"Hallo .NET 8.0: Practical ASP.NET Core Minimal API" is a meticulously crafted guide that takes you on an explorative journey into the world of ASP.NET Core 8.0. Designed for a broad audience, from beginners to seasoned developers, this book dives deep into the practical aspects of Minimal API development. It starts with an introductory section that sets the foundation, highlighting the evolution and significance of Minimal APIs in the .NET framework. The core of the book is structured into comprehensive sections covering ASP.NET Core Minimal API development, database integrations, and critical aspects of web security. It stands out with its 20 hands-on lab exercises, each carefully designed to reinforce learning through practical application. From setting up development environments and building your first API to delving into complex topics like data security and efficient database handling, the book ensures a thorough understanding of each concept. In its final chapters, the book transitions into crucial topics like monitoring and deployment, preparing readers to not only build but also sustain and optimize applications in real-world settings. This section is pivotal for understanding the lifecycle of web applications and equips readers with the skills to deploy and maintain their projects effectively. "Hallo .NET 8.0: Practical ASP.NET Core Minimal API" is more than a technical manual; it's an essential tool for mastering the ASP.NET Core 8.0 framework. Whether you're developing your first web application or looking to upgrade existing skills, this book is an invaluable asset. Its practical approach, combined with in-depth coverage of essential topics, makes it a must-have for anyone aspiring to excel in the rapidly evolving field of web development. Embark on this learning adventure and arm yourself with the knowledge and skills to confidently navigate the world of ASP.NET Core 8.0.

Get a practical understanding of how to build lightweight ASP.NET Core applications and write cleaner, testable, and secure APIs with .NET 6 and Minimal APIs Key FeaturesExplore clear and detailed guidelines to design and develop APIs for ASP.NET Core appsDiscover expert tips, tricks, and best practices to build performant APIsImplement proven web API development methodologies using .NET 6 features and toolsBook Description The Minimal APIs feature, introduced in .NET 6, is the answer to code complexity and rising dependencies in creating even the simplest of APIs. Minimal APIs facilitate API development using compact code syntax and help you develop web APIs quickly. This practical guide explores Minimal APIs end-to-end and helps you take advantage of its features and benefits for your ASP.NET Core projects. The chapters in this book will help you speed up your development process by writing less code and maintaining fewer files using Minimal APIs. You'll also learn how to enable Swagger for API documentation along with CORS and handle application errors. The book even promotes ideas to structure your code in a better way using the dependency injection library in .NET. Finally, you'll learn about performance and benchmarking improvements for your apps. By the end of this book, you'll be able to fully leverage new features in .NET 6 for API development and explore how Minimal APIs are an evolution over classical web API development in ASP.NET Core. What you will learnAdopt new features in .NET 6 for building lightweight APIsUnderstand how to optimize API development with Minimal APIs in .NET 6Discover best practices for accessing and using data in Minimal APIsUnderstand how to validate incoming data to an API and return error messagesGet familiar with dependency injection and logging for identifying errorsLeverage the translation system in Minimal APIs to provide messages and errors in regional languagesWho this book is for If you are an existing .NET developer who wants to develop lightweight APIs quickly without much complexity, this book is for you. If you are a developer who is just getting started with the ASP.NET Core framework, this book will help you learn web API development using the latest .NET features. The book assumes intermediate-level knowledge of C# programming, Visual Studio, and REST API concepts.

Build fully-featured APIs with ASP.NET Core! This all-practical guide is written like a real development project, taking you hands-on with modern APIs utilizing REST and GraphQL standards. In Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core you will learn how to: Set up your environment with VS 2022, Node, Git, and more Create a ASP.NET Core project from scratch Integrate with SQL Server Use Entity Framework Core to set up a data model Create back-end controllers Design an API to serve data Write API documentation using Swagger and Swashbuckle Consume an API using typical web client-side frameworks Handle requests and routes using controllers and Minimal API Release and deploy your Web API in production on cloud-based hosting services such as MS Azure Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core is a practical beginner’s guide to creating your first web APIs using ASP.NET Core. In it, you’ll develop an API that feeds web-based services, including websites and mobile apps, for a board games application. The book is cleverly structured to mirror a real-world development project, with each chapter introducing a new feature request. You’ll build your API with an ecosystem of ASP.NET Core tools that help simplify everything from setting up your data model to generating documentation. About the Technology Web APIs are the front door to an application, providing controlled access to its data and features. ASP.NET Core, Microsoft’s web framework, simplifies and accelerates API creation with powerful, developer-friendly features, including an innovative “no compile” coding experience. It is reliable, fast, free, open-source, and backed by Microsoft’s legendary support. About the Book Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core teaches you how to write safe, maintainable, and performant REST APIs. It’s full of best practices for modern and classic API styles, including REST and GraphQL. You’ll love the groundbreaking Minimal API model that helps you build pro-quality APIs with just a few lines of code. Each chapter contains realistic user stories, backlog items, and development tasks. What’s Inside Create an ASP.NET Core project from scratch Set up a data model with Entity Framework Core Create backend controllers Design an API to serve data About the Reader For developers with some experience using the .NET Framework. About the Author Valerio De Sanctis has more than 20 years of experience in web development and project management using ASP.NET, PHP, and Java. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED 1 Web APIs at a glance 2 Our first web API project 3 RESTful principles and guidelines PART 2 - BASIC CONCEPTS 4 Working with data 5 CRUD operations 6 Data validation and error handling PART 3 - ADVANCED CONCEPTS 7 Application logging 8 Caching techniques 9 Authentication and authorization 10 Beyond REST PART 4 - TOWARD PRODUCTION 11 API documentation 12 Release and deployment

