Build professional-grade full-stack web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core.

• Build minimal APIs for serving JSON to client-side applications
• Create dynamic, server-side rendered applications using Razor Pages
• User authentication and authorization
• Store data using Entity Framework Core
• Unit and integration tests for ASP.NET Core applications
• Write custom middleware and components

Fully updated to ASP.NET Core 7.0! In ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition Microsoft MVP Andrew Lock teaches you how you can use your C# and .NET skills to build amazing cross-platform web applications. This revised bestseller reveals the latest .NET patterns, including minimal APIs and minimal hosting. Even if you’ve never worked with ASP.NET, you’ll start creating productive cross-platform web apps fast. Illustrations and annotated code make learning visual and easy.

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The ASP.NET Core web framework delivers everything you need to build professional-quality web applications. With productivity-boosting libraries for server-side rendering, secure APIs, easy data access and more, you’ll spend your time implementing features instead of researching syntax and tracking down bugs. This book is your guide.

ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition shows you how to create production-grade web applications with ASP.NET Core 7.0. You’ll learn from hands-on examples, insightful illustrations, and nicely explained code. Updated coverage in this Third Edition includes creating minimal APIs, securing APIs with bearer tokens, WebApplicationBuilder, and more.