ASP.NET Core 3 and React


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Build modern, scalable, and cloud-ready single-page applications using ASP.NET Core, React, TypeScript, and Azure Key FeaturesExplore the full potential and latest features of .NET Core 3.0, TypeScript 3, and ReactLearn how to manage data, application design, and packaging, and secure your web appsDiscover best practices for using React and TypeScript to build a scalable frontend that interacts with REST APIsBook Description Microsoft's ASP.NET Core is a robust and high-performing cross-platform web API framework, and Facebook's React uses declarative JavaScript to drive a rich, interactive user experience on the client-side web. Together, they can be used to build full stack apps with enhanced security and scalability at each layer. This book will start by taking you through React and TypeScript components to build an intuitive single-page application. You’ll understand how to design scalable REST APIs that can integrate with a React-based frontend. You’ll get to grips with the latest features, popular patterns, and tools available in the React ecosystem, including function-based components, React Router, and Redux. The book shows how you can use TypeScript along with React to make the frontend robust and maintainable. You’ll then cover important .NET Core features such as API controllers, attribute routing, and model binding to help you build a sturdy backend. Additionally, you’ll explore API security with ASP.NET Core identity and authorization policies, and write reliable unit tests using both .NET Core and React before you deploy your app to the Azure cloud. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained all the knowledge you need to enhance your C# and JavaScript skills and build full stack, production-ready applications with ASP.NET Core and React. What you will learnBuild RESTful APIs with .NET Core using API controllersCreate strongly typed, interactive, and function-based React components using HooksBuild forms efficiently using reusable React componentsPerform client-side state management with Redux and the React Context APISecure REST APIs with ASP.NET identity and authorization policiesRun a range of automated tests on the frontend and backendImplement continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) processes into Azure using Azure DevOpsWho this book is for If you’re a web developer looking to build solid full-stack web applications with .NET Core and React, this book is for you. Although this book does not assume any knowledge of React, you’re expected to have a basic understanding of .NET Core.




ASP.NET Core 5 and React


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Build fully functional, cloud-ready, and professional web applications using the latest features in the .NET 5 framework and React.js with Microsoft Azure Key FeaturesExplore the new features of .NET 5 with this updated edition of ASP.NET Core 5 and ReactDiscover strategies for adopting a full-stack development approach, clean architecture techniques, and development best practicesLearn how to manage data, design and package applications, and secure your web appsBook Description Microsoft’s .NET framework is a robust server-side framework, now even more powerful thanks to the recent unification of the Microsoft ecosystem with the .NET 5 framework. This updated second edition addresses these changes in the .NET framework and the latest release of React. The book starts by taking you through React and TypeScript components for building an intuitive single-page application and then shows you how to design scalable REST APIs that can integrate with a React-based frontend. Next, you’ll get to grips with the latest features, popular patterns, and tools available in the React ecosystem, including function-based components, React Router, and Redux. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to use React with TypeScript to make the frontend robust and maintainable and cover key ASP.NET 5 features such as API controllers, attribute routing, and model binding to build a sturdy backend. In addition to this, you’ll explore API security with ASP.NET 5 identity and authorization policies and write reliable unit tests using both .NET and React, before deploying your app on Azure. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the knowledge you need to enhance your C# and JavaScript skills and build full-stack, production-ready applications with ASP.NET 5 and React. What you will learnBuild RESTful APIs with .NET 5 using API controllersSecure REST APIs with identity and authorization policiesCreate strongly typed, interactive, and function-based React components using HooksUnderstand how to style React components using Emotion.jsPerform client-side state management with ReduxRun a range of automated tests on the frontend and backendImplement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes in Azure using Azure DevOpsWho this book is for If you're a web developer looking to get up to speed with full-stack web application development with .NET Core and React, this book is for you. Although the book does not assume any knowledge of React, a basic understanding of .NET Core will help you to get to grips with the concepts covered.




