Series “ByteAether.WeakEvent”

Announcing ByteAether.WeakEvent v1.0.0

We are thrilled to announce the release of ByteAether.WeakEvent v1.0.0, a NuGet library designed to revolutionize event management in .NET. This release marks the culmination of months of development, testing, and community feedback. With a focus on memory safety and ease-of-use, ByteAether.WeakEvent empowers software engineers and architects to build decoupled, maintainable, and high-performance applications without the pitfalls of memory leaks caused by traditional event subscriptions.

18 March 2025

7 minutes

ByteAether.WeakEvent

Weak Event Pattern Weak References Blazor Publish-Subscribe Garbage Collection

Harnessing Weak-Referenced Event Managers and Publish–Subscribe Patterns in .NET

In modern application development, event-driven programming is ubiquitous. Whether you're building rich desktop applications with WPF or web applications with Blazor, events provide a powerful way to decouple components. However, one common pitfall in event-based systems is memory leaks caused by lingering event subscriptions. The weak event pattern, along with publish–subscribe architectures, offers a robust solution by using weak references to hold subscribers. This ensures that objects can...