▶Book Description
The ability to develop web applications that are highly efficient but also easy to maintain has become imperative to many businesses. ASP.NET Core 2.0 is an open source framework from Microsoft, which makes it easy to build cross-platform web applications that are modern and dynamic. This book will take you through all of the essential concepts in ASP.NET Core 2.0, so you can learn how to build powerful web applications.
The book starts with a brief introduction to the ASP.NET Core framework and the improvements made in the latest release, ASP.NET Core 2.0. You will then build, test, and debug your first web application very quickly. Once you understand the basic structure of ASP.NET Core 2.0 web applications, you'll dive deeper into more complex concepts and scenarios.
Moving on, we'll explain how to take advantage of widely used frameworks such as Model View Controller and Entity Framework Core 2 and you'll learn how to secure your applications. Finally, we'll show you how to deploy and monitor your applications using Azure, AWS, and Docker.
After reading the book, you'll be able to develop efficient and robust web applications in ASP.NET Core 2.0 that have high levels of customer satisfaction and adoption.
▶What You Will Learn
⦁ Set up your development environment using Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code
⦁ Create a fully automated continuous delivery pipeline using Visual Studio Team Services
⦁ Get to know the basic and advanced concepts of ASP.NET Core 2.0 with detailed examples
⦁ Build an MVC web application and use Entity Framework Core 2 to access data
⦁ Add Web APIs to your web applications using RPC, REST, and HATEOAS
⦁ Authenticate and authorize users with built-in ASP.NET Core 2.0 features
⦁ Use Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Docker to deploy and monitor your applications
▶Key Features
⦁ Get to grips with the new features and APIs introduced in ASP.NET Core 2.0
⦁ Leverage the MVC framework and Entity Framework Core 2 to build efficient applications
⦁ Learn to deploy your web applications in new environments such as the cloud and Docker
▶Who This Book Is For
This book is for developers who would like to build modern web applications with ASP.NET Core 2.0. No prior knowledge of ASP.NET or .NET Core is required. However, basic programming knowledge is assumed. Additionally, previous Visual Studio experience will be helpful but is not required, since detailed instructions will guide through the samples of the book.This book can also help people, who work in infrastructure engineering and operations, to monitor and diagnose problems during the runtime of ASP.NET Core 2.0 web applications.
▶What this book covers
⦁ Chapter 1, What is ASP.NET Core 2.0?, describes the features and functionalities of ASP.NET Core 2.0, but also the technical restrictions, which should allow you to understand in which cases it could be a good fit for your own needs and what to expect.
⦁ Chapter 2, Setting Up the Environment, gives a detailed explanation of how to set up your development environment and how to create your first ASP.NET Core 2.0 application. You will learn how to either use Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code, how to install the runtime, and how to use Nuget to retrieve all necessary ASP.NET Core 2.0 dependencies.
⦁ Chapter 3, Creating a Continuous Integration Pipeline in VSTS, shows how to set up a complete Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Continuous Integration Pipeline. You will learn how to fully automate building, testing, and deploying your applications using VSTS in the cloud.
⦁ Chapter 4, Basic Concepts of ASP.NET Core 2.0 –. Part 1, explains the basic structure and concepts of ASP.NET Core 2.0 applications. It shows how everything works internally and what classes and methods can be used to override basic behavior. It also provides the theoretical background for all the other chapters.
⦁ Chapter 5, Basic Concepts of ASP.NET Core 2.0 –. Part 2, following up on the concepts covered in Chapter 4, Basic Concepts of ASP.NET Core 2.0 –. Part 1, this chapter delves deeper into essential ASP.NET Core 2.0 concepts. You will learn about components and features offered by ASP.NET Core to build responsive web applications.
⦁ Chapter 6, Creating MVC Applications, provides all the concepts and everything necessary to create your first ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC application. You will learn the specifics of MVC applications and how to implement them efficiently. Additionally, you will see how unit tests and integration tests will help you build better applications with fewer bugs, resulting in lower maintenance costs.
⦁ Chapter 7, Creating Web API Applications, covers the Web API Framework and provides everything essential to create your first ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web API. You will see different Web API styles, such as RPC, REST, and HATEOAS, and learn when to use them and how to implement them in an effective way.
⦁ Chapter 8, Accessing Data Using Entity Framework Core 2, shows how to access databases using Entity Framework Core 2, while using all the advanced features (Code First, Fluent API, Data Migrations, InMemory Databases, and more) it offers.
⦁ Chapter 9, Securing ASP.NET Core 2.0 Applications, explains how to use the built-in ASP.NET Core 2.0 features for user authentication and how to extend them by adding external providers. If you need to secure your applications, then this chapter is where you want to go.
⦁ Chapter 10, Hosting and Deploying ASP.NET Core 2.0 Applications, is about the various options you have when it comes to hosting and deploying your ASP.NET Core 2.0 web applications on premises and in the cloud. You will learn how to choose the appropriate solutions for a given use case, which will allow you to make better decisions for your own applications.
⦁ Chapter 11, Managing and Supervising ASP.NET Core 2.0 Applications, is finally going to be a chapter on how to manage and supervise your production-ready applications after deployment. It will greatly aid you in diagnosing problems for your ASP.NET Core 2.0 web applications during runtime and reduce the time to understand and fix bugs.
