The Dext Framework is a comprehensive, modular full-stack framework for Delphi (v11+) designed to bring modern web development patterns to the native Delphi ecosystem. It is Apache 2.0 licensed and provides a coherent set of libraries covering web API construction (minimal APIs, MVC controllers, middleware pipeline, SignalR-compatible real-time hubs), an ORM with code-first migrations, dependency injection, background jobs, event bus, resilience pipeline, testing/mocking utilities, desktop UI patterns (MVU/MVVM with VCL binding), AI integration (MCP server, agent graph), CLI tooling, and telemetry/dashboard. The architecture is heavily inspired by ASP.NET Core/EF Core, with fluent builders (`TDextServices`, `TApplicationBuilder`), specification pattern, attribute-based configuration, and a focus on zero-allocation performance (custom SIMD-optimized collections, ring-buffer logging, direct codecs). It includes extensive documentation (The Dext Book in English and Portuguese), benchmark harnesses, and 40+ example applications covering real-world use cases from simple CRUD to multi-tenant e-commerce. The codebase is actively maintained, with multi-version Delphi support (XE2 through 13), community database drivers (UniDAC), and a growing ecosystem of IDE integration and design-time tooling.
This repository is a comprehensive educational course titled '.NET Web API Zero to Hero' by codewithmukesh. It contains over 50 independent ASP.NET Core Web API sample projects organized into modules covering fundamentals (minimal APIs, exception handling, logging), database management with EF Core (CRUD, migrations, interceptors, soft deletes, bulk operations, pagination), advanced API patterns (CQRS with MediatR, custom dispatcher, Result pattern, mapping benchmarks), performance and caching (in-memory, Redis, HybridCache, EF second-level cache), API security (JWT, refresh tokens, role/claims/policy/permission-based authorization, API keys, CORS, rate limiting), file handling (PDF invoice generation), architecture (Clean Architecture vs Vertical Slice), observability (health checks, structured logging), and background processing. Each sample is a self-contained, runnable project with minimal setup (often using in-memory databases) and includes extensive BenchmarkDotNet performance comparisons. The code is well-structured, follows modern .NET 10 patterns, and demonstrates production-quality implementations of cross-cutting concerns like global exception handling, validation pipelines, and caching strategies. While the repo is primarily a teaching resource, many components (custom CQRS dispatcher, Result pattern, EF Core interceptors, permission-based authorization) are genuinely reusable in other projects.