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Learning ASP.NET Core MVC Programming

By : Mugilan T. S. Ragupathi, Anuraj Parameswaran
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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

Creating ASP.NET 5 application


It's time to get our hands dirty. Let us create a simple ASP.NET 5 application. Fire up Visual Studio and follow these steps:

  1. Create a project by selecting File | New Project in Visual Studio. The first option is for creating an earlier version of the ASP.NET Web application. The second option is for creating the ASP.NET Core application using the .NET Core framework. The third option is for creating the ASP.NET Core application using the .NET framework. The difference between the second and third option is that the .NET framework supports all the functionalities of existing .NET frameworks whereas .NET Core supports only the core functionalities. The advantage of using the .NET core library is that it can be deployed on any platform.

  2. Select the Empty template from the list of ASP.NET 5 templates. The second option is for creating the Web API application (for building the HTTP-based services) and the third option is for creating a web application containing...