How to build a URL Shortener with C# .NET and Redis

URL shorteners are a solution to the problem of long URLs making it difficult to manually type them. They create short URLs that forward to the original URL. This tutorial demonstrates how to build a URL shortener using C# .NET and Redis, with separate applications for URL management and forwarding. The application uses ASP.NET Core Minimal API for the forwarder app and System.CommandLine libraries for building the CLI CRUD application.

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