ASP.NET Core 5 for Beginners by Andreas Helland, Vincent Maverick Durano, Jeffrey Chilberto and Ed Price -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ASP.NET Core 5 for Beginners Why subscribe? Contributors About the authors About the reviewers Packt is searching for authors like you Preface

Who this book is for What this book covers To get the most out of this book Download the example code files Code in Action Download the color images Conventions used Get in touch Reviews

Section 1 – Crawling Chapter 1: Introduction to ASP.NET Core 5

Technical requirements Explaining ASP.NET Core

Managed versus unmanaged code Introducing the .NET platform Supportability strategy

Refreshing your C# knowledge

What's new in .NET 5? What's new in C# 9?

Understanding websites and web servers

Web server configuration Certificate trust Session stickiness Troubleshooting communication with web servers Choosing a web server option

Exploring Visual Studio Code Leveraging Windows Terminal Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 2: Cross-Platform Setup

Technical requirements Leveraging the .NET framework

Why cross-platform? Why not cross-platform? Combining cross-platform and single-platform code .NET cross-platform availability What cross-platform does not do for you

Getting started on Windows, Linux, and macOS

Windows Linux Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) macOS A word on cross-platform and containers Making your code cross-platform A more complicated cross-platform example Self-contained .NET apps Cross-platform for mobile devices

Debugging Linux on Windows with Visual Studio 2019 Summary Questions Appendix

Installing your app as a Windows service – the advanced method

Chapter 3: Dependency Injection

Technical requirements Learning dependency injection in ASP.NET Core

Understanding what DI is The common dependency problem Registering the service Benefits of DI

Reviewing types of dependency injection

Constructor injection Method injection Property injection View injection

Understanding dependency injection containers Understanding dependency lifetimes

Transient service Scoped service Singleton service

Handling complex scenarios

Service descriptors Add versus TryAdd Dealing with multiple service implementations Replacing and removing service registrations

Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 4: Razor View Engine

Technical requirements Understanding the Razor view engine

Reviewing the Razor view engine

Learning the basics of Razor syntax

Rendering simple data Rendering data from a view model Introduction to HTML helpers and tag helpers

Building a to-do application with MVC

Understanding the MVC pattern Creating an MVC application Running the app for the first time Configuring in-memory databases Creating the to-do controller Creating a view Running the to-do app Implementing add item functionality Implementing edit functionality

Building a to-do app with Razor Pages

Reviewing Razor Pages Creating a Razor Pages application Understanding the Razor Pages structure Creating the to-do pages

Differences between MVC and Razor Pages Summary Further reading

Chapter 5: Getting Started with Blazor

Technical requirements Understanding the Blazor web framework

Reviewing the different flavors of Blazor

Five players, one goal Building a tourist spot application Creating the backend application

Configuring an in-memory database Implementing real-time functionality with SignalR Creating the API endpoints

Summary Questions Further reading

Section 2 – Walking Chapter 6: Exploring the Blazor Web Framework

Creating the Blazor Server project

Creating the model Implementing a service for web API communication Implementing the application state Creating Razor components Running the application

Creating the Blazor Web Assembly project

Creating the model Composing the Index component Running the application Uninstalling the PWA app

Summary Further reading

Chapter 7: APIs and Data Access

Technical requirements Understanding Entity Framework Core

Reviewing EF Core design workflows

Learning database-first development

Creating a .NET Core console app Integrating Entity Framework Core Creating a database Generating models from an existing database Performing basic database operations

Learning code-first development

Reviewing ASP.NET Core Web API Creating a Web API project Configuring data access Managing database migrations Reviewing DTO classes Creating Web API endpoints

Summary Further reading

Chapter 8: Working with Identity in ASP.NET

Technical requirements Understanding authentication concepts

Base64 encoding How hashing works

Understanding authorization concepts The role of middleware in ASP.NET and identity OAuth and OpenID Connect basics

JSON web tokens How to generate/issue a token How to validate a token

Integrating with Azure Active Directory

Understanding single tenancy versus multi-tenancy Understanding consent and permissions

Working with federated identity Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 9: Getting Started with Containers

Technical requirements

Hardware virtualization

Overview of containerization Getting started with Docker

What is Docker? Installing Docker Windows Security Alert

Running Redis on Docker

Starting Redis

Running ASP.NET Core in a container

Accessing Redis Adding container support Docker multi-container support

Summary Questions Further reading

Section 3 – Running Chapter 10: Deploying to AWS and Azure

Technical requirements

Working with AWS Working with Azure GitHub source code

Overview of cloud computing

Cloud computing models Cloud computing providers

Creating a sample ASP.NET Core web application

Adding a health endpoint

Publishing to AWS

Creating a user for publishing from Visual Studio Publishing from AWS

Publishing to Azure

Using the Publish wizard in Azure Azure next steps

Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 11: Browser and Visual Studio Debugging

Technical requirements

Browser GitHub source

Setting up the sample application

Creating a progressive web application Saving the state of an application Understanding PWAs Accessing browser session and local storage

Using debugging tools in the browser

The Elements tab The Console tab The Sources tab The Network tab The Application tab

Debugging in Visual Studio

Controlling the application launch and target Logging activity Setting a breakpoint Using conditional breakpoints

Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 12: Integrating with CI/CD

Technical requirements An overview of CI/CD

Understanding why CI/CD

Introducing GitHub

Is GitHub free? Some Git terminology Making a copy of the repo GitHub support for CI/CD

Building CI/CD using GitHub Actions

What is GitHub Pages? Creating a CI/CD workflow Creating a continuous integration job Creating a continuous deployment job Monitoring actions Configuring GitHub Pages Fixing the base reference Logging the CI/CD workflow Next steps with GitHub Actions

Summary Questions Further reading

Chapter 13: Developing Cloud-Native Apps

Technical requirements What makes an application cloud-native?

Comparing characteristics of on-premises versus the cloud Monolithic versus microservices architecture Planning for scalability Working with different database types Synchronicity and multi-processing tasks Avoiding failure versus expecting failure Understanding cloud update schedules Administration of servers and services Pets versus cattle

Understanding the role of DevOps Understanding cost in the cloud Cloud storage versus local disk

Ephemeral versus persistent storage Storing and reading files in Azure Blob storage Dealing with storage latency

Introducing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Imperative IaC Declarative IaC

Learning about monitoring and health Summary Questions Further reading

Assessments

Chapter 1 – Introduction to ASP.NET Core 5 Chapter 2 – Cross-Platform Setup Chapter 3 – Dependency Injection Chapter 5 – Getting Started with Blazor Chapter 8 – Working with Identity in ASP.NET Chapter 9 – Getting Started with Containers Chapter 10 – Deploying to AWS and Azure Chapter 11 – Browser and Visual Studio Debugging Chapter 12 – Integrating with CI/CD Chapter 13 – Developing Cloud-Native Apps

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