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Learning ASP.NET Core MVC Programming

By : Mugilan T. S. Ragupathi, Anuraj Parameswaran
Book Image

Learning ASP.NET Core MVC Programming

By: Mugilan T. S. Ragupathi, Anuraj Parameswaran

Overview of this book

ASP.NET Core MVC helps you build robust web applications using the Model-View-Controller design. This guide will help you in building applications which can be deployed on non-windows platforms such as Linux. In today’s age, it is crucial that you possess the ability to separate the programming and business logic, and this is exactly what ASP.NET Core MVC application will help you achieve. This version comes with a number of improvements that enable fast, TDD-friendly development to create sophisticated applications. You would also learn the fundamentals of Entity framework and on how to use the same in ASP.NET Core web applications. The book presents the fundamentals and philosophies of ASP.NET Core. Starting with an overview of the MVC pattern, we quickly dive into the aspects that you need to know to get started with ASP.NET. You will learn about the core architecture of model, view, and control. Integrating your application with Bootstrap, validating user input, interacting with databases, and deploying your application are some of the things that you will be able to execute with this fast-paced guide. The end of the book will test your knowledge as you build a fully working sample application using the skills you’ve learned throughout the book.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning ASP.NET Core MVC Programming
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Building HTTP-based Web Services Using ASP.NET Web API

Minification of JavaScript and CSS files and their combination


The time taken to download the related resources of a web page is directly proportional to the size of the files that are downloaded. If we reduce the size of the file without changing the actual content, it will greatly increase the performance. Minification is the process of changing the content of the file in order to reduce the size of the file. Removing the extraneous white spaces and changing the variable names to shorter names are both common techniques used in the minification process.

Popular JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and frontend frameworks provide minified files by default. You can use them as they are. In the following screenshot, I have downloaded the compressed version of jQuery. You can minify the custom JavaScript and CSS files that you have written for your application:

Bundling is the process where you can combine two or more files into one. Bundling and minification, when used together, will reduce...