https://alastaircrabtree.com/tags/topshelf/ Recent content in topshelf on Alastair's Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:20:51 +0000 https://alastaircrabtree.com/posts/how-to-run-a-dotnet-windows-service-as-a-console-app/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:20:51 +0000 https://alastaircrabtree.com/posts/how-to-run-a-dotnet-windows-service-as-a-console-app/ C# Windows services can be a pain to develop because they are awkward to test, debug and run locally. However a few tweaks to the default VS template make them far more manageable. Why use a windows service in the first place? At first glance a Windows Service looks like old tech in an age of http everywhere. However they are a reliable proven platform that is easy to deploy, easy to remotely monitor, and it is actually trivial to embed a web-server inside one and ditch IIS entirely.