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Mastering ABP Framework

By : Halil İbrahim Kalkan
Book Image

Mastering ABP Framework

By: Halil İbrahim Kalkan

Overview of this book

ABP Framework is a complete infrastructure for creating modern web applications by following software development best practices and conventions. With ABP's high-level framework and ecosystem, you can implement the Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle and focus on your business code. Written by the creator of ABP Framework, this book will help you to gain a complete understanding of the framework and modern web application development techniques. With step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you'll understand the requirements of a modern web solution and how ABP Framework makes it enjoyable to develop your own solutions. You'll discover the common requirements of enterprise web application development and explore the infrastructure provided by ABP. Throughout the book, you’ll get to grips with software development best practices for building maintainable and modular web solutions. By the end of this book, you'll be able to create a complete web solution that is easy to develop, maintain, and test.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction
6
Part 2: Fundamentals of ABP Framework
11
Part 3: Implementing Domain–Driven Design
15
Part 4: User Interface and API Development
19
Part 5: Miscellaneous

Consuming HTTP APIs

You can use any tool or technique to consume HTTP APIs from your JavaScript code. However, ABP provides the following ways as fully integrated solutions:

  • You can use the abp.ajax API as an extension of the jQuery.ajax API.
  • You can use dynamic JavaScript client proxies to call server-side APIs, just like you can with JavaScript functions.
  • You can generate static JavaScript client proxies at development time.

Let's begin with the first one – the abp.ajax API.

Using the abp.ajax API

The abp.ajax API is a wrapper around the standard jQuery.ajax API. It automatically handles all errors and shows a localized message to the user on an error case. It also adds the anti-forgery token to the HTTP header to satisfy Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection on the server side.

The following example uses the abp.ajax API to get a list of users from the server:

abp.ajax({
  type: 'GET',
  url: &apos...