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Deep Dive into OWIN Katana

by kusnaditjung

Web specification and framework

ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side

by John Atten

When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api. Specifically, unwrapping the various types of errors which may be returned from a specific API action method, and translating the error content in

ASP.NET Core: Compile Once, Host Everywhere

by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

How to host a cross-platform ASP.NET Core application

ASP.NET Core and Web API: A Custom Wrapper for Managing Exceptions and Consistent Responses

by Vincent Maverick Durano

This article will talk about how to implement a custom wrapper for your ASP.NET Core and Web API applications for managing exceptions, providing meaningful and consistent responses to consumers.

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Paging and Sorting using ASP .NET Core Razor Page, Web API, and Entity Framework

by DotNetLead.com

How to implement paging and sorting to yield good performance

Secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication

by Aram Tchekrekjian

Easily secure ASP.NET Core Web API using API Key Authentication - just follow a few steps and secure your endpoints

Deep Dive into OWIN Katana

by kusnaditjung

Web specification and framework

Powering up your OutSystems Applications - Part 1- Integrating Web APIs to OutSystems

by William Antunes

In this article, I show you how to implement the Page Visibility API, as an example of using Web APIs in your applications.

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Deep Dive into OWIN Katana

17 Sep 2020

kusnaditjung

Web specification and framework

ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side

3 Oct 2014

John Atten

When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api. Specifically, unwrapping the various types of errors which may be returned from a specific API action method, and translating the error content in

ASP.NET Core: Compile Once, Host Everywhere

21 Nov 2016

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

How to host a cross-platform ASP.NET Core application

ASP.NET Core and Web API: A Custom Wrapper for Managing Exceptions and Consistent Responses

4 Jun 2020

Vincent Maverick Durano

This article will talk about how to implement a custom wrapper for your ASP.NET Core and Web API applications for managing exceptions, providing meaningful and consistent responses to consumers.

Formatters and Content Negotiation in ASP.NET Web API 2

5 Jul 2016

Akhil Mittal

This article will focus on practical aspects of formatters andcontent negotiation in ASP.NET Web API

ApiBoilerPlate: New Features and Improvements for Building ASP.NET Core 3 APIs

1 Dec 2019

Vincent Maverick Durano

The new version of ApiBoilerPlate has recently been released. In this post, we will take a look at the new features added to the template.

Introducing Server Side Analytics for ASP.NET Core

20 Aug 2018

TheQult

Simple middleware to add server side analytics functions to ASP.NET Core

CRUD Operations with ASP.NET Web API using FluentNHibernate, Repository Pattern

16 Oct 2014

Gaurav Aroraa

In this step-by-step article, we will discuss all about CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) operations with Web API using Repository pattern.

JWT Security Part 2, Secure REST service

4 Sep 2017

Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .Net Core

JWT Security Part 3, Secure MVC application

4 Sep 2017

Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .Net Core

Enable Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in ASP.NET Core

27 Oct 2016

Shashangka Shekhar

In this article, we will focus on how to enable CORS in ASP.NET Core application, get knowledge about CORS policy how we can share resource through different origin.

Angular 6 Application with Cosmos DB and Web API 2

12 Aug 2018

Sarathlal Saseendran

We will create an Angular 6 application with Cosmos DB and Web API 2.0.

Call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C#

29 Apr 2015

Mathi Mani

In this article we will learn how to call WebAPI's PUT method with complex input type from C# using model input

LiteApi internals (or how to build your own WebAPI middleware)

1 Jul 2017

Milan Stanacev

This article covers internal workings of LiteApi and explains aspects of creating MVC-like WebAPI middleware running on ASP.NET Core .

Sample MVC, AngularJs with WebAPI to Update DB

5 Oct 2017

Vijay Andugula

Example for database Update and Insert using Angular, Web APIs

Using SQL Server 2017 Docker Container for Local Web API development in .NET Core

14 Jul 2019

Viswanatha Swamy

In this article, we will be looking at how to use SQL Server 2017 Docker image for Local Web API development.

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OWASP #6 Preventing Sensitive Data Exposure in ASP.NET – Part 2

26 Feb 2016

Max R McCarty

How are you storing that sensitive application data and should you be?

ASP.NET Core with AutoWrapper: Customizing the Default Response Output

18 Oct 2019

Vincent Maverick Durano

Highlights the detail about what's new in AutoWrapper Version 2. AutoWrapper is a simple, yet customizable global exception handler and response wrapper for ASP.NET Core APIs

Utilizing Errors To Improve High Availability in Parallel API Deployments

25 May 2018

gptankit

An approach to making better use of cluster error feedback

Professional Application Development in MEAN Stack

21 Nov 2018

Yaseer Mumtaz

This is a complete professional MEAN stack application development series for beginners where we will learn the MEAN stack from scratch.

