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ASP.NET Core 10 Web API

12 Courses
7 Labs
38 Hours
Skill IQ

This learning path is actively in production. More content will be added to this page as it gets published and becomes available in the library. Planned content includes:

**Platform Orientation & Core API Fundamentals** - ASP.NET Core 10: The Big Picture - Exploring Web Frameworks in ASP.NET Core 10 - Getting Started with ASP.NET Core 10 Web API - Guided: Building Your First ASP.NET Core Web API Endpoint - ASP.NET Core 10 Web API Essentials: Supporting Databases, Searching, Filtering and Paging - ASP.NET Core 10 Web API Essentials: Securing, Versioning, Documenting and Deploying Your API - Building AI-augmented ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Guided: Building AI-augmented Endpoints in ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Managing Configuration and Options in ASP.NET Core 10 - Applying Dependency Injection & Middleware in ASP.NET Core 10

**Core API Development** - Building Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 10 - Guided: Extending a Minimal API with CRUD Operations and Validation - Implementing Validation, Filters, and Error Handling in ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Generating OpenAPI Contracts in ASP.NET Core 10 - Minimal APIs Deep Dive in ASP.NET Core 10 - Guided: Building and Versioning an OpenAPI-First ASP.NET Core 10 Minimal API - Microservice Architecture in ASP.NET Core 10 - Versioning ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Designing and Evolving ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Building Resilient ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Guided: Making ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs More Resilient - Developing an Asynchronous ASP.NET Core 10 Web API - Using gRPC Services in ASP.NET Core 10 - API Performance & Protection: Rate Limiting, HybridCache, Health Checks - Guided: Hardening ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs with Rate Limiting, HybridCache, and Health Checks

**API Security, Identity & Protection** - Implementing Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Core 10 Web API - Securing ASP.NET Core 10 with OAuth2 & OpenID Connect - Guided: Securing an ASP.NET Core 10 API with OAuth2 Client Credentials Flow

**API Quality, Observability & Troubleshooting** - Building Cloud-ready Applications with Aspire - Logging, Monitoring and Observability in ASP.NET Core 10 Web API - Guided: Adding Observability in ASP.NET Core 10 Web API - Testing ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs - Guided: Testing ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs

**Applied End-to-End Solution** - Building an End-to-end SPA Using ASP.NET Core 10 Web API and React

Content in this path
Platform Orientation & Core API Fundamentals

Learn how ASP.NET Core 10 Web APIs work, from application startup and request handling to configuration, dependency injection, and the API hosting model.

Core API Development

Build modern, API-first services using Minimal APIs, including routing, validation, error handling, versioning, and OpenAPI documentation.

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What You'll Learn
  • Building APIs with ASP.NET Core 10 and Minimal APIs
  • Designing API-first services with OpenAPI
  • Implementing authentication and authorization with OAuth2/OIDC
  • Applying validation, versioning, and error handling patterns
  • Hardening APIs with rate limiting, caching, and resilience features
  • Adding observability, logging, and testing to Web APIs
  • Building AI-augmented and streaming API endpoints
  • Preparing APIs for cloud and distributed deployment with Aspire
Prerequisites
  • Basic proficiency in C# and .NET
  • Familiarity with HTTP, REST, and JSON
  • Introductory knowledge of ASP.NET Core concepts
  • Experience building simple web or API projects
  • Comfort using Visual Studio or VS Code
  • Basic understanding of dependency injection
  • Awareness of authentication and authorization concepts
Related topics
  • asp.net core 10
  • asp.net core 10 web api
  • C#
  • .NET
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