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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

Installing the ASP.NET Core NuGet package in your application


Follow these steps to install the NuGet package of ASP.NET MVC:

  1. Right click on the project, and select the Manage NuGet Packages option:

  2. Select the Include Prerelease checkbox so that the NuGet Package Manager will list out all the prerelease packages. Search for MVC and you'll get the Microsoft.AspNet.MVC package, as shown in the following result, and click on the Install button on the right-hand side:

  3. Review the changes:

  4. Once you click on Review Changes, the following dialog box will appear where you need to accept the license terms:

The NuGet Package Manager will download and install the ASP.NET Core and will update the project.json file and the associated references.

Now, your project.json file will have updated dependencies. The second line Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc is added:

"dependencies": { 
  "Microsoft.AspNet.IISPlatformHandler": "1.0.0-rc1-final", 
  "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": "6.0.0-rc1-final", 
  "Microsoft...