API Created in Flask

1 Feb 2019

WasiUllah Khan

Created an API for my DropBox file uploader using Flask

MebhiChokiDAR – Tweet Sentiment Analysis and More Using Microsoft Flow

22 Mar 2019

Rajat-Indiandotnet

How to do sentiment analysis using few clicks and see live graphical representation using Power BI live feed

Plantronics Legend UC Headset – A Call Center Example

28 Feb 2013

Jeffrey T. Fritz

Plantronics Legend UC Headset – A Call Center Example

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Watermarking Documents for Security in an HTML5 Viewer Session

23 Mar 2015

Accusoft, Ned Averill-Snell

Watermarking in an HTML5 viewer allows sharing sensitive document content while curbing the potential for unauthorized use. This paper shows how the application of JSON properties in the body of an HTTP viewing session request can be used to apply watermarking to a document.

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Powering up your OutSystems Applications - Part 1- Integrating Web APIs to OutSystems

12 Aug 2020

William Antunes

In this article, I show you how to implement the Page Visibility API, as an example of using Web APIs in your applications.

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ASP.NET Web Api 2.2: Create a Self-Hosted OWIN-Based Web Api from Scratch

26 Jan 2015

John Atten

Building up a lean, minimal Web Api application from scratch is a terrific way to become more familiar with how things work under the hood in a Web Api (or any other ASP.NET) project.

RESTful Day #8: Unit Testing and Integration Testing in WebAPI using NUnit and Moq framework (Part2)

7 Mar 2016

Akhil Mittal

In this article we’ll learn on how to write unit tests for WebAPI controllers i.e. REST’s actual endpoints.

Speed up ASP.NET Core WEB API application. Part 3

2 Oct 2019

Eduard Silantiev

Deep refactoring and refinement of ASP.NET Core WEB API application code

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RESTful Day #9: OData in ASP.NET Web APIs

1 Apr 2016

Akhil Mittal

This is the last article of the RESTful series in which I’ll explain how you can leverage OData capabilities in ASP.NET WebAPI. I’ll explain what OData is and we’ll create OData enabled RESTful services.

Real-Time Poll Vote Results Using SignalR 2, MVC, Web API 2, jQuery And HighCharts

17 Oct 2016

Vincent Maverick Durano

In this article, we will learn how to implement a simple Real-Time poll vote results using SignalR 2, MVC, Web API 2, jQuery and HighCharts.

Dynamic Pivot Grid Using MVC, AngularJS And WEB API 2

6 Dec 2015

syed shanu

In this article we will see in detail how to create a simple MVC Pivot HTML Grid using AngularJS and Web API 2.

Creating Web Based Music Player System Using MVC and AngularJs

18 Sep 2016

syed shanu

In this article, we will learn how to create a simple web based music player system using MVC, AngularJS and Web API.

JavaScript oAuth

10 Jul 2014

Ricardo Lynch

Using JavaScript for oAuth with three major identity providers: Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

Learn NServiceBus from .NET Core WebAPI

13 Aug 2018

Gunnar S

Convert an existing .NET Core WebAPI application to NServiceBus

JWT Security Part 1, Create Token

4 Sep 2017

Bart-Jan Brouwer

Learn how to create JWT and use with WebApi, REST and MVC all build with .Net Core

RESTful Day #5: Security in Web APIs-Basic Authentication and Token based custom Authorization in Web APIs using Action Filters

1 Mar 2016

Akhil Mittal

This article will explain how to make WebAPI secure using Basic Authentication and Token based authorization.

Token Based Authentication for Web API where Legacy User Database is used

18 May 2017

Abhijit S Kulkarni

Token Based Authentication for Web API

VITA – A Powerful and Flexible ORM and Additional Building Blocks for .NET Applications

10 Mar 2017

Dave Clemmer

Going over key features of the VITA open source ORM and .net application framework, with sample SPAs using the MVC/AngularJS/WebApi/VITA technology stack.

ApiBoilerPlate: A Project Template for Building ASP.NET Core APIs in .NET Core 3.x

1 Oct 2019

Vincent Maverick Durano

A simple yet organized project template for building ASP.NET Core APIs in .NET Core 3.x

Developing a sample project in Repository Design Pattern with the combination of Entity Frameworks (Code First), Unit of Work Testing, Web API, ASP.NET MVC 5 and Bootstrap

24 Oct 2016

Kelum Priyadarshane

This project developed using combination of Entity Framework 6.0 + Code First Approach + Web API 2 + Repository Pattern + ASP.NET MVC 5 + SQL Server 2012 + Unit of Work Testing + Bootstrap.

ASP.NET MVC Tooltip using Web API, Bootstrap Popover and jQuery UI dialog

20 Jul 2017

Bryian Tan

The author is sharing an article on how to create a help tooltip for a HTML element using Web API, Bootstrap Popover and jQuery UI dialog

.NET Core Web API: The Least You Need To Know (Part 1 of 2)

20 May 2020

raddevus

A quick article to walk you through building your .NET Web API and posting to it via AJAX (using JSON)

Draw MVC Chart Using Web API, AngularJS And JQuery

22 May 2016

syed shanu

RESTful Day #4: Custom URL Re-Writing/Routes using Attribute Routing in MVC 4 Web APIs

1 Mar 2016

Akhil Mittal

In this article I’ll explain how to write your own custom routes using Attribute Routing.

RESTful Day #6: Request logging and Exception handling/logging in Web APIs using Action Filters, Exception Filters and NLog

1 Mar 2016

sachin verma, Akhil Mittal

This article of the series will explain how we can handle requests and log them for tracking and for the sake of debugging, how we can handle exceptions and log them. We’ll follow a centralized way of handling exceptions in WebAPI and write our custom classes to be mapped to the type of exception th

RESTful Day #2: Inversion of control using dependency injection in Web APIs using Unity Container and Bootstrapper

1 Mar 2016

Akhil Mittal

My article will explain how we can make our Web API service architecture loosely coupled and more flexible.

Student Data Bank: An ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, EF Codefirst, Task, ESB showcase

9 Apr 2015

Omar Al Zabir

An example Web application showcasing the amazing features of ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, EF together with ESB to build a secure, reliable, REST based web api, and web frontend.

Simple Transaction: Microservices Sample Architecture for .NET Core Application

21 Mar 2019

John-ph

Microservices sample architecture for .NET Core Application

Speed Up ASP.NET Core WEB API Application: Part 1

2 Oct 2019

Eduard Silantiev

Create a test RESTful WEB API service using ASP.NET Core 2.1

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Dockerize ASP.NET Boilerplate Projects

21 Feb 2018

alirıza adıyahşi

Creating a web farm on docker container with using redis, haproxy and abp module zero core template.

Securing ASP.NET Web API when consumed by other .NET Application

15 Oct 2016

Saineshwar Bageri

In this article we are going to have a look on how to secure WEBAPI.

.Net Core RESTful or WebAPI MVC Web Application

7 Aug 2017

Bart-Jan Brouwer

Modern design example for .NET Core MVC with RESTful service

Use SQL to develop your REST API

20 Jan 2017

Ole Oren

Fast and simple REST development for SQL devs

Securing ASP.NET Web API using Custom Token Based Authentication

20 Apr 2017

Saineshwar Bageri

In this article, we are going to learn how to secure asp.net web API using custom token based authentication.

Building a Kanban board application using AngularJS, WebApi, SignalR and HTML5

23 Aug 2014

Sul Aga

Building a Kanban board web application using AngularJS, WebApi, SignalR and HTML5

JSON and Microsoft Technologies

13 Jul 2014

Marla Sukesh

How to work with JSON using ASP.NET Webforms, MVC, WCF and WebAPI

ASP.NET MVC Single Page App with Upida/Jeneva (Frontend/AngularJS)

9 Sep 2019

vladimir husnullin

This article shows how to create a single page web applciation using AngularJS. It will be helpful for people willing to study Angular and MVVM practices.

.NET Core On Mac - Building An ASP.NET Core App With Web API, EF, PostgreSQL And Running It On Docker

14 Nov 2016

Vincent Maverick Durano

A quick demo tutorial on how to setup .NET Core on Mac and creating a simple ASP.NET Core app that talks to PostgreSQL database, and running it on Docker.

MVC Web API and AngularJS For Are You Genius Game

4 Oct 2015

syed shanu

This article shows how to create a Are You Genius game using MVC, AngularJS and Web API 2.

