Real-World Web Development with .NET 9

A practical guide for building websites and services with mature and proven ASP.NET Core controller-based technologies.

Key Features

• Master ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and OData for building robust web services.
• Get hands-on experience with web testing, security, and containerization techniques.
• Learn how to implement Umbraco CMS for content management websites.

Book Description

Real-World Web Development with .NET 9 equips you to build professional websites and services using proven technologies like ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and OData—trusted by organizations for delivering robust web applications.

You’ll learn to design and build efficient web applications with ASP.NET Core MVC, creating well-structured, maintainable code that follows industry best practices. From there, you’ll focus on Web API, building RESTful services that are both secure and scalable. Along the way, you’ll also explore testing, authentication, and containerization for deployment, ensuring that your solutions are fully production ready.

In the final part of the book, you will be introduced to Umbraco CMS, a popular content management system for .NET. By mastering this tool, you’ll learn how to empower users to manage website content independently.

By the end of this book, you’ll not only have a solid grasp of controller-based development but also the practical know-how to build dynamic, content-driven websites using a popular .NET CMS.

What you will learn

• Build web applications using ASP.NET Core MVC with well-structured, maintainable code
• Develop secure and scalable RESTful services using Web API and OData
• Implement authentication and authorization for your applications
• Test and containerize your .NET projects for smooth deployment
• Optimize application performance with caching and other techniques
• Learn how to use and implement Umbraco CMS

Who this book is for

This book is aimed at intermediate .NET developers with a good understanding of C# and .NET fundamentals. It is ideal for developers looking to expand their skills in building professional, controller-based web applications.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Web Development Using Controllers
2. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
3. Model Binding, Validation, and Data Using EF Core
4. Building and Localizing Web User Interfaces
5. Authentication and Authorization
6. Performance Optimization Using Caching
7. Web User Interface Testing Using Playwright
8. Configuring and Containerizing ASP.NET Core Projects
9. Building Web Services UsingASP.NET Core Web API
10. Building Web Services UsingASP.NET Core OData
11. Building Web Services Using FastEndpoints
12. Web Service Integration Testing
13. Web Content Management Using Umbraco
14. Customizing and Extending Umbraco

About the Author

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years’ experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught “train-the-trainer” classes to get other MCTs up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree.