. Add docker-compose README and architecture PNG.
4. Change a string or route in the example and save — watch Swagger or the RabbitMQ Management UI update.
5. Break the code on purpose (remove a semicolon), read the error message, then fix it.

Remember

Capstone = ShopNest Cloud-Native end-to-end. Deploy locally first; cloud second. Document and demo — that is the job-ready finish line.

Real-world: ShopNest Cloud-Native capstone

Eight services, YARP gateway, RabbitMQ, Docker Compose locally, AKS in production, OpenTelemetry traces on every checkout.

Outcome: Portfolio-ready proof you can demo in interviews and on your resume.