Make the most of the ASP.NET Core platform to create robust, high-quality solutions using approaches adopted by leading companies

Key Features

• Create robust, web-based solutions optimized for continuous delivery using key cloud computing principles and practices
• Explore advanced concepts and techniques to create resilient and secure applications
• Adopt a cloud-native mindset to build applications leveraging Docker, CI/CD, and more

Book Description

Build cutting-edge web applications using ASP.NET Core 9 with this comprehensive guide from Microsoft MVP Albert Tanure, a seasoned .NET expert with over 20 years of experience as a cloud solutions architect. Albert brings unparalleled expertise in building modern web applications to ASP.NET Core 9.0 Essentials to help you kickstart your journey on the right foot.

Starting with the platform’s fundamental concepts, you’ll work through practical exercises to develop web applications with powerful UI frameworks, deliver flexible and scalable solutions through an API approach, and explore advanced topics such as customizing request flows and implementing robust security measures. You’ll get to grips with cloud-native practices to prepare your applications for cloud environments. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, this book is your guide to building modern, secure, and adaptable web applications with ASP.NET Core.

By the end of this book, you’ll be proficient in leveraging the advanced features of ASP.NET Core 9 to create cloud-ready web applications for diverse market segments.

What you will learn

• Deliver UI solutions using client-side, server-side, and hybrid model approaches with Razor Pages, MVC, and Blazor
• Implement real-time solutions and manage data streaming using SignalR
• Connect applications to a data persistence model using Entity Framework and Dapper
• Apply logging and monitoring strategies to maintain control over your applications
• Understand how .NET Aspire enhances your experience of building .NET cloud-native apps
• Find out how to test and debug your code effectively

Who this book is for

ASP.NET Core 9.0 Essentials is for developers engaged in both backend and frontend solution development as well as software engineers who want to craft innovative web-based solutions using ASP.NET Core technology. To fully benefit from this book, you should be familiar with software development, object-oriented programming, and high-level languages such as C# and Java, and have some experience with HTML and CSS.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing ASP.NET Core 9 Concepts
2. Building Dynamic UIs with Razor Pages, MVC, and Blazor
3. Crafting Web APIs for Service Delivery
4. Real-Time Interactions with SignalR
5. Working with Data and Persistence
6. Enhancing Security and Quality
7. Adding Capabilities to Applications
8. Enhancing Applications with Middleware in ASP.NET Core 9
9. Managing Application Settings
10. Deploying and Hosting Applications
11. Cloud-Native Development with ASP.NET Core 9

About the Author

Albert S. Tanure is a cloud computing, software development, and DevOps expert with over 20 years of experience, serving as a software engineer, software architect, cloud solutions architect, and enterprise architect. He is a specialist in Microsoft technologies, having worked with .NET Framework since version 1.1. Currently, he develops cloud-native solutions, defining architectures for global companies for worldwide environments. He has been a Microsoft MVP since 2018 in the development technology category, MCT, and he actively contributes to the technical community through videos on his YouTube channel, Code FC, in addition to writing articles and giving lectures at various face-to-face and online events.