Book description
Get up to speed with the latest features of C# 8, ASP.NET Core 3 and .NET Core 3.1 LTS to create robust and maintainable web services
Key Features
- Apply design patterns and techniques to achieve a reactive, scalable web service
- Document your web services using the OpenAPI standard and test them using Postman
- Explore mechanisms to implement a secure web service using client-side SSL and token authentication
Book Description
In recent times, web services have evolved to play a prominent role in web development. Applications are now designed to be compatible with any device and platform, and web services help us keep their logic and UI separate. Given its simplicity and effectiveness in creating web services, the RESTful approach has gained popularity, and this book will help you build RESTful web services using ASP.NET Core.
This REST book begins by introducing you to the basics of the REST philosophy, where you'll study the different stages of designing and implementing enterprise-grade RESTful web services. You'll also gain a thorough understanding of ASP.NET Core's middleware approach and learn how to customize it. The book will later guide you through improving API resilience, securing your service, and applying different design patterns and techniques to achieve a scalable web service. In addition to this, you'll learn advanced techniques for caching, monitoring, and logging, along with implementing unit and integration testing strategies. In later chapters, you will deploy your REST web services on Azure and document APIs using Swagger and external tools such as Postman.
By the end of this book, you will have learned how to design RESTful web services confidently using ASP.NET Core with a focus on code testability and maintainability.
What you will learn
- Gain a comprehensive working knowledge of ASP.NET Core
- Integrate third-party tools and frameworks to build maintainable and efficient services
- Implement patterns using dependency injection to reduce boilerplate code and improve flexibility
- Use ASP.NET Core's out-of-the-box tools to test your applications
- Use Docker to run your ASP.NET Core web service in an isolated and self-contained environment
- Secure your information using HTTPS and token-based authentication
- Integrate multiple web services using resiliency patterns and messaging techniques
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to build RESTful web services with the ASP.NET Core framework to improve the scalability and performance of their applications. Basic knowledge of C# and .NET Core will help you make the best use of the code samples included in the book.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Dedication
- About Packt
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1: Getting Started
- REST 101 and Getting Started with ASP.NET Core
- Section 2: Overview of ASP.NET Core
- Overview of ASP.NET Core
- Working with the Middleware Pipeline
- Dependency Injection System
- Web Service Stack in ASP.NET Core
- Routing System
- Filter Pipeline
- Section 3: Building a Real-World RESTful API
-
Building the Data Access Layer
- Setting up the project
- Implementing the domain model
- Data access using ORMs
- Implementing a data access layer using EF Core
- Testing the EF Core repository
- Implementing a data access layer using Dapper
- Summary
- Implementing the Domain Logic
-
Implementing the RESTful HTTP Layer
- Implementing the item controller
- Testing controllers using the WebApplicationFactory<T> class
- Improving the resilience of the API
- Exposing related entities
- A final overview
- Summary
- Advanced Concepts of Building an API
- The Containerization of Services
- Service Ecosystem Patterns
- Implementing Worker Services Using .NET Core
- Securing Your Service
- Section 4: Advanced Concepts for Building Services
- Caching Web Service Responses
- Logging and Health Checking
- Deploying Services on Azure
- Documenting Your API Using Swagger
- Testing Services Using Postman
- Other Books You May Enjoy
Product information
- Title: Hands-On RESTful Web Services with ASP.NET Core 3
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2019
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781789537611
You might also like
book
Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core
Build fully-featured APIs with ASP.NET Core! This all-practical guide is written like a real development project, …
book
The Complete ASP.NET Core 3 API Tutorial: Hands-On Building, Testing, and Deploying
Use this ASP.NET Core API tutorial and straightforward step-by-step guide to build, test, and deploy an …
book
Pro ASP.NET Web API: HTTP Web Services in ASP.NET
Pro ASP.NET Web API shows you how to build flexible, extensible web services that run seamlessly …
book
Mastering ASP.NET Web API
Leverage ASP.Net Web API to build professional web services and create powerful applications. About This Book …