What you'll learn

Building robust web APIs requires efficient data access and persistence strategies. In this course, ASP.NET Core 10 Web API Essentials: Supporting Databases, Searching, Filtering, and Paging, you'll gain the ability to integrate Entity Framework Core into your ASP.NET Core Web APIs using industry best practices. First, you'll explore setting up EF Core with migrations, database seeding, and connection management. Next, you'll discover how to implement the repository pattern with async operations and AutoMapper for trustworthy data mapping. Finally, you'll learn how to implement advanced querying features like searching, filtering, and paging, plus when to introduce a service layer for complex business logic. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to build scalable, maintainable, and performant Web APIs.