ASP.NET Core 2 Fundamentals

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright and Credits
   1. ASP.NET Core 2 Fundamentals
3. Packt Upsell
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4. Contributors
   1. About the authors
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5. Preface
   1. Who this book is for
   2. What this book covers
   3. To get the most out of this book
      1. Download the example code files
      2. Conventions used
   4. Get in touch
      1. Reviews
6. Setting the Stage
   1. Introduction to Web Applications
      1. How Web Applications Work
         1. What is the HTTP Protocol?
         2. HTTP/2's Edge over HTTP/1.x
         3. Request-Response Pattern
         4. Stateless Nature of HTTP
         5. Advantages to HTTP
         6. Work with the Statelessness and the Request-Response Pattern
      2. Client Side and Server Side
      3. Programming Styles – RPC versus REST
      4. Working with HTTP Methods
         1. The GET Method
         2. The POST Method
         3. List of Important Methods
         4. Other Methods
      5. Activity: Working with the Request-Response Pattern
   2. Introduction to ASP.NET
      1. ASP.NET MVC
         1. The Model-View-Controller Pattern
      2. A File-Based Project
         1. Creating Your First Project
      3. Creating Your First Application
   3. Summary
7. Controllers
   1. Role of the Controller in ASP.NET MVC Applications
      1. Ideal Flow of Data for a Layered Web Application
   2. Introduction to Routing
      1. Activity: Finding the Correct Method Invoked for a URL
   3. Installing the ASP.NET Core NuGet Package in Your Application
   4. Our First Controller
      1. IActionResult
      2. Activity: Implementing Your Own IActionResult
   5. Adding Views
   6. Adding Models
   7. Passing Data from the Controller to the View
   8. Filters
      1. Activity: Writing a Custom Filter
   9. Summary
8. Views
   1. The View Engine and the Razor View Engine
      1. The Razor View Engine
         1. Programming in the Razor View Engine
         2. Variables in the Razor View
         3. Working with Razor View
         4. Programming Constructs in the Razor View
      2. Activity: Printing Prime Numbers from 1 to 100
   2. Layout
      1. Building our First Layout
         1. Creating _ViewStart.cshtml
         2. Creating _Layout.cshtml
         3. Adding a Page-Specific View
      2. Activity: Creating Another Layout and Changing the View to That Layout
   3. Generating HTML
      1. Generating HTML using a Simple Form
      2. HTML Helpers
         1. Generating a form using HTML Helpers
      3. Activity: Making Use of a Checkbox
   4. Partial View
      1. Calling a Partial View
      2. Activity: Working with Static Data
   5. View Components
      1. Creating a View Component
      2. Creating a ViewComponent Attribute
      3. Activity: Passing a String as Additional Data
   6. Tag Helpers
      1. Custom Tag Helpers
      2. Creating a Custom Tag Helper
      3. Activity: Replacing Email Tag Helpers
   7. Summary
9. Models
   1. Introduction to Models
      1. Creating an ASP.NET Core Application
      2. Models Specific to a View Component
         1. ViewModels
      3. Data Flow with Respect to a Model
      4. Activity: Revising the Code to Show Discount in the Total
   2. Model Binding
   3. Entity Framework
      1. Creating Console Applications with Entity Framework
      2. Installing Entity Framework Core NuGet Package
         1. Using the NuGet Package Manager
      3. Installing Entity Framework Commands
         1. Creating Model Classes
         2. Creating the DbContext Class
      4. Creating a Migration
         1. How the SaveChanges Method Works
      5. Updating the Record
      6. Deleting the Record
      7. Activity: Controlling the Transaction Manually
   4. Using Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC Applications
   5. Database Migration
   6. Summary
10. Validation
    1. Introduction to Validation
    2. Client-Side and Server-Side Validation
    3. Server-Side Validation
       1. Updating ViewModels with the Data Annotation Attribute
       2. Updating the ViewModel to Display the Validation Error Message
       3. Updating the Controller Action Method to Verify the Model State
       4. Activity: Adding a New Validation Rule for Designation
    4. Client-Side Validation
       1. Performing Client-Side Validation
       2. Activity: Adding a New Validation Rule to a JavaScript Function
    5. Implementation
       1. Activity: Adding a New Validation Rule for Designation by Extending ValidationAttribute
    6. Summary
11. Routing
    1. Convention-Based Routing
    2. Attribute-Based Routing
       1. Working on an Example of Attribute-Based Routing
    3. Route Attribute at the Controller Level
       1. Token Replacement in Route Templates
       2. Activity: Combining Route Templates that Begin with /
       3. Passing Routing Values in HTTP Action Verbs in the Controller
       4. Activity: Defining Two Actions with the Same Name with Different Verbs
    4. Route Constraints
       1. Activity: Creating an Attribute that Implements IActionConstraintFactory
    5. Summary
12. Rest Buy
    1. Designing Rest Buy
       1. Features and Stories
       2. Layout and Pages
          1. Main Page
          2. Product Detail
          3. Checkout
          4. Checkout Success
          5. Previous Orders
       3. Defining our Domain and Model
       4. Creating a RestBuy Project
       5. Activity: Preparing Features and Stories for a Website
       6. Activity: Preparing Wireframe Diagrams for a Website
       7. Activity: Designing a Domain Model for a Website
    2. Creating the Entities
    3. Create EF Context and Migrations
       1. Create migrations
       2. Activity: Adding a Supplier Entity that Denotes the Supplier of a Product
    4. Summary
13. Adding Features, Testing, and Deployment
    1. Adding the Registration Feature
       1. Sign In and Sign Out Mechanism
       2. Creating the Application Layer
       3. Performing Implementations in the Infrastructure Project
       4. Defining our ViewModel for Registration
       5. Defining our Controllers
       6. Creating the Post-Registration Landing Page
       7. Creating a Query for the Registration Service
       8. Validating the Registration
    2. Creating a Unit Test
       1. Writing a Unit Test
       2. Running the Unit Test
       3. Activity: Writing a Unit Test for Deletion
    3. Upgrading Our Project to Bootstrap 4
       1. Activity: Adding a EULA Agreement
    4. Deploying RestBuy to Azure
       1. Signing up to Microsoft Azure
       2. Prerequisites to Azure Deployment
       3. Deploying Rest Buy to Azure
    5. Summary
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