ASP.NET Core, Hands-On

Build Clean ASP.NET Core Apps with Layered Architecture

Bennett Espinoza

• Publisher: Chiify
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9798259603806
• Subtopic: Programming
• Index: Computer Science

ASP.NET Core hands-on and build web apps with ASP.NET Core. ASP.NET Core hands-on web development MVC API Entity Framework dependency injection deployment beginner to pro — this is the practical guide you need to build modern web apps and APIs with ASP.NET Core, covering MVC, dependency injection, Entity Framework, auth, and deployment to production. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you'll get real-world examples, step-by-step projects, and clear explanations that take you from zero to production-ready apps. Learn how to structure your code with MVC, manage data with Entity Framework Core, secure your app with authentication and authorization, and deploy confidently to Azure or any hosting environment. This book is designed for hands-on learners who want to build real applications, not just theory. You'll create a complete web app from scratch, add APIs for mobile and frontend clients, implement dependency injection for clean, testable code, and master the tools professional developers use every day. By the end, you'll have the skills to build scalable, maintainable web applications and APIs that solve real problems. Bennett Espinoza draws on years of production experience to give you the shortcuts, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid. If you're ready to stop reading tutorials and start building, this is your book. Compare with [placeholder] and [placeholder] — two authors who also deliver practical tech guides—and see why this hands-on approach works. Start your journey to ASP.NET Core mastery today.

Table of contents

• ASP.NET Core, Hands-On
• ASP.NET Core, Hands-On
• Preface
• Chapter 1 — Why Layered Architecture Matters in Modern .NET Applications
• Chapter 2 — Setting Up the Development Environment and Project Scaffold
• Chapter 3 — