An endeavor to make understand the concepts related to REST, or RESTful services, Web API, or Web Services, SOAP services with the help of illustration and practical examples. The whole subject has been turned into a practical guide to make the subject easy and quick to understand.
The concepts of REST and Web API will help you make an efficient framework for building a varied kind of applications. Consuming Web API, with a loosely coupled layered architecture, you can make an agile and dynamic application running on cloud.
By using the Visual Studio Express Edition, development and testing is easy and resourceful. Introduction and hands on of the ORM, Entity Model, Entity framework, the data model and designing easily understood.
This book takes you through different stages of a REST API–based application development process using REST which explains the basics of the REST, MVC framework assuming the readers understand C#. We will cover database integration, Entity Model, Entity Framework, understanding REST services, REST APIs performing CRUD operations, user authentication, third-party library integrations, testing, deployment, and application monitoring.
At the end of this book, you will have a fair understanding of REST, Entity Model, Entity Framework, MVC, testing, deploying, and using Visual Studio Express Edition, which will open doors to understanding REST API development.