The Best-Selling ASP.NET Core Books of All Time

Get up and running with ASP.NET MVC 4, and learn how to build modern server-side web applications. This guide helps you understand how the framework performs, and shows you how to use various features to solve many real-world development scenarios you’re likely to face. In the process, you’ll learn how to work with HTML, JavaScript, the Entity Framework, and other web technologies. You’ll start by learning core concepts such as the Model-View-Controller architectural pattern, and then work your way toward advanced topics. The authors demonstrate ASP.

NET MVC 4 best practices and techniques by building a sample online auction site ("EBuy") throughout the book. Learn the similarities between ASP.NET MVC 4 and Web Forms Use Entity Framework to create and maintain an application database Create rich web applications, using jQuery for client-side development Incorporate AJAX techniques into your web applications Learn how to create and expose ASP.NET Web API services Deliver a rich and consistent experience for mobile devices Apply techniques for error handling, automated testing, and build automation Use various options to deploy your ASP.NET MVC 4 application.

Visual Studio 2017 updates for this book are now available. Follow the Download Source Code link for this book on the Apress website. Now in its 6th edition, the best selling book on MVC is now updated for ASP.NET Core MVC. It contains detailed explanations of the new Core MVC functionality which enables developers to produce leaner, cloud optimized and mobile-ready applications for the .NET platform. This book puts ASP.NET Core MVC into context and dives deep into the tools and techniques required to build modern, cloud optimized extensible web applications.

All the new MVC features are described in detail and the author explains how best to apply them to both new and existing projects. The ASP.NET Core MVC Framework is the latest evolution of Microsoft’s ASP.NET web platform, built on a completely new foundation. It represents a fundamental change to how Microsoft constructs and deploys web frameworks and is free of the legacy of earlier technologies such as Web Forms. ASP.NET Core MVC provides a "host agnostic" framework and a high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility. Best-selling author Adam Freeman has thoroughly revised this market-leading book and explains how to get the most from ASP.NET Core MVC. He starts with the nuts-and-bolts and shows you everything through to advanced features, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need. This book follows the same format and style as the popular previous editions but brings everything up to date for the new ASP.NET Core MVC release. It presents a fully worked case study of a functioning ASP.NET MVC application that readers can use as a template for their own projects. What You Will Learn:. Gain a solid architectural understanding of ASP.NET Core MVC. Explore the entire ASP.NET MVC Framework as a cohesive whole. See how MVC and test-driven development work in action. Learn what's new in ASP.NET Core MVC and how best to apply these new features to your own work. See how to create RESTful web services and Single Page Applications. Build on your existing knowledge of previous MVC releases to get up and running with the new programming model quickly and effectively. Who This Book Is For:. This book is for web developers with a basic knowledge of ASP.NET and C# who want to incorporate the latest improvements and functionality in the new ASP.NET Core MVC Framework.

Master ASP.NET Core hands-on: from architecture through deployment and beyond. This book guides you through the entire process of building, deploying, and managing cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET Core. You’ll master Microsoft’s revolutionary open source ASP.NET Core technology, and learn how to integrate the immense power of MVC, Docker, Azure Web Apps, Visual Studio, C#, JavaScript, and Entity Framework. Working alongside the fictitious development team at Alpine Ski House, you’ll witness a four-sprint journey starting with a blank canvas.

You’ll see the team architect and design their software, adjust to user feedback, and move through builds, testing, deployment, maintenance, and refactoring. Throughout, you’ll discover how to deliver state-of-the-art software faster and more repeatably than ever before. Three leading Microsoft MVPs show how to:. • Build great cross-platform apps using ASP.NET Core and open source frameworks. • Go beyond MVC to build a complete ASP.Net Core application. • Create builds on Day One and quickly deploy viable products. • Integrate Azure support to gain cloud scalability. • Run or develop cross-platform solutions on Linux. • Establish consistent development environments with Docker. • Access data with Entity Framework Core 1.0. • Generate HTML views with the updated Razor view engine. • Apply the new configuration system and structured logging. • Use identity to enforce security and provide rights. • Improve testability and maintainability with dependency injection. • Use and manage JavaScript in ASP.NET Core environments. • Choose and work with package managers to make life easier. • Use SASS to write maintainable, attractive CSS. • Make the most of tag helpers and other reusable components. • Test web apps efficiently using xUnit.net and Jasmine. • Design, organize, and refactor apps to smoothly accommodate change. Get all code samples, including complete apps, at: https://aka.ms/ASPCoreAppDev/downloads.