Eventstore: Add support for dotnet core (2.0)

[m-jepson]

Please write a version of the library for use in dotnet core, preferably 1.x and 2.0, but just 2.0 would do.

[andrii-litvinov]

I am working on a proof of on concept project and simple use-cases like read and write events work fine on Linux in .NET Core 2.0 application. Both regular and NetCore clients. I would expect more advanced use-cases to work as well, but haven't tried yet.

[mattgi]

Are you referring to moving away from mono and on to Core 2.0 in its entirety or just the client library? I'd love to be able to just get EventStore up and running on a Mac using Core 2.0.

[andrii-litvinov]

@mattgi if the question was addressed to me, I am talking about client library only. I use ES inside Docker for development which runs on Mono on Linux. Same can be done on MacOS. Actually my team member has same setup on his Mac.
For sure it would be great to have it ported .NET Core 2.0 and run it on bare metal. .NET Core 2.0 has wider API coverage and should be way easier to migrate server to it.

[m-jepson]

I'm mainly talking about the client library. The server we can run on any machine(s), and leave it at that. But we write most of our software in .Net Core nowadays and are looking into containerized deployment. Would be great if we could continue doing that when using EventStore in those applications.

[ryanstinson]

I am interested in the server components being migrated to .Net Core 2.0 as well. We are embedding ES in our microservices and would be able to move away from mono easier.

[mattgi]

https://www.nuget.org/packages/EventStore.ClientAPI.NetCore/ exists and is working well for me. To add via Nuget be sure to include pre-release packages, a rookie error I made initially. Via VS for Mac that looks like this:

I currently run the server in docker and probably always will; just feel that Core 2.0 is the future, not mono.

[m-jepson]

I found the pre-release package ... makes me feel just a tiny bit stupid :)
But, it works like a charm. All the funcationality I have tested / require seems to be working as expected. Any idea when this package is going to be marked as stable?

[jageall]

I just released the 4.0.3-rc of the .net standard client, if i get feedback that it is working well, I will release it on Sunday as stable

[iaincatt]

4.0.3-rc is still the latest version on pre-release. No stable 4.0.3 Core client yet?

[ahjohannessen]

Any news with respect to the backend?

[shaan1337]

As from version 5, EventStore.Client now targets netstandard 2.0.