Summary: Building and Consuming Web Services

Take a look at what we have covered in this section.

This section focused on learning how to build a versatile ASP.NET Core Web API service designed to be accessible across diverse platforms through HTTP requests. The process included testing and documentation using Swagger, efficient service consumption, and creating a basic HTTP API service using Minimal APIs, emphasizing simplicity in development.

Let’s recap the key takeaways:

How to build an ASP .NET Core Web API service that can be called by any app on any platform that can make an HTTP request and process an HTTP response.
How to test and document web service APIs with Swagger.
How to consume services efficiently.
How to build a basic HTTP API service using Minimal APIs.

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Introduction

Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET!

Speaking C#

Controlling Flow, Converting Types, and Handling Exception

Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

Packaging and Distributing .NET Types

Working with Common .NET Types

Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

Working with Data Using Entity Framework Core

Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

Introducing Web Development Using ASP.NET Core

Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

Building Websites Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern

Building and Consuming Web Services

Building User Interfaces Using Blazor

Conclusion

Summary: Building and Consuming Web Services