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Web API Development with ASP.NET Core 8

You're reading from   Web API Development with ASP.NET Core 8 Learn techniques, patterns, and tools for building high-performance, robust, and scalable web APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610954
Length 804 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Xiaodi Yan Xiaodi Yan
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Web APIs 2. Chapter 2: Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Web APIs FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: ASP.NET Core Fundamentals (Part 1) 4. Chapter 4: ASP.NET Core Fundamentals (Part 2) 5. Chapter 5: Data Access in ASP.NET Core (Part 1: Entity Framework Core Fundamentals) 6. Chapter 6: Data Access in ASP.NET Core (Part 2 – Entity Relationships) 7. Chapter 7: Data Access in ASP.NET Core (Part 3: Tips) 8. Chapter 8: Security and Identity in ASP.NET Core 9. Chapter 9: Testing in ASP.NET Core (Part 1 – Unit Testing) 10. Chapter 10: Testing in ASP.NET Core (Part 2 – Integration Testing) 11. Chapter 11: Getting Started with gRPC 12. Chapter 12: Getting Started with GraphQL 13. Chapter 13: Getting Started with SignalR 14. Chapter 14: CI/CD for ASP.NET Core Using Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions 15. Chapter 15: ASP.NET Core Web API Common Practices 16. Chapter 16: Error Handling, Monitoring, and Observability 17. Chapter 17: Cloud-Native Patterns 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Designing a REST-based API

To build a REST-based API, there are many steps to take before we write code. The development team needs to communicate with stakeholders and analyze the requirements. Then, they need to write user stories (or job stories) to define the desired outcomes. This requires the insights of domain experts or subject matter experts. We will not cover this part in this book. Instead, next, we will focus on the API design, which is closer to what developers do.

In the past few years, the concept of API-first has gained more traction. The API-first approach means that the APIs are treated as first-class citizens for your project. This creates a contract for how the API is supposed to behave before any code is written. In this way, the development teams can work in parallel because the contract will be established first. Developers do not have to wait for the API to be released before integrating with frontend or mobile apps. They can mock and test the APIs based...

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