Professional developers will produce leaner applications for the [...] Core platform using the guidance in this best-selling book, now in its 9th edition and updated for [...] Core for .NET 6. It contains detailed explanations of the [...] Core platform and the application frameworks it supports. This cornerstone guide puts [...] Core for .NET 6 into context and dives deep into the tools and techniques required to build modern, extensible web applications. New features and capabilities such as MVC, Razor Pages, Blazor Server, and Blazor WebAssembly are covered, along with demonstrations of how they are applied.

[...] Core for .NET 6 is the latest evolution of Microsoft's [...] web platform and provides a "host-agnostic" framework and a high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility.

Author Adam Freeman has thoroughly revised this market-leading book and explains how toget the most from [...] Core for .NET 6. He starts with the nuts-and-bolts topics, teaching you about middleware components, built-in services, request model binding, and more. As you gain knowledge and confidence, he introduces increasingly more complex topics and advanced features, including endpoint routing and dependency injection. He goes in depth to give you the knowledge you need.

This book follows the same format and style as the popular previous editions but brings everything up to date for the new [...] Core for .NET 6 release and broadens the focus to include all of the [...] Core platform. You will appreciate the fully worked case study of a functioning [...] Core application that you can use as a template for your own projects.

What You Will Learn

• Explore the entire [...] Core platform
• Apply the new [...] Core for .NET 6 features in your developer environment
• See how to create RESTful web services, web applications, and client-side applications
• Build on your existing knowledge to get up and running with new programming models quickly and effectively

This book is for web developers with a basic knowledge of web development and C# who want to incorporate the latest improvements and functionality in [...] Core for .NET 6 into their own projects.

Adam Freeman is an experienced IT professional who has held senior positions in a range of companies, most recently serving as chief technology officer and chief operating officer of a global bank. Now retired, he spends his time writing and long-distance running.