CHAPTER 2
Your First Web API Application
The best way to get a feel for a new technology is by applying it, so in this chapter I jump right in and demonstrate one of the most common uses for Web API: adding an HTTP web service to an existing MVC framework application.
This is nowhere near as awkward as it might sound, not least because the MVC framework and Web API share a common heritage and can use the same data models. In fact, you may be surprised at how little time I spend in this chapter creating the web service compared with building the example MVC framework application and writing the JavaScript code that consumes the web service in the ...
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