Chapter 6: Resource Bindings

The focus of this chapter is on resource bindings in Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr): a convenient and pluggable approach to invoking external systems from Dapr microservices and triggering Dapr applications based on external events.

These are the main topics we will explore in this chapter:

  • Learning how to use Dapr bindings
  • Using Twilio output bindings in Dapr
  • Ingesting data in C# with the Azure Event Hubs input binding

Learning about Dapr resource bindings is important in the scope of developing new solutions and improving existing ones. While the publish/subscribe (pub/sub) pattern we explored in Chapter 5, Publish and Subscribe, is helpful in orchestrating asynchronous communication between Dapr applications, ...

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