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Mastering ASP.NET Web API

By : Mithun Pattankar
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Mastering ASP.NET Web API

By: Mithun Pattankar

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)

MyWallet - Demo ASP.NET Core project

To learn more about logging using different providers, we will be creating a demo ASP.NET Core application MyWallet that has the following functionalities:

  • It should be able to list all the daily expenses.
  • It should be able to get a particular expense by passing the ID.
  • It should be able to add/post a single expense to the list. If the movie expense exceeds $300, then it is invalid request data.
  • It should be able to edit and delete a particular expense.

In this demo application, we will be using a EF Core InMemory provider. This EF Core package runs the application in memory instead of persisting onto a database. It's ideal for unit testing the data access layer, but is used here to make the example simpler.

You can use any database provider (Sql Server, MySQL, SQLite) by reading Chapter 09, Integration with Databases.

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