Pragmatic REST APIs in ASP.NET Core

The Complete Guide to REST APIs in ASP.NET Core

The Pragmatic REST APIs in ASP.NET Core course will teach you how to build production-ready REST APIs using the latest ASP.NET Core features and best practices. Join 5,600+ other students to accelerate your growth as a software architect.

1. REST fundamentals: Understand core concepts and architectural constraints

2. CRUD API best practices: Master URL design, HTTP methods, and advanced querying

3. Validation and error handling: Implement robust input validation and standardized error responses

4. Authentication & authorization: Secure APIs with JWT and third-party authentication services

5. Advanced topics: Explore caching strategies, rate limiting, and API resilience patterns

6. HATEOAS: Implement hypermedia-driven APIs for improved discoverability

7. API versioning: Learn strategies to evolve APIs without breaking existing clients

8. Advanced use cases: Handle real-time communication, long-running requests, and batch operations

9. Testing: Master unit, integration, and performance testing for APIs

10. Deployment: Deploy APIs to Azure and implement CI/CD pipelines

11. API documentation: Create comprehensive docs using OpenAPI and interactive tools

12. Real-world API case studies: Analyze successful APIs from GitHub, Stripe, and Twitter

And much more...

The Full Curriculum

Introduction

REST Fundamentals

Building REST APIs - Basics

Building REST APIs - Advanced

Hypermedia and API Versioning

Authentication & Authorization

UI Integration with REST API

Advanced REST API Concerns

Testing REST APIs

Deployment & Monitoring

BONUS content

Minimal APIs, REPR pattern
Case Studies from popular REST APIs
Auth0 integration (OAuth 2.0)
Extending the application and UI

WHO'S BEHIND THIS

Hi – I'm Milan Jovanović. I help software engineers improve their .NET and software architecture skills.

I'm a Software Architect and Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies with years of experience building large-scale systems.

I've helped thousands of people become better software engineers through my practical tips on social media, The .NET Weekly newsletter, and YouTube channel.

My goal is to teach you everything I learned while building and maintaining production-ready REST APIs (with a dose of pragmatism).