The complete, pragmatic guide to building high-value solutions with ASP.NET Core Programming ASP.NET Core is the definitive guide to practical web-based application development with Microsoft's new ASP.NET Core framework. Microsoft MVP Dino Esposito introduces proven techniques and well-crafted example code for solving real problems with ASP.NET Core. Step by step, he guides you through using all key ASP.NET Core technologies, including MVC for HTML generation, .

NET Core, EF Core, ASP.NET Identity, dependency injection, and much more. Esposito thoroughly covers ASP.NET Core's cross-platform capabilities and what's changed from older ASP.NET versions, but he doesn't stop there: he offers a complete learning path for every developer who wants to build production solutions, including mobile-specific solutions. Microsoft MVP Dino Esposito shows how to: * Create new projects and understand their structure * Set up and use the familiar MVC application model in ASP.NET Core * Write controller class code to govern all stages of request processing * Serve HTML from controllers, or directly via Razor Pages * Master the Razor language for quickly defining the layout of HTML views * Manage cross-cutting concerns such as global configuration data, error and exception handling, controller class design, and dependency injection * Secure applications with user authentication and ASP.NET Core's policy-based user authorization API * Design for efficient data access, and choose the right option for reading and writing data * Build ASP.

NET Core Web APIs that return JSON, XML, or other data * Use data binding to programmatically update visual components with fresh information * Build device-friendly web views for iOS and Android * Explore the radically new ASP.NET Core runtime environment and Dependency Injection (DI) infrastructure.