Build professional-grade full-stack web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core. In ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition you’ll learn how to: Build minimal APIs for serving JSON to client-side applications Create dynamic, server-side rendered applications using Razor Pages User authentication and authorization Store data using Entity Framework Core Unit and integration tests for ASP.NET Core applications Write custom middleware and components Fully updated to ASP.NET Core 7.0! In ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition Microsoft MVP Andrew Lock teaches you how you can use your C# and .NET skills to build amazing cross-platform web applications. This revised bestseller reveals the latest .NET patterns, including minimal APIs and minimal hosting. Even if you've never worked with ASP.NET, you'll start creating productive cross-platform web apps fast. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy. About the technology The ASP.NET Core web framework delivers everything you need to build professional-quality web applications. With productivity-boosting libraries for server-side rendering, secure APIs, easy data access and more, you’ll spend your time implementing features instead of researching syntax and tracking down bugs. This book is your guide. About the book ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition shows you how to create production-grade web applications with ASP.NET Core 7.0. You’ll learn from hands-on examples, insightful illustrations, and nicely explained code. Updated coverage in this Third Edition includes creating minimal APIs, securing APIs with bearer tokens, WebApplicationBuilder, and more. About the reader For beginning to intermediate web developers. Examples are in C#. About the author Andrew Lock is a Microsoft MVP who has worked with ASP.NET Core since before its first release. Table of Contents 1 Getting started with ASP.NET Core 2 Understanding ASP.NET Core 3 Your first application 4 Handling requests with the middleware pipeline 5 Creating a JSON API with minimal APIs 6 Mapping URLs to endpoints using routing 7 Model binding and validation in minimal APIs 8 An introduction to dependency injection 9 Registering services with dependency injection 10 Configuring an ASP.NET Core application 11 Documenting APIs with OpenAPI 12 Saving data with Entity Framework Core 13 Creating a website with Razor Pages 14 Mapping URLs to Razor Pages using routing 15 Generating responses with page handlers in Razor Pages 16 Binding and validating requests with Razor Pages 17 Rendering HTML using Razor views 18 Building forms with Tag Helpers 19 Creating a website with MVC controllers 20 Creating an HTTP API using web API controllers 21 The MVC and Razor Pages filter pipeline 22 Creating custom MVC and Razor Page filters 23 Authentication: Adding users to your application with Identity 24 Authorization: Securing your application 25 Authentication and authorization for APIs 26 Monitoring and troubleshooting errors with logging 27 Publishing and deploying your application 28 Adding HTTPS to an application 29 Improving your application’s security 30 Building ASP.NET Core apps with the generic host and Startup 31 Advanced configuration of ASP.NET Core 32 Building custom MVC and Razor Pages components 33 Calling remote APIs with IHttpClientFactory 34 Building background tasks and services 35 Testing applications with xUnit 36 Testing ASP.NET Core applications

Build professional-grade full-stack web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core. ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to creating web applications with ASP.NET Core 7.0. In it, Microsoft MVP Andrew Lock teaches you how you can use your C# and .NET skills to build amazing cross-platform web applications, and you'll quickly progress from HTTP concepts to advanced framework customization. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy, while hands-on examples demonstrate logins, dependency injection, security, and more. This updated edition covers the latest features and new paradigms of ASP.NET Core 7, such as minimal APIs and minimal hosting. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to creating web applications with ASP.NET Core 5.0. Go from basic HTTP concepts to advanced framework customization. Summary Fully updated to ASP.NET 5.0, ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition is a hands-on primer to building cross-platform web applications with your C# and .NET skills. Even if you've never worked with ASP.NET you'll start creating productive cross-platform web apps fast. And don’t worry about late-breaking changes to ASP.NET Core. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Build full-stack web applications that run anywhere. Developers love ASP.NET Core for its libraries and pre-built components that maximize productivity. Version 5.0 offers new features for server-side apps, as well as background services for cross-platform development. About the book ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to creating web applications with ASP.NET Core 5.0. Go from basic HTTP concepts to advanced framework customization. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy. Master logins, dependency injection, security, and more. This updated edition covers the latest features, including Razor Pages and the new hosting paradigm. What's inside Developing apps for Windows and non-Windows servers Configuring applications Building custom components Logging, testing, and security About the reader For intermediate C# developers. About the author Andrew Lock is a Microsoft MVP who has worked with ASP.NET Core since before its first release. Table of Contents PART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH ASP.NET CORE 1 Getting started with ASP.NET Core 2 Your first application 3 Handling requests with the middleware pipeline 4 Creating a website with Razor Pages 5 Mapping URLs to Razor Pages using routing 6 The binding model: Retrieving and validating user input 7 Rendering HTML using Razor views 8 Building forms with Tag Helpers 9 Creating a Web API for mobile and client applications using MVC PART 2 - BUILDING COMPLETE APPLICATIONS 10 Service configuration with dependency injection 11 Configuring an ASP.NET Core application 12 Saving data with Entity Framework Core 13 The MVC and Razor Pages filter pipeline 14 Authentication: Adding users to your application with Identity 15 Authorization: Securing your application 16 Publishing and deploying your application PART 3 - EXTENDING YOUR APPLICATIONS 17 Monitoring and troubleshooting errors with logging 18 Improving your application’s security 19 Building custom components 20 Building custom MVC and Razor Pages components 21 Calling remote APIs with IHttpClientFactory 22 Building background tasks and services 23 Testing your application