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Logging and Exception handling, Versioning in ASP.NET WEB API

3 Jul 2018

Saineshwar Bageri

In this article, we are going to learn how to log each request and response of an API such that it helps to maintain log

ASP.NET Core: Building a Real-Time Online Poll System with SignalR 2, jQuery, EF Core, Core MVC and Web API 2

5 Aug 2016

Vincent Maverick Durano

This series of article will walk you through on building a simple Online Poll System with real-time updates using SignalR 2, jQuery, Core EF, Core MVC and Web API 2.We will take a look at how each of the technologies will be used within ASP.NET Core 1.0.

Simple Authentication using Jwt in Asp.Net Web Api 2.2

3 Nov 2015

Stewart Mbofana

In this article we examine how to use Json Web tokens as an authentication mechanism in Asp.Net Web Api 2.2.

Creating Self Hosted ASP.NET WebAPI with CRUD operations in Visual Studio 2010

14 Apr 2016

Akhil Mittal

In this article I’ll explain how we can host aWebAPI in another process independent of IIS.

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Use QNetworkAccessManager for synchronous downloads

24 Oct 2013

Norbert Schlia

How to use QNetworkAccessManager to download files synchronously from the web.

A Beginner's Tutorial for Understanding and Implementing ASP.NET Web API

26 Sep 2013

Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will talk about the basics of ASP.NET Web API.

ASP.NET Identity 2.0: Introduction to Working with Identity 2.0 and Web API 2.2

6 Nov 2014

John Atten

In recent posts, I've covered a lot of ground using ASP.NET Identity 2.0 in the context of an MVC application. Since it's RTM in March of this year, Identity 2.0 has offered a substantial expansion of the Authentication/Authorization . toolset available to MVC applications. Similarly, Identity 2.0

Dynamic Project Scheduling Using MVC and AngularJS

2 Aug 2015

syed shanu

In this article we will create a simple dynamic project scheduling from a database using a Stored Procedure using MVC and AngularJS.

An ASP.NET Application using Typescript, AngularJS, RequireJS, AngularJS-BootStrap UI, WebAPI, Entity Framework.

23 Mar 2016

Prince Cheruvathur

This article provides simple steps for creating a template for ASP.Net application using AngularJS, RequireJS and Typescript using AMD module system.

Introduction to AngularJS and WebAPI

9 Feb 2015

Serge Jerkezian

The article covers the basic architecture of AngularJS and how to connect it to a WebAPI.

Easy Kids Learn Using MVC and AngularJS

8 Mar 2016

syed shanu

In this article you will learn how to create Kids Learn game using MVC and AngularJS

Step by Step working of JSON with all technologies

10 Jun 2015

Pradeep Shet

This article is intended to all those developers who are working on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with JavaScript/JQuery. Here I tried to show all the possible ways of handling JSON from client like XMLHttpRequest, JQuery Ajax, Angular js with Web Service, WCF Rest, Asp.NET Web Forms, MVC, MVC

Load while scrolling

27 Jul 2012

Manjunath Shrikantiah

Following Article will show how to load real time data while user scrolls.

Extended XML Serializer for .NET

21 Nov 2017

Wojciech Nagórski

Extended XML Serializer for .NET 4 and .NET CORE with WebApi and ASP Core integration.

.NET Core Web API : The Least You Need To Know (Part 2 of 2)

20 May 2020

raddevus

Post to your Web API via the XmlHttpRequest - learn how to set up headers, data for body, etc.

Developing an Extensible Web API

2 Jul 2019

Mustafa Kok

Developing a very simple Web API architecture using ASP.NET Web API2 whose operations can be extended by just adding new operation types

Web API – A Solid Approach

7 Jan 2018

L. Michael

This article demonstrates how to, very easily, create a lean Web API on top of a .NET library of stateless services. Although the sample code is quite simple, the described architecture is rock-solid.

Export to Excel using NPOI - C# and WEB API

12 Aug 2019

Mohammed Dawood Ansari

"How to export the List into an Excel file" in a generic way using NPOI with .NET/.NET Core WEB API

ASP.NET Core and Blazor on Mac: Dockerizing Applications

6 Oct 2018

Vincent Maverick Durano

A step-by-step demo on how to build and dockerize ASP.NET Core and Blazor apps on MacOS.

MVC AngularJS Master/Detail CRUD, Filter And Sorting Using WEB API 2 With Stored Procedure

18 Aug 2016

syed shanu

In this article you will learn about MVC AngularJS Master/Detail CRUD, Filter and Sorting using WEB API 2 with Stored Procedure.

A Beginner's Tutorial on ASP.NET WebApi Hosting(IIS Hosting and Self Hosting)

26 Dec 2013

Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article we will look at the various ways of hosting ASP.NET WebApi.

