Create a StarChart Web API using ASP.NET Core

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Create a StarChart Web API using ASP.NET Core

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Nov 03, 2025

Duration

1h 3m

Challenge

Add And Configure Middleware in Startup.cs

Configure your application to use MVC Framework as well as an-in memory database using EntityFramework. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module1solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module1solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Create CelestialObject Model

Create the CelestialObject model and add to the ApplicationDbContext to make it accessible to EntityFramework. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module2solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module2solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Create The CelestialObjectController Class

Create the CelestialObjectController class and configure and setup a Route as well as set it up to dependency inject our ApplicationDbContext ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module2solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module2solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Create CelestialObjectController's Get Actions

Create the CelestialObjectController's GetById, GetByName, and GetAll actions with the appropriate HttpVerbs. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module3solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module3solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Create CelestialObjectController's Post, Put, Patch, and Delete Actions

Create CelestialObjectController's Create, Update, UpdateName, and Delete actions with the appropriate HttpVerbs. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module4solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module4solution to switch branches.

About the author

Eric Fisher

Eric is a software developer who is passionate about always learning and improving. When he's not writing code, you'll find him playing computer games, guitar, disc golf, or learning something new.

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