Razor Pages lets you build, configure, and deploy amazing dynamic ASP.NET websites with ease. In ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in Action you will learn: Building, configuring, and publishing a data-driven website Creating a complete web application step-by-step Forms for collecting and processing user data Connecting to databases from a Razor Page Protecting areas of a Razor Page from unauthorized access with ASP.NET Identity Using Object Relational Mapping tools to work with data in Razor Pages applications Generating CRUD pages using scaffolding gestures Generating and sending email from your web application ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in Action teaches you to develop dynamic websites using the powerful Razor Pages framework, .NET 6, and ASP.NET. Razor Pages generates HTML on the server, and is the perfect choice for eCommerce sites, intranet services, content management systems, and other apps that require reliability. In this book, you’ll use Razor Pages to build a complete application for booking city breaks, learning to iterate amazing new features chapter-by-chapter. You’ll even learn how to enhance your web applications with the huge ecosystem of C# libraries, and how to locate the perfect tool for your task using centralized repositories. About the technology Simplify ASP.NET web development with Razor Pages! Razor Pages provides a cohesive page-based organization layer for application components like routes and actions. It’s page-centric approach means you spend less dev time switching between the controller, model, and view files, as compared to a traditional MVC approach. About the book ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in Action teaches you how to use Razor Pages to code and scale dynamic ASP.NET Core websites. You’ll learn a new feature in every chapter as you build an interesting vacation-booking application. As your app grows, you’ll be amazed how Razor Pages accelerates essential tasks like form creation, data processing, testing, and deployment. What's inside Securing your applications from unauthorized access Using object-relational mapping tools to work with data Generating and sending email from a web application Enhance your web apps with C# libraries About the reader For web developers familiar with C# programming. About the author Mike Brind is an 11-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for ASP.NET. Table of Contents 1 Getting started with Razor Pages 2 Building your first application 3 Working with Razor Pages 4 Matching URLs to Razor Pages with routing 5 Working with forms: Model binding 6 Working with forms: Tag helpers 7 Using dependency injection to manage services 8 Working with data 9 Managing users with authentication 10 Controlling access with authorization 11 Client-side technologies and AJAX 12 Troubleshooting your application 13 Protecting your application against external attacks 14 Configuring and publishing your application

"The most comprehensive reference for EF Core that does—or ever will—exist." - Stephen Byrne, Intel Corporation Entity Framework Core in Action, Second Edition teaches you to write flawless database interactions for .NET applications. Summary Entity Framework Core in Action, Second Edition is an in-depth guide to reading and writing databases with EF Core. Revised from the bestselling original edition, it’s filled with over 100 diagrams, code snippets, and examples—including building and scaling your own bookselling web application. Learn from author Jon Smith’s extensive experience working with EF Core in production, as you discover time-saving patterns and best practices for security, performance tuning, and unit testing. All of the book’s code is available on GitHub. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Entity Framework radically simplifies data access in .NET applications. This easy-to-use object-relational mapper (ORM) lets you write database code in pure C#. It automatically maps classes to database tables and enables queries with standard LINQ commands. It even generates SQL, so you don’t have to! About the book Entity Framework Core in Action, Second Edition teaches you to write flawless database interactions for .NET applications. Following relevant examples from author Jon Smith’s extensive experience, you’ll progress quickly from EF basics to advanced techniques. In addition to the latest EF features, this book addresses performance, security, refactoring, and unit testing. This updated edition also contains new material on NoSQL databases. What's inside Configure EF to define every table and column Update your schema as your app grows Integrating EF with existing C# application Write and test business logic for database access Applying a Domain-Driven Design to EF Core Getting the best performance out of EF Core About the reader For .NET developers familiar with relational databases. About the author Jon P. Smith is a freelance software developer and architect with a special focus on .NET and Azure. Table of Contents PART 1 1 Introduction to Entity Framework Core 2 Querying the database 3 Changing the database content 4 Using EF Core in business logic 5 Using EF Core in ASP.NET Core web applications 6 Tips and techniques for reading and writing with EF Core PART 2 7 Configuring nonrelational properties 8 Configuring relationships 9 Handling database migrations 10 Configuring advanced features and handling concurrency conflicts 11 Going deeper into the DbContext PART 3 12 Using entity events to solve business problems 13 Domain-Driven Design and other architectural approaches 14 EF Core performance tuning 15 Master class on performance-tuning database queries 16 Cosmos DB, CQRS, and other database types 17 Unit testing EF Core applications

