Build professional-grade full-stack web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core.In ASP.NET Core in Action, Third Edition you'll learn how 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.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the technologyThe 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.About the bookASP.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.What's insideAbout the readerFor beginning to intermediate web developers. Examples are in C#.About the authorAndrew Lock is a Microsoft MVP who has worked with ASP.NET Core since before its first release.Table of Contents1 Getting started with ASP.NET CorePART 1 - GETTING STARTED WITH MINIMAL APIS2 Understanding ASP.NET Core3 Your first application4 Handling requests with the middleware pipeline5 Creating a JSON API with minimal APIs6 Mapping URLs to endpoints using routing7 Model binding and validation in minimal APIsPART 2 - BUILDING COMPLETE APPLICATIONS8 An introduction to dependency injection9 Registering services with dependency injection10 Configuring an ASP.NET Core application11 Documenting APIs with OpenAPI12 Saving data with Entity Framework CorePART 3 - GENERATING HTML WITH RAZOR PAGES AND MVC13 Creating a website with Razor Pages14 Mapping URLs to Razor Pages using routing15 Generating responses with page handlers in Razor Pages16 Binding and validating requests with Razor Pages17 Rendering HTML using Razor views18 Building forms with Tag Helpers19 Creating a website with MVC controllers20 Creating an HTTP API using web API controllers21 The MVC and Razor Pages filter pipeline22 Creating custom MVC and Razor Page filtersPART 4 - SECURING AND DEPLOYING YOUR APPLICATIONS23 Adding users to your application with Identity24 Securing your application25 Authentication and authorization for APIs26 Monitoring and troubleshooting errors with logging27 Publishing and deploying your application28 Adding HTTPS to an application29 Improving your application's securityPART 5 - GOING FURTHER WITH ASP.NET CORE30 Building ASP.NET Core apps with the generic host and Startup31 Advanced configuration of ASP.NET Core32 Building custom MVC and Razor Pages components33 Calling remote APIs with IHttpClientFactory34 Building background tasks and services35 Testing applications with xUnit36 Testing ASP.NET Core applications