File Upload using jQuery AJAX in ASP.NET Web API

8 Sep 2014

Dukhabandhu Sahoo

Simple way to upload file using jQuery AJAX in ASP.NET Web API

Migrating to Bower and Gulp with Visual Studio 2015

4 Dec 2015

Alexander Siniouguine

Discover Bower and Gulp with Visual Studio 2015

Validating Incoming JSON using Upida/Jeneva.Net

16 Jan 2014

vladimir husnullin

This article describes how to implement incoming JSON data validation

Create an ASP.NET Web API web service to send authenticated emails with Office 365

21 Aug 2015

alvinloh

How to create a centralized web service to send authenticated emails through Office 365 using ASP.NET Web API

Non-Tech Factors to Consider When Choosing Your Tech Stack

1 Jun 2016

Kevin Griffin

Because it is so challenging, many developers concentrate on the technical aspects of selecting a stack while ignoring the developers themselves. If you are the technical director of a project, you cannot proclaim "this is the stack we will use" without considering important non-technical aspects.

Creating a Clean, Minimal-Footprint ASP.NET WebAPI Project with VS 2012 and ASP.NET MVC 4

13 Nov 2013

John Atten

Creating a clean, minimal-footprint ASP.NET WebAPI project with VS 2012 and ASP.NET MVC 4.

PDF Document Display and File Downloads with Angular, AngularJS, and Web API

22 Feb 2020

Shenwei Liu

A sample web application and discussions on creating, displaying, and downloading PDF documents with Web API data sources (including ASP.NET Core), client Angular CLI or AngularJS Components, and resolutions for web browser compatibility to handle PDF documents.

Using Specflow to Test Web API - PART 1

7 Mar 2017

Veronica S. Zotali

Using SpecFlow to Test Web API

IdentityServer3, WebAPI , MVC, ASP.NET Identity, Specflow: The Magnificent Five

29 May 2017

Veronica S. Zotali

This article shows how to configure IdentityServer3, when you need to authenticate and authorize usage of your WebAPI/MVC, for users stored in SQL Server.

Clean Factory Design Pattern with IoC Container

15 Dec 2017

kusnaditjung

Coding principles

Client Side Web Application Primer

13 Nov 2013

Super Lloyd

Sample Web Application using TypeScript, KnockoutJS, WebAPI, and T4 Templates.

AngularJS // BootStrap / typescript / TypeLite / Font awesone / ASP.NET Web API 2

19 Feb 2016

mbruchet

How to make a multipleplateforme compatible mobile user interface with AngularJS // BootStrap / typescript / TypeLite / Font awesone.

Developing back-ends with Enterlib.NET and WebAPI

11 Jul 2017

Ansel Castro

Develop SOLID back-ends exposed through a REST API with ODATA support and DTO mapping using Enterlib.NET.

AutoWrapper: Prettify Your ASP.NET Core APIs with Meaningful Responses

4 Oct 2019

Vincent Maverick Durano

In this post, we will take a look at how we can beautify our ASP.NET Core API responses using AutoWrapper.

ASP.NET 5: Jump Start to AngularJS with MVC 6 Web API

8 Jun 2016

Vincent Maverick Durano

ASP.NET 5: Jump Start to AngularJS with MVC 6 Web API

Azure Storage Account Part 2: Upload Files in Blob Storage using C#

6 Jan 2019

Arkadeep De

How to upload files in blob storage using C#

Diving into AngularJS Part-1

23 May 2015

ChakriKAC

This article will help you to understand Angular JS right form basics

WebApiClientGen vs Swashbuckle plus NSwag

8 May 2020

Zijian

Compare what is supported in WebApiClientGen and NSwagStudio

Angular 2 & .NET Core developing web app From Scratch Part 1 : Implementing restful web server

2 Feb 2017

O.Nasri

Great article to learn how you can create web application from scratch using Angular2 & .NET CORE WEB API

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ASP.NET Core 2.1: Integrating VMD.RESTApiResponseWrapper.Core to Your REST API Application

16 Nov 2018

Vincent Maverick Durano

A quick tutorial on how to integrate VMD.RESTApiResponseWrapper.Core library into your ASP.NET Core 2.1 REST API application

ASP.NET Web Api: Unwrapping HTTP Error Results and Model State Dictionaries Client-Side

3 Oct 2014

John Atten

When working with ASP.NET Web Api from a .NET client, one of the more confounding things can be handling the case where errors are returned from the Api. Specifically, unwrapping the various types of errors which may be returned from a specific API action method, and translating the error content in