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C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints

By : Dirk Strauss, Jas Rademeyer
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C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 Blueprints

By: Dirk Strauss, Jas Rademeyer

Overview of this book

.NET Core is a general purpose, modular, cross-platform, and open source implementation of .NET. With the latest release of .NET Core, many more APIs are expected to show up, which will make APIs consistent across .Net Framework, .NET Core, and Xamarin. This step-by-step guide will teach you the essential .NET Core and C# concepts with the help of real-world projects. The book starts with a brief introduction to the latest features of C# 7 and .NET Core 2.0 before moving on to explain how C# 7 can be implemented using the object-oriented paradigm. You'll learn to work with relational data using Entity Framework and see how to use ASP.NET Core practically. This book will show you how .NET Core allows the creations of cross-platform applications. You'll also learn about SignalR to add real-time functionality to your application. Then you will see how to use MongoDB and how to implement MongoDB into your applications. You'll learn about serverless computing and OAuth concepts, along with running ASP.NET Core applications with Docker Compose. This project-based guide uses practical applications to demonstrate these concepts. By the end of the book, you'll be proficient in developing applications using .NET Core 2.0.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Calling an Azure Function from an ASP.NET Core MVC application


In the previous section, we had a look at how our Azure Function worked. Now, we want to create an ASP.NET Core MVC application that will call our Azure Function to validate an email address entered into a login screen of the application:

Note

This application does no authentication at all. All it is doing is validating the email address entered. ASP.NET Core MVC authentication is a totally different topic and not the focus of this chapter.

  1. In Visual Studio 2017, create a new project and select ASP.NET Core Web Application from the project templates. Click on the OK button to create the project. This is shown in the following screenshot:

  1. On the next screen, ensure that .NET Core and ASP.NET Core 2.0 is selected from the drop-down options on the form. Select Web Application (Model-View-Controller) as the type of application to create.

Don't bother with any kind of authentication or enabling Docker support. Just click on the OK button...