Modern API Design with ASP.NET Core 2: Building Cross-Platform Back-End Systems

Description

Use ASP.NET Core 2 to create durable and cross-platform web APIs through a series of applied, practical scenarios. Examples in this book help you build APIs that are fast and scalable. You’ll progress from the basics of the framework through to solving the complex problems encountered in implementing secure RESTful services. The book is packed full of examples showing how Microsoft’s ground-up rewrite of ASP.NET Core 2 enables native cross-platform applications that are fast and modular, allowing your cloud-ready server applications to scale as your business grows. Major topics covered in the book include the fundamentals and core concepts of ASP.NET Core 2. You'll learn about building RESTful APIs with the MVC pattern using proven best practices and following the six principles of REST. Examples in the book help in learning to develop world-class web APIs and applications that can run on any platform, including Windows, Linux, and MacOS. You can even deploy to Microsoft Azure and automate your delivery by implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines. What You Will LearnIncorporate automated API tooling such as Swagger from the OpenAPI specificationStandardize query and response formats using Facebook’s GraphQL query languageImplement security by applying authentication and authorization using ASP.NET IdentityEnsure the safe storage of sensitive data using the data protection stackCreate unit and integration tests to guarantee code qualityWho This Book Is For Developers who build server applications such as web sites and web APIs that need to run fast and cross platform; programmers who want to implement practical solutions for real-world problems; those who want in-depth knowledge of the latest bits of ASP.NET Core 2.0 Front Matter ....Pages i-xix API Design Demystified (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 1-7 Introduction to ASP.NET Core (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 9-22 Your First API Application (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 23-36 Extensibility Architecture (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 37-59 MVC (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 61-94 The Configuration Model (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 95-111 Logging and Error Handling (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 113-130 Securing APIs (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 131-153 Bells & Whistles (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 155-184 Testing & Debugging (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 185-201 Hosting & Deployment (Fanie Reynders)....Pages 203-227 Back Matter ....Pages 229-236