Dapr Explained

Dapr
Dapr
Logo Size:	128px
Developer:	Microsoft
Latest Release Version:	v1.12.2
Latest Release Date:	^[1]
Programming Language:	Go
Operating System:	Cross-platform
Language:	English
Genre:	Cloud native runtime system
License:	Initially MIT License, now Apache License 2.0

Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) is a free and open source runtime system designed to support cloud native and serverless computing.^[2] Its initial release supported SDKs and APIs for Java, .NET, Python, and Go, and targeted the Kubernetes cloud deployment system.^{[3] [4]}

The source code is written in the Go programming language. It is licensed under MIT License and hosted on GitHub.^[5]

Architectural approach of Dapr:^[6]

Microservice application Services written in Go, Python, .NET, …
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HTTP API / gRPC API
Service-to- service invocation	State management	Publish and subscribe	Resource bindings &<br />trigger	Actors	Distributed tracing	Extensible…
Dapr
Any cloud or edge infrastructure

See also

• Microservices
• Service mesh

Further reading

• Book: Davide. Bedin. 2020. Practical Microservices with Dapr and .NET: A developer's guide to building cloud-native applications using the Dapr event-driven runtime. Packt Publishing. 978-1800568372.
• Book: Haishi. Schneider Bai. Yaron. Schneider. 2020. Learning Dapr: Building Distributed Cloud Native Applications. O'Reilly UK Ltd.. 978-1492072423.
• Book: Radoslav. Gatev. 2021. Introducing Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr): Simplifying Microservices Applications Development Through Proven and Reusable Patterns and Practices. Apress. 978-1484269978.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tags · dapr/dapr · GitHub. GitHub. en. 2023-11-25.
2. Web site: 2020-10-22. The Dapr Distributed Runtime Nears Production Readiness. 2021-02-20. The New Stack. en-US.
3. Web site: 2021-02-17. Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) v1.0 Announced. live. 2021-02-20. InfoQ. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210217170153/https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/02/dapr-production-ready/ . 2021-02-17 .
4. Web site: 2021-02-17. Microsoft's Dapr open-source project to help developers build cloud-native apps hits 1.0. 2021-02-20. TechCrunch. en-US.
5. Web site: GitHub - dapr/dapr: Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge.. GitHub.
6. https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/10/16/announcing-dapr-open-source-project-build-microservice-applications/ Announcing Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr), an open source project to make it easier for every developer to build microservice applications - Open Source Blog