Customizing ASP.NET Core 5.0


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A guide to discovering the hidden behaviors of ASP.NET Core that can be customized to optimize your .NET 5 applications Key FeaturesCustomize the default behavior of ASP.NET Core to get the most out of the frameworkEnhance the app configuration, change the default dependency injection, and build your own tag helpersDiscover best practices for configuring ASP.NET Core, from user interface design to hosting it on platformsBook Description ASP.NET Core is the most powerful Microsoft web framework. Although it’s full of rich features, sometimes the default configurations can be a bottleneck and need to be customized to suit the nature and scale of your app. If you’re an intermediate-level .NET developer who wants to extend .NET Core to multiple use cases, it's important to customize these features so that the framework works for you effectively. Customizing ASP.NET Core 5.0 covers core features that can be customized for developing optimized apps. The customization techniques are also updated to work with the latest .NET 5 framework. You’ll learn essential concepts relating to optimizing the framework such as configuration, dependency injection, routing, action filters, and more. As you progress, you’ll be able to create custom solutions that meet the needs of your use case with ASP.NET Core. Later chapters will cover expert techniques and best practices for using the framework for your app development needs, from UI design to hosting. Finally, you’ll focus on the new endpoint routing in ASP.NET Core to build custom endpoints and add third-party endpoints to your web apps for processing requests faster. By the end of this application development book, you’ll have the skills you need to be able to customize ASP.NET Core to develop robust optimized apps. What you will learnExplore various application configurations and providers in ASP.NET Core 5Understand dependency injection in .NET and learn how to add third-party DI containersDiscover the concept of middleware and write your own middleware for ASP.NET Core appsCreate various API output formats in your API-driven projectsGet familiar with different hosting models for your ASP.NET Core appDevelop custom routing endpoints and add third-party endpointsConfigure WebHostBuilder effectively for your web applicationsWho this book is for This .NET 5 book is for .NET developers who need to change the default behaviors of the framework to help improve the performance of their applications. Intermediate-level knowledge of ASP.NET Core and C# is required before getting started with the book.




Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core


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Become a full-stack developer by learning popular Microsoft technologies and platforms such as .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and Azure Key FeaturesBring static typing to web development with features compatible in TypeScript 3Implement a slim marketplace single page application (SPA) in Angular, React, and VueModernize your web apps with Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio, and GitBook Description Today, full-stack development is the name of the game. Developers who can build complete solutions, including both backend and frontend products, are in great demand in the industry, hence being able to do so a desirable skill. However, embarking on the path to becoming a modern full-stack developer can be overwhelmingly difficult, so the key purpose of this book is to simplify and ease the process. This comprehensive guide will take you through the journey of becoming a full-stack developer in the realm of the web and .NET. It begins by implementing data-oriented RESTful APIs, leveraging ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework. Afterward, it describes the web development field, including its history and future horizons. Then, you’ll build webbased Single-Page Applications (SPAs) by learning about numerous popular technologies, namely TypeScript, Angular, React, and Vue. After that, you’ll learn about additional related concerns involving deployment, hosting, and monitoring by leveraging the cloud; specifically, Azure. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build, deploy, and monitor cloud-based, data-oriented, RESTful APIs, as well as modern web apps, using the most popular frameworks and technologies. What you will learnBuild RESTful APIs in C# with ASP.NET Core, web APIs, and Entity FrameworkSee the history and future horizons of the web development fieldBring static-typing to web apps using TypeScriptBuild web applications using Angular, React, and VueDeploy your application to the cloudWrite web applications that scale, can adapt to changes, and are easy to maintainDiscover best practices and real-world tips and tricksSecure your backend server with Authentication and Authorization using OAuth 2.0Who this book is for This book is for developers who are keen on strengthening their skills in the field of cloud-based full-stack web development. You need basic knowledge of web-related pillars, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as C# and REST. This book targets novice developers in the realm of Web development and ASP.NET who desire to advance to modern Web and ASP.NET Core development and leverage the Cloud to manage and bring everything together.




