In this episode, Jon and Allan discuss various topics, including office renovations, phone migrations, and the use of mediator patterns in app development. They explore the concept of vertical slicing in architecture and the benefits of using a mediator to route messages. Allan shares his experience with mediator patterns in server architecture and highlights the need for a mediator pattern in app development. They also touch on the scalability of mediator patterns and the potential challenges of using them in certain scenarios. The conversation explores the concept of using a mediator pattern to handle services in an app. The mediator pattern allows for loose coupling and easier unit testing. It also simplifies the management of common services and reduces the need for multiple service injections. The conversation also touches on the use of events and requests with responses in the mediator pattern. The implementation of the mediator pattern in the context of a Maui app is discussed, including handling events and requests, offline mode, caching, and resiliency. In this conversation, Jon and Allan discuss the benefits and use cases of using MediatR in mobile app development. They explore the concept of middleware and how it can be used to handle various aspects of app functionality. They also discuss the challenges of finding and managing dependencies in a loosely coupled architecture. Allan introduces his MediatR library and explains how it simplifies the implementation of Mediator patterns in mobile apps. They also touch on topics like offline caching, resiliency, and event handling.

Links:

• Shiny Mediator — A Mediator for your .NET Apps with some of the most awesome middleware around
• MediatR — Simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET
• YouTube Episode 118