ASP.NET MVC 4 and the Web API: Building a REST Service from Start to Finish

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Contents
5. Foreword
6. About the Author
7. About the Technical Reviewer
8. Acknowledgments
9. Chapter 1: ASP.NET MVC as a Service Framework
   1. In the Land of JavaScript and Mobile Devices
   2. Advantages of Using the MVC Framework
   3. A Brief Introduction to the Web API
   4. Summary
10. Chapter 2: What is RESTful?
    1. From RPC to REST
    2. HTTP Status Codes
    3. Summary
11. Chapter 3 Designing the Sample REST API
    1. Task Management Resource Types
    2. The Task–Management Data Model
    3. Choosing Architecture Components
    4. Summary
12. Chapter 4: Building the Environment and Creating the Source Tree
    1. Machine Configuration
    2. Creating the Folder Structure
    3. Creating the Solution
    4. NuGet Config File
    5. Adding the Projects
    6. Basic Components
    7. Summary
13. Chapter 5: Controllers, Dependencies, and Managing the Database Unit of Work
    1. Controller Activation
    2. Dependencies
    3. NHibernate Configuration and Mappings
    4. Managing the Unit of Work
    5. Database Transaction Control
    6. Summary
14. Chapter 6: Securing the Service
    1. The Main Idea
    2. Setting It Up
    3. IUserSession
    4. Summary
15. Chapter 7: Putting It All Together
    1. A Quick Recap
    2. The Reference Data Controllers
    3. Exploring the Controllers
    4. The Task Controllers
    5. Automatic Error Logging
    6. Summary
16. Index