Now in its tenth edition, this industry-leading guide to ASP.NET Core teaches everything you need to know to create easy, extensible, and cloud-native web applications. Pro ASP.NET Core 7 is the tenth edition of Adam Freeman's industry-leading handbook to building web applications ASP.NET Core. It maintains the style and structure of popular previous editions, with content updated for ASP.NET Core's latest evolution. You'll dive right into the foundations of web app development. Learn about web services, HTML responses, authentication and authorization, and container deployment as you build a realistic sports online store. You'll then explore ASP.NET's more advanced capabilities, including MVC for RESTful web services, Razor Pages for HTML responses, Blazor for client-side interaction, and data access with Entity Framework Core. Throughout the book, engaging hands-on examples show you how each tool works in action. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Explore the tools and techniques to build scalable and secured RESTful web services and web applications using C# 8 and ASP. NET Core 3.1 Key FeaturesDelve into MVC patterns, configuration, routing, and deployment to build professional-grade applicationsLearn how to integrate ASP applications with the JavaScript frameworks React, Vue, and AngularImprove the performance of applications and the development team by implementing advanced ASP.NET Core conceptsBook Description ASP.NET has been the preferred choice of web developers for a long time. With ASP.NET Core 3, Microsoft has made internal changes to the framework along with introducing new additions that will change the way you approach web development. This second edition has been thoroughly updated to help you make the most of the latest features in the framework, right from gRPC and conventions to Blazor, which has a new chapter dedicated to it. You’ll begin with an overview of the essential topics, exploring the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, various platforms, dependencies, and frameworks. Next, you’ll learn how to set up and configure the MVC environment, before delving into advanced routing options. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with controllers and actions to process requests, and later understand how to create HTML inputs for models. Moving on, you'll discover the essential aspects of syntax and processes when working with Razor. You'll also get up to speed with client-side development and explore the testing, logging, scalability, and security aspects of ASP.NET Core. Finally, you'll learn how to deploy ASP.NET Core to several environments, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Docker. By the end of the book, you’ll be well versed in development in ASP.NET Core and will have a deep understanding of how to interact with the framework and work cross-platform. What you will learnUnderstand the new capabilities of ASP.NET Core 3.1Become well versed in how to configure ASP.NET Core to use it to its full potentialCreate controllers and action methods, and understand how to maintain stateImplement and validate forms and retrieve information from themImprove productivity by enforcing reuse, process forms, and effective security measuresDelve into the new Blazor development modelDeploy ASP.NET Core applications to new environments, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and DockerWho this book is for If you are a developer with basic knowledge of ASP.NET MVC and want to build powerful applications, then this book is for you. Developers who want to explore the latest changes in ASP.NET Core 3.1 to build professional-level applications will also find this book useful. Familiarity with C#, ASP.NET Core, HTML, and CSS is expected to get the most out of this book.

Build modern, scalable, and cloud-ready single-page applications using ASP.NET Core, React, TypeScript, and Azure Key FeaturesExplore the full potential and latest features of .NET Core 3.0, TypeScript 3, and ReactLearn how to manage data, application design, and packaging, and secure your web appsDiscover best practices for using React and TypeScript to build a scalable frontend that interacts with REST APIsBook Description Microsoft's ASP.NET Core is a robust and high-performing cross-platform web API framework, and Facebook's React uses declarative JavaScript to drive a rich, interactive user experience on the client-side web. Together, they can be used to build full stack apps with enhanced security and scalability at each layer. This book will start by taking you through React and TypeScript components to build an intuitive single-page application. You’ll understand how to design scalable REST APIs that can integrate with a React-based frontend. You’ll get to grips with the latest features, popular patterns, and tools available in the React ecosystem, including function-based components, React Router, and Redux. The book shows how you can use TypeScript along with React to make the frontend robust and maintainable. You’ll then cover important .NET Core features such as API controllers, attribute routing, and model binding to help you build a sturdy backend. Additionally, you’ll explore API security with ASP.NET Core identity and authorization policies, and write reliable unit tests using both .NET Core and React before you deploy your app to the Azure cloud. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained all the knowledge you need to enhance your C# and JavaScript skills and build full stack, production-ready applications with ASP.NET Core and React. What you will learnBuild RESTful APIs with .NET Core using API controllersCreate strongly typed, interactive, and function-based React components using HooksBuild forms efficiently using reusable React componentsPerform client-side state management with Redux and the React Context APISecure REST APIs with ASP.NET identity and authorization policiesRun a range of automated tests on the frontend and backendImplement continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) processes into Azure using Azure DevOpsWho this book is for If you’re a web developer looking to build solid full-stack web applications with .NET Core and React, this book is for you. Although this book does not assume any knowledge of React, you’re expected to have a basic understanding of .NET Core.

