Why should you care?

You use this to build portfolio proof — a full vertical slice you can demo, deploy, and explain in interviews.

See it live — copy this example

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

// ShopNest InventoryService — 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?

• The example shows Notification Platform wired into Inventory Service.
• Read each line, run it locally, then change one setting and observe what breaks or improves.
• That is how teams learn in production too — small experiments, not big bang rewrites.

Try it yourself

1. Open or create the ShopNest project area for Inventory Service.
2. Apply the Notification Platform pattern from the lesson example.
3. Run dotnet build && dotnet run (or docker compose up when the lesson uses containers).
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

Notification Platform connects to Inventory Service in ShopNest Cloud-Native. Practice by editing the example yourself — do not only read. Move on when you can explain this topic in your own words without looking.

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.