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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 Learn

Incorporate automated API tooling such as Swagger from the OpenAPI specification
Standardize query and response formats using Facebook´s GraphQL query language
Implement security by applying authentication and authorization using ASP.NET Identity
Ensure the safe storage of sensitive data using the data protection stack
Create unit and integration tests to guarantee code quality Who 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

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1. API Design Demystified 2. Introduction to ASP.NET Core 3. Your First API Application 4. Extensibility Architecture 5. MVC 6. The Configuration Model 7. Logging and Error Handling 8. Securing APIs 9. Bells & Whistles 10. Testing & Debugging 11. Hosting & Deployment

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Fanie Reynders is a software engineer with over a decade of experience in the software industry, specifically focusing on web and cloud solutions. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft MVP. Fanie is secretly a cloud technology evangelist obsessed with code, architecture, and shiny new tech. He shares knowledge wherever to whoever will listen. He likes teaching, writing, and vlogging about the things that make him happy. He is the coolest dad. He is originally from South Africa and lives in The Netherlands. Visit his blog at reynders.co or follow him on Twitter at @FanieReynders.

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