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ASP.NET Core Essentials

By : Shahed Chowdhuri
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ASP.NET Core Essentials

By: Shahed Chowdhuri

Overview of this book

<p>ASP.NET Core is the latest collection of Microsoft’s web application development technologies. When you’re trying to reach a broad spectrum of users with a robust web application, ASP.NET Core is there to help you build that application. With the ability to cater to users on desktop, tablet, or smartphone platforms, you can put together a solution that works well anywhere.</p> <p>This book is what you need to get started developing ASP.NET Core applications was quickly as possible; starting by introducing the software and how it can be used in today’s modern world of web applications and smartphone apps. Walking you through the benefits of a Web API to support both applications and mobile apps to give you a solid understanding of the tech to build upon as you see what ASP.NET Core can do for you.</p> <p>The book wraps up with practical guidelines for the use of database technologies, unit tests, security best practices, and cloud deployments for the real world.</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
ASP.NET Core Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 2.  Building Your First ASP.NET Core Application

Whether you're a seasoned ASP.NET developer or a little rusty on controller methods, the best way to get up-to-speed on ASP.NET Core is with a Hello World application. In addition to new configuration files, there are also new project types to learn about.

Going beyond its traditional reliance on IIS or IIS Express, your new ASP.NET web application can also be self-hosted without a web server. This new paradigm is the basis for its cross-platform ambitions.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following principles and concepts to help you become familiar with the basic structure of an ASP.NET Core application:

  • Project templates

  • Models, views, and controllers

  • Web configuration