ASP.NET Web API Tutorials For Beginners and Professionals

ASP.NET Web API Tutorials

In this ASP.NET Web API Tutorials For Beginners and Professionals series, I will cover all the features of ASP.NET Web API. You will learn from basic to advanced level features of ASP.NET Web API. The term API stands for Application Programming Interface, and ASP.NET Web API is a framework provided by Microsoft that makes it easy to build Web APIs, i.e., it is used to develop HTTP-Based Web Services on top of .NET Framework.

Today, a web-based application cannot reach all its customers or users. People have become very smart, which means they use iPhones, mobile devices, tablets, etc., daily. These devices have many useful apps that make their lives easy. In simple words, we can say that we are moving from the web toward the app world.

So, if we like to expose our service data to the browsers and to all these modern device apps in a fast, secure, and simple way, we should have an API compatible with all browsers and all these modern devices.

This ASP.NET Web API Tutorial Is For Whom?

This ASP.NET Web API Course is designed for beginners and experienced ASP.NET Web API developers who want to learn ASP.NET Web API from scratch with real-time examples.

The articles start from the basics of ASP.NET Web API and cover advanced concepts as we progress. If you are confident with the concepts discussed here, I am sure you will be in a much better position to answer most of the interview questions, and you can develop any real-time applications using ASP.NET Web API.

What is ASP.NET Web API?

The ASP.NET Web API is a framework provided by Microsoft that makes it easy to build Web APIs, i.e., HTTP-Based Services. The ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building Restful services with the .NET Framework. These Web API services can be consumed by a variety of clients, such as

1. Browsers
2. Mobile applications
3. Desktop applications
4. IOTs, etc.

What will you Learn from These ASP.NET Web API Tutorials?

In this ASP.NET Web API Tutorials article, you will learn the ASP.NET Web API Framework from its basics to advanced-level concepts such as Routing, CORS, HMAC, Security, Token-Based Authentication, API Versioning, etc. I hope this article series will help you with your needs. I want your feedback. Please post your feedback, questions, or comments about this article series.

Prerequisites to Learn ASP.NET Web API

Learning ASP.NET Web API effectively requires understanding several underlying concepts and technologies. Below are the prerequisites that should ideally be covered before diving into ASP.NET Web API. If you don’t know the following concepts, then don’t worry. We will explain each concept in detail.

• C# Programming: Since ASP.NET Web API is a framework where we need to write the code using C#, you should have a good understanding of C#, including control flow, classes, objects, generics, collections, exception handling, and asynchronous programming.
• Entity Framework and LINQ: For Data-Driven APIs, knowledge of Entity Framework, an ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) for .NET, is beneficial. LINQ is also important for querying databases within the .NET environment.
• Database Knowledge: It is important to understand the basic database concepts. Any database, such as SQL Server, MySQL, or Oracle, is fine. 

Note: If we missed any concept of ASP.NET Web API, please let us know by commenting in the comment box. We promise to write an article and publish it as soon as possible in this course.

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Author: Pranaya Rout Pranaya Rout is a Senior Technical Architect with more than 11 Years of Experience, Microsoft MVP, Author, YouTuber, and Blogger eager to learn new technologies. Pranaya Rout has published more than 3,000 articles in his 11-year career. Pranaya Rout has very good experience with Microsoft Technologies, Including C#, VB, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, EF, EF Core, ADO.NET, LINQ, SQL Server, MYSQL, Oracle, ASP.NET Core, Cloud Computing, Microservices, Design Patterns and still learning new technologies.