Resources

Contributing

Some notes and guidelines for developers who want to contribute to Orleans.

Student Projects

We suggest 2 types of projects for students. The first type includes exploratory, open-ended, research-oriented projects with the goal of enabling new capabilities in Orleans. The second type includes ideas for student education.

Documentation Guidelines

The Orleans documentation is built in Markdown. We use a few simple conventions to ensure a homogeneous style throughout the full set of documents.

Links

Links to articles by members of the Orleans team and others.

Migration

Migration from Orleans 1.5 to 2.0 This document provides guidance for migrating application code from to Orleans 2.0.

Migration from Orleans 1.5 to 2.0 when using Azure Cloud Services In Orleans 2.0, the configuration process is organizes around SiloHostBuilder, similar to how it is done in ASP.NET Core with the WebHostBuilder.

Code Generation in Orleans 2.0 Code generation has been improved in Orleans 2.0, improving startup times and providing a more deterministic, "debuggable" experience.

Presentations

A collection of PowerPoint presentations about topics including Orleans Best Practices, Balancing Techniques, and Streaming.