Example of TickerQ with EF Core and Attribute-Based Jobs

[robertrutkowski]

Hi everyone 👋

First of all, thank you for the amazing library!

I'm currently trying to set up TickerQ in a project that uses Entity Framework Core, and I’m looking for a working example that demonstrates the following:

1. A job method decorated with the [TickerFunction] attribute
2. The job being automatically registered (e.g. using a source generator or any other mechanism) and visible in the dashboard without manual registration
3. The cron expression coming from configuration, not hardcoded in the attribute (optional)
4. Integration with EF Core as the backing store

I tried using .NET 8, but it seems the source generator doesn’t trigger — possibly due to framework restrictions in ClassicSourceGenerator.

If there’s any sample project or minimal example that shows how this setup should work, especially using cron from appsettings/config and EF integration, I’d be very grateful!

Thanks in advance 🙏

[arcenox]

Can you just do a bit more digging since it supports both, Classic and IIncremental Source generators.

[tabro]

I had similar issues in dotnet 8 and found that my rider version was using an older version of Roslyn than what the TickerQ.SourceGenerator.dll assembly was built with.

I had a warning about using too old compiler versions in the built output.

I fixed the issue by switching rider to using the msbuild version of the installed dotnet version.

Could be the same issue?