ASP.NET CORE 5 WEB API with Docker

PROJECT CONFIGURATION

• Creating a New Project
• launchSettingsjson File Configuration
• Programcs and Startupcs Explanations
• Extension Methods and CORS Configuration
• IIS Configuration
• Additional Code in the Startup Class
• Environment-Based Settings

CONFIGURING A LOGGING SERVICE

• Creating the Required Projects
• Creating the ILoggerManager Interface and Installing NLog
• Implementing the Interface and NlogConfig File
• Configuring Logger Service for Logging Messages
• DI, IoC, and Logger Service Testing

DATABASE MODEL AND REPOSITORY PATTERN

• Creating Models
• Context Class and the Database Connection
• Migration and Initial Data Seed
• Repository Pattern Logic
• Repository User Interfaces and Classes

HANDLING GET REQUESTS

• Controllers and Routing in WEB API
• Naming Our Resources
• Getting All Companies From the Database
• Testing the Result with Postman
• DTO Classes vs Entity Model Classes
• Using AutoMapper in ASPNET Core

GLOBAL ERROR HANDLING

• Handling Errors Globally with the Built-In Middleware
• Startup Class Modification
• Testing the Result

GETTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Getting a Single Resource From the Database
• Parent/Child Relationships in Web API
• Getting a Single Employee for Company

CONTENT NEGOTIATION

• What Do We Get Out of the Box?
• Changing the Default Configuration of Our Project
• Testing Content Negotiation
• Restricting Media Types
• More About Formatters
• Implementing a Custom Formatter

METHOD SAFETY AND METHOD IDEMPOTENCY

CREATING RESOURCES

• Handling POST Requests
• Code Explanation
• Creating a Child Resource
• Creating Children Resources Together with a Parent
• Creating a Collection of Resources
• Model Binding in API

WORKING WITH DELETE REQUESTS

• Deleting a Parent Resource with its Children

WORKING WITH PUT REQUESTS

• Updating Employee
• Inserting Resources while Updating One

WORKING WITH PATCH REQUESTS

• Applying PATCH to the Employee Entity

VALIDATION

• Validation while Creating Resource
• Validation for PUT Requests
• Validation for PATCH Requests

What is Asynchronous Programming?  

• Async, Await Keywords, and Return Types
• Modifying the ICompanyRepository Interface and the CompanyRepository Class
• IRepositoryManager and RepositoryManager Changes
• Controller Modification

ACTION FILTERS

• Action Filters Implementation
• The Scope of Action Filters
• Order of Invocation
• Improving the Code with Action Filters
• Validation with Action Filters
• Dependency Injection in Action Filters

PAGING

• What is Paging?
• Paging Implementation
• Concrete Query
• Improving the Solution

FILTERING

• What is Filtering?
• How is Filtering Different from Searching? How to Implement Filtering in ASPNET Core Web API  
• Sending and Testing a Query

SEARCHING

• What is Searching?
• Implementing Searching in Our Application
• Testing Our Implementation

SORTING

• What is Sorting?
• How to Implement Sorting in ASPNET Core Web API
• Implementation – Step by Step
• Testing Our Implementation
• Improving the Sorting Functionality

DATA SHAPING

• What is Data Shaping?
• How to Implement Data Shaping
• Step-by-Step Implementation
• Resolving XML Serialization Problems

SUPPORTING HATEOAS

• What is HATEOAS and Why is it so Important?
• Adding Links in the Project
• Additional Project Changes
• Adding Custom Media Types
• Implementing HATEOAS

WORKING WITH OPTIONS AND HEAD REQUESTS

• OPTIONS HTTP Request
• OPTIONS Implementation
• Head HTTP Request
• HEAD Implementation

ROOT DOCUMENT

• Root Document Implementation

VERSIONING APIS

• Required Package Installation and Configuration
• Versioning Examples

CACHING

• About Caching
• Adding Cache Headers
• Adding Cache-Store
• Expiration Model
• Validation Model
• Supporting Validation
• Using ETag and Validation

RATE LIMITING AND THROTTLING

• Implementing Rate Limiting

JWT AND IDENTITY

• Implementing Identity in ASPNET Core Project
• Creating Tables and Inserting Roles
• User Creation
• Big Picture
• About JWT
• JWT Configuration
• Protecting Endpoints
• Implementing Authentication
• Role-Based Authorization

DOCUMENTING API WITH SWAGGER

• About Swagger
• Swagger Integration Into Our Project
• Adding Authorization Support
• Extending Swagger Configuration

DEPLOYMENT TO IIS

• Creating Publish Files
• Windows Server Hosting Bundle
• Installing IIS
• Configuring Environment File
• Testing Deployed Application

PREPARING THE APPLICATION

• Modifying the launchSetting.json File
• Switching to an In-Memory Database
• Adding a Test Project and a Unit Test

THE DOCKER CLI THROUGH  EXAMPLES

• Short Intro to Docker on Windows

Why Docker?

• Scenario One: Using Docker to Keep Local Environments Clean
• Scenario Two: Using Docker to Test Your App in a Clean Environment
• Scenario Three: Persisting the Changes and Cross-Platform Development  

DOCKERIZING ASP.NET CORE APP  

• Creating a Dockerfile
• Creating a .dockerignore File
• Building the image
• Optimizing Even Further
• Just Run and Test Boys, Run, and  Test
• Creating Multistage Builds in Dockerfiles
• Adding a Server Certificate
• Some Useful Commands

MULTI-CONTAINER APPLICATIONS WITH DOCKER COMPOSE

• What is Docker Compose?
• Adding Docker Compose to Our Application.
• Building the Image With Compose
• Adding a MSSQL Database with Docker Compose

DOCKER HUB VS CREATING A LOCAL DOCKER REGISTRY  

• Difference Between Docker Repository and Docker Registry
• More About Docker Hub  
• Creating a Local Docker Registry
• Pushing Images to a Local Docker Registry.
• Use Cases for the