ASP.NET web API : build RESTful web applications and services on the .NET framework : master ASP.NET web API using .NET framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2013

An opportunity for ASP.NET web developers to advance their knowledge with a practical course, designed from the ground up, to help you investigate REST-based services with C# 5. An essential, real-world tutorial. Clear and concise guide to the ASP.NET Web API with plentiful code examples Learn about the advanced concepts of the WCF-windows communication foundation Explore ways to consume Web API services using ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, WPF, and Silverlight clients In Detail The ASP.NET Web API was designed from the ground up to meet the need of developers who want to build HTTP/RESTful services. ASP.NET Web API is an HTTP service that uses HTTP as the application protocol and can return data based on the data format requested by the client. It is a lightweight web-based architecture that provides an easy-to-use set of default options while providing a deep extensibility infrastructure to meet the demands of any scenario using HTTP. This book is a step-by-step, practical tutorial with a simple approach to help you build RESTful web applications and Web API services based on the .NET framework quickly and efficiently. This book provides complete coverage of RESTful services and the ASP.NET Web API in a lucid language with plenty of hands-on code examples. The book starts with a description of REST-based architecture and WCF. It then explores the new features in ASP.NET 4.5 and introduces you to the new concepts in the ASP.NET Web API. There are also plentiful code examples throughout these sections to help you learn effectively. You will then learn how to work with WCF REST-based services and the ASP.NET Web API and how to consume those services using various clients such as ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, WPF, and Silverlight. In the second half of this book, we discuss the more advanced concepts of the ASP.NET Web API, best practices, and asynchronous programming concepts and how it can be implemented in C# 5. The most important thing you will take home from reading this book is a working knowledge on RESTful services, their architecture, how to build them, and also how to consume them with plenty of tips and techniques to better utilize this technology.

Take your ASP.NET 4.0 programming skills to the top tier

Deliver faster, lighter, more efficient distributed applications using the powerful technologies and tools available in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Written by a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET, this definitive guide lays out each development tactic alongside detailed code samples and real-world examples. Build feature-rich web applications, leverage the power of the ASP.NET MVC framework, interface with databases using ADO.NET, create modular Web Parts, integrate Dynamic Data controls, and deploy all-new Ajax and LINQ features. ASP.NET 4.0 Programming also covers the latest security, verification, tracing, and troubleshooting techniques.

• Design, debug, and administer cutting-edge web sites and applications
• Work with Web Parts, Web Services, ADO.NET, and the ASP.NET MVC Framework
• Maintain state, application, and session data across multiple requests
• Use namespaces to create multilingual, globalized, and localized applications
• Build and distribute powerful RIAs using Silverlight, Ajax, and SOAP
• Develop data-driven applications with LINQ and Entity Framework
• Leverage WCF features in ASP.NET applications
• Implement reliable role- and membership-based security policies
• Optimize page load time, memory usage, and database query performance
• Simplify event handling, animation, and document traversing with jQuery

Joydip Kanjilal has been a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET since 2007. He has more than 12 years of IT experience with more than six years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip also has authored multiple books, and magazine articles for various programming sites. He was selected as an MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight several times. Joydip was also a community credit winner at www.community-credit.com.

Deliver faster, lighter, more efficient distributed applications using the powerful technologies and tools available in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Written by a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET, this definitive guide lays out each development tactic alongside detailed code samples and real-world examples. Build feature-rich web applications, leverage the power of the ASP.NET MVC framework, interface with databases using ADO.NET, create modular Web Parts, integrate Dynamic Data controls, and deploy all-new Ajax and LINQ features. ASP.NET 4.0 Programming also covers the latest security, verification, tracing, and troubleshooting techniques. Joydip Kanjilal has been a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET since 2007. He has more than 12 years of IT experience with more than six years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. Joydip also has authored multiple books, and magazine articles for various programming sites. He was selected as an MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight several times. Joydip was also a community credit winner at (http://www.community-credit.com) www.community-credit.com . "Deliver faster, lighter, more efficient distributed applications using the ... technologies and tools available in ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2010. [This] guide lays out each development tactic aqlongside detailed code ... and real world examples. Build feature-rich web applications, leverage the power of the ASP MVC framework, interface with databases using ADO.NET, create modular Web Parts, integrate Dynamic Data controls, and deploy all-new AJAX and LINQ features. ..."--Back cover This book is a step-by-step, practical tutorial with a simple approach to help you build RESTful web applications and services on the .NET framework quickly and efficiently.This book is for ASP.NET web developers who want to explore REST-based services with C# 5. This book contains many real-world code examples with explanations whenever necessary. Some experience with C# and ASP.NET 4 is expected. This book is a step-by-step, practical tutorial with a simple approach to help you build RESTful web applications and services on the .NET framework quickly and efficiently. This book is for ASP.NET web developers who want to explore REST-based services with C♯ 5. This book contains many real-world code examples with explanations whenever necessary. Some experience with C♯ and ASP.NET 4 is expected Packed with detailed code samples and real-world examples; this definitive guide will help you deliver faster; lighter; more efficient distributed applications using the powerful technologies and tools available in ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. -- Edited summary from book The new features in ASP.NET 3.5 make it easier than ever to build standards-based, next-generation websites Foreword by Scott Barnes, Microsoft Corporation Author frequently speaks at industry conferences This book teaches experienced developers how to build dynamic websites, Web applications, and XML Web services using Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5.