Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition

15 Using the platform features, part 1

This chapter covers

• Understanding the built-in features provided by ASP.NET Core
• Accessing the application configuration
• Storing secrets outside of the project folder
• Logging messages
• Generating static content and using client-side packages

ASP.NET Core includes a set of built-in services and middleware components that provide features that are commonly required by web applications. In this chapter, I describe three of the most important and widely used features: application configuration, logging, and serving static content. In chapter 16, I continue to describe the platform features, focusing on the more advanced built-in services and middleware. Table 15.1 puts the chapter in context.

Table 15.1 Putting ...