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ASP.NET Core 2 and Vue.js

By : Stuart Ratcliffe
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Book Image

ASP.NET Core 2 and Vue.js

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By: Stuart Ratcliffe

Overview of this book

This book will walk you through the process of developing an e-commerce application from start to finish, utilizing an ASP.NET Core web API and Vue.js Single-Page Application (SPA) frontend. We will build the application using a featureslice approach, whereby in each chapter we will add the required frontend and backend changes to complete an entire feature. In the early chapters, we’ll keep things fairly simple to get you started, but by the end of the book, you’ll be utilizing some advanced concepts, such as server-side rendering and continuous integration and deployment. You will learn how to set up and configure a modern development environment for building ASP.NET Core web APIs and Vue.js SPA frontends.You will also learn about how ASP.NET Core differs from its predecessors, and how we can utilize those changes to our benefit. Finally, you will learn the fundamentals of building modern frontend applications using Vue.js, as well as some of the more advanced concepts, which can help make you more productive in your own applications in the future.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Registering for an Azure account

The first thing we'll need to do is head over to https://portal.azure.com and register for an account. Most people already have a Microsoft account for one reason or another, but if you don't, you can sign up for a new one.

Once you've either signed in or created a new Microsoft account and signed in, you'll be presented with the Azure portal signup screen:

Every Azure portal user must go through phone and credit card verification before they're allowed access, but don't worry too much as the only thing that will cost you money is the SQL Server database. This is around £4 GBP a month at the time of writing, but for the first month, everything is free, as you get £150 in credits for signing up.

The registration process is very simple, so it doesn't need any further explanation. Once you've finished...