Mastering ASP.NET Web API

Microsoft has unified their main web development platforms and this unification will help you effectively develop web applications using various aspects 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

Mithun Pattankar, Malendra Hurbuns

Packt Publishing

2017

Abstract

Mastering ASP.NET Web API starts with the building blocks of ASP.NET Core, before guiding you through implementing various HTTP routing strategies in the Web API. You will then focus on the key components of building applications that employ the Web API, such as Kestrel, middleware, filters, logging, security, and the Entity Framework. Next, you'll understand how to apply the test-driven development (TDD) approach to write test cases along with the new Visual Studio 2017 live unit testing feature.

Toward the concluding chapters, you'll learn to integrate with the database using object-relational mapping (ORM). Finally, you'll explore how the Web API can be consumed by a browser as well as by mobile applications using Angular 4, Ionic and ReactJS.

By the end of this book, you will have gained the expertise you need to apply best practices for developing complex Web APIs, consuming them in frontend applications and deploying these applications to a modern hosting infrastructure.

Learn about HTTP methods, the structure of HTTP content, internet media types, and how servers respond to HTTP requests and their associated HTTP codes
Explore middleware, filters, routing, and unit testing
Optimize Web API implementations
Develop a secure Web API interface
Deploy Web API projects to various platforms
Get to grips with how your web API can be consumed by frontend applications with Angular 4, Bootstrap, and Ionic
Discover and implement current trends in service architecture