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Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core

By : Tamir Dresher, Amir Zuker, Shay Friedman
Book Image

Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core

By: Tamir Dresher, Amir Zuker, Shay Friedman

Overview of this book

Today, full-stack development is the name of the game. Developers who can build complete solutions, including both backend and frontend products, are in great demand in the industry, hence being able to do so a desirable skill. However, embarking on the path to becoming a modern full-stack developer can be overwhelmingly difficult, so the key purpose of this book is to simplify and ease the process. This comprehensive guide will take you through the journey of becoming a full-stack developer in the realm of the web and .NET. It begins by implementing data-oriented RESTful APIs, leveraging ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework. Afterward, it describes the web development field, including its history and future horizons. Then, you’ll build webbased Single-Page Applications (SPAs) by learning about numerous popular technologies, namely TypeScript, Angular, React, and Vue. After that, you’ll learn about additional related concerns involving deployment, hosting, and monitoring by leveraging the cloud; specifically, Azure. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build, deploy, and monitor cloud-based, data-oriented, RESTful APIs, as well as modern web apps, using the most popular frameworks and technologies.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
PacktPub.com
Contributors
Preface
Index

Enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing


The Enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) standard allows a web server to relax the same-origin policy that prevents a browser from sending API requests to domains other than that of the web application. Browsers enforce the same-origin policy to protect their users from many kinds of attacks that attempt to send data to other sites. 

In ASP.NET Core, it's very easy to configure the domains that are allowed to use your API, and the type of HTTP methods they can use. 

First, add the CORS middleware by adding these lines to the ConfigureServices method in your Startup class:

publicvoidConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) 
{
    service.AddCors()
}

Than, configure the CORS policy in your Startup.Configure method. For example, the following code shows how you can configure your web application to allow requests from any domain with any HTTP method, and with any headers:

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env...