Microsoft's ASP.NET Web API simplifies data delivery through HTTP, making it a great platform for building RESTful applications. With ASP.NET Web API, you'll learn the ins and outs of the technology so that you can start building services in no time. The book starts with a high-level overview of Web API, examining the hosting layer, message handler pipeline, and controller, and delves further into each layer in succinct detail. By the end of the book, you'll understand how ASP.NET Web API handles requests, how to set up a route table, and how to extend the controller at the center of the API to perform custom actions. Beyond data delivery, you'll gain some insight into keeping your API secure, self-hosting or hosting the API on the web, and how to create unit tests with it. Even if you don't have a thorough knowledge of HTTP, you can start using ASP.NET Web API-simplicity is one of its strengths. This updated and expanded second edition of Book provides a user-friendly introduction to the subject, Taking a clear structural framework, it guides the reader through the subject's core elements. A flowing writing style combines with the use of illustrations and diagrams throughout the text to ensure the reader understands even the most complex of concepts. This succinct and enlightening overview is a required reading for all those interested in the subject . We hope you find this book useful in shaping your future career & Business.

Practical ASP.NET Web API provides you with a hands-on and code-focused demonstration of the ASP.NET Web API in action. From the very beginning, you'll be writing working code in order to see best practices and concepts in action. As the book progresses, the concepts and code will become more sophisticated. Beginning with an overview of the web service model in general and Web API in particular, you'll progress quickly to a detailed exploration of the request binding and response formatting that lie at the heart of Web API. You'll investigate various scenarios and see how they can be manipulated to achieve the results you need. Later in the book more sophisticated themes will be introduced that will set your applications apart from the crowd. You’ll learn how you can validate the request messages on arrival, how you can create loosely coupled controllers, extend the pipeline processing to compartmentalize your code for security and unit testing before being put onto a live hosting server. What you’ll learn What ASP.NET Web API is and how it can be used effectively Ways to optimize your code for readability and performance What controller dependencies are and why they matter How to maintain robust security across your projects Reliable best-practices for using Web API in a professional context Who this book is for The book is ideal for any .NET developer who wants to learn how the ASP.NET Web API framework works in a realistic setting. A good working knowledge of C# and the .NET framework and a familiarity with Visual Studio are the only pre-requisites to benefit from this book Table of Contents Building a Basic Web API Debugging HTTP Formatting CLR Objects into HTTP Response Customizing Response Binding HTTP Request into CLR Objects Validating Request Managing Controller Dependencies Extending Pipeline Hosting ASP.NET Web API Securing ASP.NET Web API Consuming ASP.NET Web API Building Performant Web API

ASP.NET Web API is a key part of ASP.NET MVC 4 and the platform of choice for building RESTful services that can be accessed by a wide range of devices. Everything from JavaScript libraries to RIA plugins, RFID readers to smart phones can consume your services using platform-agnostic HTTP. With such wide accessibility, securing your code effectively needs to be a top priority. You will quickly find that the WCF security protocols you’re familiar with from .NET are less suitable than they once were in this new environment, proving themselves cumbersome and limited in terms of the standards they can work with. Fortunately, ASP.NET Web API provides a simple, robust security solution of its own that fits neatly within the ASP.NET MVC programming model and secures your code without the need for SOAP, meaning that there is no limit to the range of devices that it can work with – if it can understand HTTP, then it can be secured by Web API. These SOAP-less security techniques are the focus of this book.

Use ASP.NET Core 2 to create durable and cross-platform web APIs through a series of applied, practical scenarios. Examples in this book help you build APIs that are fast and scalable. You’ll progress from the basics of the framework through to solving the complex problems encountered in implementing secure RESTful services. The book is packed full of examples showing how Microsoft’s ground-up rewrite of ASP.NET Core 2 enables native cross-platform applications that are fast and modular, allowing your cloud-ready server applications to scale as your business grows. Major topics covered in the book include the fundamentals and core concepts of ASP.NET Core 2. You'll learn about building RESTful APIs with the MVC pattern using proven best practices and following the six principles of REST. Examples in the book help in learning to develop world-class web APIs and applications that can run on any platform, including Windows, Linux, and MacOS. You can even deploy to Microsoft Azure and automate your delivery by implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines. What You Will Learn Incorporate automated API tooling such as Swagger from the OpenAPI specification Standardize query and response formats using Facebook’s GraphQL query language Implement security by applying authentication and authorization using ASP.NET Identity Ensure the safe storage of sensitive data using the data protection stack Create unit and integration tests to guarantee code quality Who This Book Is For Developers who build server applications such as web sites and web APIs that need to run fast and cross platform; programmers who want to implement practical solutions for real-world problems; those who want in-depth knowledge of the latest bits of ASP.NET Core 2.0