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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)

Introduction to Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture

With the increase in internet availability, there is an ongoing evolution in data communication techniques. The architectural improvements have been very innovative, scalable, and adoptable across environments. There was a need for software components to be available across the internet with a common interface for communication across different platforms and programming languages.

This led to the concept of creating services easily deployable with scalability, and exposing them over the internet.

Designing functionalities in terms of service was widely adopted; it was a great idea to provide features in the form of services to heterogeneous clients. This concept of using services led to SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture).

In this chapter, we will be looking at the following topics:

  • Service in SOA
  • Monolithic architecture
  • Introduction to Microservices