From Zero to Hero: Minimal APIs in .NET with C#

Learn how to build efficient, scalable applications with Minimal APIs in .NET. This course covers essential techniques for creating lightweight, high-performance web APIs. Perfect for .NET developers!

About This Course

When Minimal APIs were launched with the release of .NET 6, they allowed us to build scalable and fast APIs in .NET in ways that weren't possible before. Not only do they simplify the approach of building APIs and make them more accessible than ever, but they bring an incredible performance boost to the table. Microsoft has gone on record saying that they expect most new .NET APIs to be built using Minimal APIs for a good reason. They are a robust solution that allows developers to express themselves and create the system they need exactly how they want it. So don't miss your chance to master this topic right after its launch.

Course Curriculum

3h 33m 8 sections

Welcome

01:50 Free preview

What will you learn in this course?

01:31 Free preview

Who is this course for and prerequisites

01:37 Free preview

How we’ve been building APIs in .NET until now?

04:48

What are Minimal APIs?

03:53

Who are Minimal APIs for?

03:51

Building the Weather Forecast API using Minimal APIs

03:32

Let’s clear a few misconceptions

02:30

Configuring URLs and ports

03:50

Creating new endpoints

01:41

The different return types

02:24

Routing requests

04:05

Route parameters and rules

04:37

Parameter Binding

09:41

Special parameter types

04:50

Configuring services

01:45

Configuring middleware

02:02

Custom parameter binding

08:04

Available response types

04:00

Logging

01:43

Adding Swagger support

01:56

Controller interoperability

01:41

What are we going to build?

03:04

Exercise: Build the API

00:47

Project setup and database creation

10:52

Adding new books

08:12

Adding validation

06:03

Retrieving all books

01:43

Retrieving books by ISBN

02:53

Retrieving books by title match

02:54

Editing books

03:41

Deleting books

02:14

Loading custom configuration

02:22

Adding Authentication & Authorization

05:52

Named routes and link generation

04:48

Customizing the Web Application options

01:43

Defining response contracts for Swagger

04:29

Custom JSON binding

01:22

Customizing results

03:02

Dealing with CORS

01:48

Unsupported features compared to MVC

02:44

Why structure Minimal APIs?

01:16

Different ways of structuring

03:31

Building the structure framework

09:56

Separating the endpoints

06:59

Refactoring recap

01:17

Why test Minimal APIs?

02:16

Setting up the test project

03:49

The WebApplicationFactory class

06:01

Testing resource creation

09:26

The problem with created resources

03:40

Testing resource lookup

02:37

Testing resource search

04:34

Testing resource updating

04:06

Testing resource deletion

02:25

Creating our own WebApplicationFactory

03:25

Conclusion

00:25

Course Details

Level From Zero to Hero

Duration

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$89.99

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Meet Your Instructor

Nick Chapsas

Nick Chapsas

Nick Chapsas is a .NET & C# content creator, educator and a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies with years of experience in Software Engineering and Engineering Management.

He has worked for some of the biggest companies in the world, building systems that served millions of users and tens of thousands of requests per second.

Nick creates free content on YouTube and is the host of the Keep Coding Podcast.

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