ASP.NET Core Recipes


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Quickly find solutions to common web development problems. Content is presented in the popular problem-solution format. Look up the problem that you want to solve. Read the solution. Apply the solution directly in your own code. Problem solved! ASP.NET Core Recipes is a practical guide for developers creating modern web applications, cutting through the complexities of ASP.NET, jQuery, React, and HTML5 to provide straightforward solutions to common web development problems using proven methods based on best practices. The problem-solution approach gets you in, out, and back to work quickly while deepening your understanding of the underlying platform and how to develop with it. Author John Ciliberti guides you through the MVC framework and development tools, presenting typical challenges, along with code solutions and clear, concise explanations, to accelerate application development. Solve problems immediately by pasting in code from the recipes, or put multiple recipe solutions together to overcome challenging development obstacles. What You'll Learn Take advantage of MVC's streamlined syntax Discover how to take full control over HTML Develop a simple API for creating RESTful web services Understand test-driven development Migrate a project from ASP.NET web forms to Core MVC, including recipes for converting DataGrids, Forms, Web Parts, Master Pages, and navigation controls Use Core MVC in combination with popular JavaScript libraries, including jQuery, React, Bootstrap, and more Write unit tests for your MVC controllers, views, custom filters, and HTML helpers Utilize the latest features in Visual Studio 2017 to accelerate your Core MVC projects Identify performance bottlenecks in your MVC application Who This Book Is For Web developers of all skill levels who are looking for a programming reference for ASP.NET Core MVC and would like to gain an understanding of the inner workings of the platform. In addition, parts of this book provide guidance to developers familiar with ASP.NET Web Forms who would like to update their skill set to include Core MVC.




ASP.NET Core and Vue.js


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A busy .NET developer's step-by-step guide to building fully functional, cloud-ready, and professional web apps without diving into the theory of frameworks and libraries Key FeaturesDiscover tenants of clean architecture in the latest ASP.NET Core 5 Web APIDevelop Vue.js 3 single-page applications (SPAs) using TypeScript and VuexLearn techniques to secure, test, and deploy your full-stack web apps on AzureBook Description Vue.js 3 is faster and smaller than the previous version, and TypeScript’s full support out of the box makes it a more maintainable and easier-to-use version of Vue.js. Then, there's ASP.NET Core 5, which is the fastest .NET web framework today. Together, Vue.js for the frontend and ASP.NET Core 5 for the backend make a powerful combination. This book follows a hands-on approach to implementing practical methodologies for building robust applications using ASP.NET Core 5 and Vue.js 3. The topics here are not deep dive and the book is intended for busy .NET developers who have limited time and want a quick implementation of a clean architecture with popular libraries. You’ll start by setting up your web app’s backend, guided by clean architecture, command query responsibility segregation (CQRS), mediator pattern, and Entity Framework Core 5. The book then shows you how to build the frontend application using best practices, state management with Vuex, Vuetify UI component libraries, Vuelidate for input validations, lazy loading with Vue Router, and JWT authentication. Later, you’ll focus on testing and deployment. All the tutorials in this book support Windows 10, macOS, and Linux users. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build an enterprise full-stack web app, use the most common npm packages for Vue.js and NuGet packages for ASP.NET Core, and deploy Vue.js and ASP.NET Core to Azure App Service using GitHub Actions. What you will learnDiscover CQRS and mediator pattern in the ASP.NET Core 5 Web APIUse Serilog, MediatR, FluentValidation, and Redis in ASP.NETExplore common Vue.js packages such as Vuelidate, Vuetify, and VuexManage complex app states using the Vuex state management libraryWrite integration tests in ASP.NET Core using xUnit and FluentAssertionsDeploy your app to Microsoft Azure using the new GitHub Actions for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)Who this book is for This app development book is for .NET developers who want to get started with Vue.js and build full-stack enterprise web applications. Web developers looking to build a proof-of-concept application quickly and pragmatically using their existing knowledge of ASP.NET Core as well as developers who want to write readable and maintainable code using TypeScript and the C# programming language will also find this book useful. The book assumes intermediate-level .NET knowledge along with an understanding of C# programming, JavaScript, and ECMAScript.




ASP.NET Core Application Development


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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Through four complete sprints, this book takes you through every step needed to build brand new cross-platform web apps with ASP.NET Core, and make them available on the Internet. You won't just master Microsoft's revolutionary open source ASP.NET Core technology: you'll learn how to integrate the immense power of MVC, Docker, Azure Web Apps, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Entity Framework. Working through the authors' carefully designed sprints, you'll start with a blank canvas, move through software architecture and design, adjusting to user feedback, recovering from mistakes, builds, testing, deployment, maintenance, refactoring, and more. Along the way, you'll learn techniques for delivering state-of-the-art software to users more rapidly and repeatably than ever before.




