# dotnet-architecture/eBooks

.NET Architecture e-Books

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eBooks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dotnet-architecture-ebooks
Homepage: http://dot.net/architecture
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-06-28T14:11:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2554, "days_push": 796, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1373, forks 312 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.896711+00:00)

## What it is
A repository hosting current and archived releases of the free .NET Architecture e-Books, including guides on microservices, ASP.NET Core, cloud-native development, and Blazor. It serves as the download archive for the .NET Architecture Guides site.

## Use cases
- download free .NET architecture ebooks as pdf
- learn microservices architecture with .NET and Docker
- guide for building monolithic web apps with ASP.NET Core
- learn cloud-native application development on .NET
- migrate from ASP.NET Web Forms to Blazor
- find archived releases of .NET architecture guides

## When to choose
- you want free, official Microsoft guidance on .NET application architecture
- you need downloadable PDF or web versions of architecture e-books
- you are learning microservices, cloud-native, or Blazor patterns in .NET

## When to avoid
- you need runnable code or a software tool rather than reading material
- you want community-maintained or third-party tutorials
- you need up-to-date content, since the repo mostly archives past releases

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: tutorials, web-development, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, dotnet
- tags: ebooks, dotnet, architecture-guides, microservices, cloud-native, blazor, aspnet-core, pdf

## Member repositories
- dotnet-architecture/eBooks (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.896711+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:41.842005+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eBooks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.896711+00:00, sha c117c30a2f0e)
  - homepage: http://dot.net/architecture (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:36.223650+00:00, sha aeaaf7a0621a)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:36.229219+00:00, sha f29800be2b9a)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:36.226446+00:00, sha efa9016b58aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.