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You're reading from Mastering ASP.NET Web API Build powerful HTTP services and make the most of the ASP.NET Core Web API platform

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786463951

Length 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

ASP.NET

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Authors (2):

Malendra Hurbuns

Mithun Pattankar

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture

2. Understanding HTTP and REST FREE CHAPTER

3. Anatomy of ASP.NET Core Web API

4. Controllers, Actions, and Models

5. Implementing Routing

6. Middleware and Filters

7. Perform Unit and Integration Testing

8. Web API Security

9. Integration with Database

10. Error Handling, Tracing, and Logging

11. Optimization and Performance

12. Hosting and Deployment

13. Modern Web Frontends

Publishing a web API to Linux

ASP.NET Core can be hosted on Linux OS. There are number of low-cost hosting providers using Linux OS. In this section, we will deploy the PacktContacts web API on a Linux machine run as a virtual machine.

We will be using Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS Linux. There are numerous articles on how to run Ubuntu on a virtual box.

To install .NET Core for Linux, go to https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxubuntu. Installing Visual Studio Code will help you to write your code, if needed.

There are two ways to deploy the demo web API project on this Linux machine: either transfer the published file or run the publish command from the source code.

I find that running publish from the source code is much easier. With the source code, you can work on the Linux machine as well. Push the source code onto the Git repository and clone the Linux (Git needs to be installed...

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Authors (1)

Pattankar

Mithun Pattankar, who hails from Kalaburgi and lives in Bangalore, India, works with the leading MNC as a consultant. He has been developing .NET-based applications for over 12 years now. He has an industry-wide experience in building Desktop Apps (WPF), Web Apps (ASP.NET and client-side frameworks), and Hybrid Mobile apps (Ionic). He is involved in all aspects of application development, and mentors his junior team members. He has been actively working on building ASP.NET Web APIs for different frontends and conducts technical training as well. Mithun believes in eating sattvic food for healthy living and loves spending time doing socio-spiritual activities. He occasionally blogs on mithunvp.com and can be reached on Twitter at @mithunpattankar.

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