Writing web APIs is one of most sought-after programming skills as it provides lightweight HTTP services that reach a broad range of clients. A well-designed web API can be used by various clients such as Desktop, web, and mobile apps; as its HTTP services, it can be used across cross-platform.
ASP.NET Web API 2 is an ideal platform to build REST-based APIs, and it's widely adopted and has been very successful. Microsoft entered the world of open source by introducing cross-platform.NET Core and cross-platform ASP.NET Core technologies.
ASP.NET Core opened a new world of exciting, feature-rich, and lightweight way of developing web applications. With this new technology, we are not confined to the world of Windows OS to build applications. It's truly cross-platform because we don't have to use Visual Studio IDE to develop applications anymore.
ASP.NET Core provides a very innovating approach to build web APIs. In this book, you will learn about the ASP.NET Core anatomy, creating web APIs by exploring the concept of middleware, integrating with databases, applying various security mechanisms, and consuming them in popular web UI frameworks.
This book is written considering both experienced and new developers. A prior knowledge of developing web APIs will be an added advantage, but it's not a prerequisite. It will help you build a truly cross-platform ASP.NET Core Web API and master it. We are using .NET Core 2.0 Preview 2 and ASP.NET Core 2.0 Preview 2, along with Visual Studio 2017 Preview 3 at the time of writing this book, and we do plan to update this book for the final release of ASP.NET Core 2.0.
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Mastering ASP.NET Web API
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Mastering ASP.NET Web API
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Overview of this book
Microsoft has unified their main web development platforms. This unification will help develop web applications using various pieces of the ASP.NET platform that can be deployed on both Windows and LINUX. With ASP.NET Core (Web API), it will become easier than ever to build secure HTTP services that can be used from any client.
Mastering ASP.NET Web API starts with the building blocks of the ASP.NET Core, then gradually moves on to implementing various HTTP routing strategies in the Web API. We then focus on the key components of building applications that employ the Web API, such as Kestrel, Middleware, Filters, Logging, Security, and Entity Framework.Readers will be introduced to take the TDD approach to write test cases along with the new Visual Studio 2017 live unit testing feature. They will also be introduced to integrate with the database using ORMs. Finally, we explore how the Web API can be consumed in a browser as well as by mobile applications by utilizing Angular 4, Ionic and ReactJS.
By the end of this book, you will be able to apply best practices to develop complex Web API, consume them in frontend applications and deploy these applications to a modern hosting infrastructure.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Introduction to Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture
Understanding HTTP and REST
Anatomy of ASP.NET Core Web API
Controllers, Actions, and Models
Implementing Routing
Middleware and Filters
Perform Unit and Integration Testing
Web API Security
Integration with Database
Error Handling, Tracing, and Logging
Optimization and Performance
Hosting and Deployment
Modern Web Frontends