Now in its 7th edition, the best selling book on MVC is updated for ASP.NET Core MVC 2. It contains detailed explanations of the Core MVC functionality which enables developers to produce leaner, cloud optimized and mobile-ready applications for the .NET platform. This book puts ASP.NET Core MVC into context and dives deep into the tools and techniques required to build modern, cloud optimized extensible web applications. All the new MVC features are described in detail and the author explains how best to apply them to both new and existing projects. The ASP.NET Core MVC Framework is the latest evolution of Microsoft’s ASP.NET web platform, built on a completely new foundation. It represents a fundamental change to how Microsoft constructs and deploys web frameworks and is free of the legacy of earlier technologies such as Web Forms. ASP.NET Core MVC provides a "host agnostic" framework and a high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility. Best-selling author Adam Freeman has thoroughly revised this market-leading book and explains how to get the most from ASP.NET Core MVC. He starts with the nuts-and-bolts and shows you everything through to advanced features, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need. The book includes a fully worked case study of a functioning web application that readers can use as a template for their own projects. What's New in This Edition Fully updated for Visual Studio 2017, C# 7 and .NET Core 2 Coverage of new features such as view filters Wider platform and tooling coverage than ever before, with more on Visual Studio Code and working with .NET Core on non-Windows platforms Docker-based application deployment What You Will Learn Gain a solid architectural understanding of ASP.NET Core MVC Explore the entire ASP.NET MVC Framework as a cohesive whole See how MVC and test-driven development work in action Learn what's new in ASP.NET Core MVC 2 and how best to apply these new features to your own work See how to create RESTful web services and Single Page Applications Build on your existing knowledge of previous MVC releases to get up and running with the new programming model quickly and effectively Who This Book Is For This book is for web developers with a basic knowledge of ASP.NET and C# who want to incorporate the latest improvements and functionality in the ASP.NET Core MVC 2 Framework.

An example-driven guide to building reusable UI components and web frontends—all with Blazor, C#, and .NET. In Blazor in Action, you will learn about: Blazor + WebAssembly Picking the right hosting model Building reusable UI components Building forms with validation Integrating with JavaScript libraries Securing your application Testing your applications Blazor in Action is a practical guide to building stunning UIs and client-side applications using C# and .NET. You’ll use the Blazor frontend framework to create a fun and exciting web application for plotting hiking routes. As you build up your new application, you’ll master the key features of Blazor, such as routing, forms and validation, and dynamic and reusable components. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to develop beautiful sites and apps that seamlessly execute your C# code natively in the browser. The book is written to the most recent stable build of Blazor and seamlessly integrates fresh features from .NET 6. About the technology Create rich web frontends without relying on JavaScript. Microsoft’s Blazor framework uses WebAssembly to extend the ultra-popular ASP.NET platform. In Blazor, you can build interactive web components that run natively in the browser without plug-ins or transpilers. And because it’s C# end-to-end, it’s easy to share code between the server and your web UI. About the book Blazor in Action teaches you to create full-stack ASP.NET applications end-to-end in C#. You’ll start by learning to build Blazor web components, working through core topics like routing and forms. As you go, you’ll implement a hiking route web application that includes reusable code, integration with JavaScript libraries, and role-based security. To make sure your app is production ready, this practical book also covers state management, data persistence, and testing. What's inside Dynamic and reusable UI components Sharing client and server code Role-based security using Auth0 Persisting state using local browser storage About the reader For web developers with C# and .NET experience. About the author Chris Sainty has been a part of the Blazor community from the beginning. He’s an active blogger, open source developer, international speaker, and a Microsoft MVP. Table of Contents 1 Starting your Blazor journey 2 Your first Blazor app 3 Working with Blazor’s component model 4 Routing 5 Forms and validation—Part 1: Fundamentals 6 Forms and validation—Part 2: Beyond the basics 7 Creating more reusable components 8 Integrating with JavaScript libraries 9 Securing Blazor applications 10 Managing state 11 Testing your Blazor application