ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition

34 Building background tasks and ser vices

This chapter covers

• Creating tasks that run in the background for your application
• Using the generic IHost to create Windows Services and Linux daemons
• Using Quartz.NET to run tasks on a schedule in a clustered environment

We’ve covered a lot of ground in the book so far. You’ve learned how to create page-based applications using Razor Pages and how to create APIs for mobile clients and services. You’ve seen how to add authentication and authorization to your application, use Entity Framework Core (EF Core) for storing state in the database, and create custom components to meet your requirements.

As well as using these UI-focused apps, you may find you need to build background or batch-task services. ...