Differences from ASP.NET Core minimal APIs with Kestrel?

[Atulin]

I stumbled upon this project by accident, and it seems really curious to me. I find myself asking the titular question, though.

Is Watson simply another implementation for the sake of having another one? Or is there something more to it, something that a usual, built-in minimal API project does not support? If so, I would expect some sort of a comparison somewhere, as is usually the case with projects like this. But I don't see Watson even acknowledge the existence of ASP.

[jchristn]

Hi @Atulin there was never an intent to create a comparison between the two. I built the original version a long time ago before Kestrel was a thing with the main goal being to have a simple RESTful server that didn't rely on IIS for lightweight console and service projects. A few years later, I had a need for the exact same use case, but without the dependency on http.sys which led to the development of HttpServerLite which later became Watson.Lite.

The intent was never to compete with the mainstream paradigms provided my Microsoft. Hope this helps.

[Atulin]

Understandable, thanks for the reply!