Summary
In this chapter, we analyzed the ASP.NET Core pipeline and various modules that comprise an ASP.NET Core MVC application in detail, such as authentication/authorization, the options framework, and routing. Then, we described how controllers and Views map requests to response HTML. We also analyzed all the improvements introduced in the latest versions.
Finally, we analyzed all the design patterns implemented in the ASP.NET Core MVC framework and, in particular, the importance of the Separation of Concerns principle and how ASP.NET Core MVC implements it in the ASP.NET Core pipeline, as well as in its validation and globalization modules. We focused in more detail on the importance of Separation of Concerns between the presentation layer logic and graphics, as well as how the MVC pattern ensures it.
The next chapter explains how to implement a presentation layer as a Single-Page Application (SPA) with the new Blazor WebAssembly framework.