Learn React with TypeScript 3


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Start developing modern day component based web apps using React 16, Redux and TypeScript 3 with this easy to follow guide filled with practical examples. Key FeaturesLearn the latest and core features of React such as components, React Router, and suspenseDive into TypeScript 3 and it`s core components such as interfaces, types aliases, tuples, generics and much more.Build small-to-large scale single page applications with React, Redux, GraphQL and TypeScriptBook Description React today is one of the most preferred choices for frontend development. Using React with TypeScript enhances development experience and offers a powerful combination to develop high performing web apps. In this book, you’ll learn how to create well structured and reusable react components that are easy to read and maintain by leveraging modern web development techniques. We will start with learning core TypeScript programming concepts before moving on to building reusable React components. You'll learn how to ensure all your components are type-safe by leveraging TypeScript's capabilities, including the latest on Project references, Tuples in rest parameters, and much more. You'll then be introduced to core features of React such as React Router, managing state with Redux and applying logic in lifecycle methods. Further on, you'll discover the latest features of React such as hooks and suspense which will enable you to create powerful function-based components. You'll get to grips with GraphQL web API using Apollo client to make your app more interactive. Finally, you'll learn how to write robust unit tests for React components using Jest. By the end of the book, you'll be well versed with all you need to develop fully featured web apps with React and TypeScript. What you will learnGain a first-hand experience of TypeScript and its productivity features Transpile your TypeScript code into JavaScript for it to run in a browser Learn relevant advanced types in TypeScript for creating strongly typed and reusable components.Create stateful function-based components that handle lifecycle events using hooks Get to know what GraphQL is and how to work with it by executing basic queries to get familiar with the syntaxBecome confident in getting good unit testing coverage on your components using JestWho this book is for The ideal target audience for this book are web developers who want to get started with creating modern day web apps with React and TypeScript.You are expected to have a basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML programming. No prior knowledge of TypeScript and React is needed.




Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5


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Design scalable and high-performance enterprise applications using the latest features of C# 9 and .NET 5 Key FeaturesGain fundamental and comprehensive software architecture knowledge and the skillset to create fully modular appsDesign high-performance software systems using the latest features of .NET 5 and C# 9Solve scalability problems in web apps using enterprise architecture patternsBook Description Software architecture is the practice of implementing structures and systems that streamline the software development process and improve the quality of an app. This fully revised and expanded second edition, featuring the latest features of .NET 5 and C# 9, enables you to acquire the key skills, knowledge, and best practices required to become an effective software architect. This second edition features additional explanation of the principles of Software architecture, including new chapters on Azure Service Fabric, Kubernetes, and Blazor. It also includes more discussion on security, microservices, and DevOps, including GitHub deployments for the software development cycle. You will begin by understanding how to transform user requirements into architectural needs and exploring the differences between functional and non-functional requirements. Next, you will explore how to carefully choose a cloud solution for your infrastructure, along with the factors that will help you manage your app in a cloud-based environment. Finally, you will discover software design patterns and various software approaches that will allow you to solve common problems faced during development. By the end of this book, you will be able to build and deliver highly scalable enterprise-ready apps that meet your organization’s business requirements. What you will learnUse different techniques to overcome real-world architectural challenges and solve design consideration issuesApply architectural approaches such as layered architecture, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and microservicesLeverage tools such as containers, Docker, Kubernetes, and Blazor to manage microservices effectivelyGet up to speed with Azure tools and features for delivering global solutionsProgram and maintain Azure Functions using C# 9 and its latest featuresUnderstand when it is best to use test-driven development (TDD) as an approach for software developmentWrite automated functional test casesGet the best of DevOps principles to enable CI/CD environmentsWho this book is for This book is for engineers and senior software developers aspiring to become architects or looking to build enterprise applications with the .NET Stack. Basic familiarity with C# and .NET is required to get the most out of this book.




Pro React


Book Description

Pro React teaches you how to successfully structure increasingly complex front-end applications and interfaces. This book explores the React library in depth, as well as detailing additional tools and libraries in the React ecosystem, enabling you to create complete, complex applications. You will learn how to use React completely, and learn best practices for creating interfaces in a composable way. You will also cover additional tools and libraries in the React ecosystem (such as React Router and Flux architecture). Each topic is covered clearly and concisely and is packed with the details you need to learn to be truly effective. The most important features are given no-nonsense, in-depth treatment, and every chapter details common problems and how to avoid them. If you already have experience creating front-end apps using jQuery or perhaps other JavaScript frameworks, but need to solve the increasingly common problem of structuring complex front-end applications, then this book is for you. Start working with React like a pro - add Pro React to your library today.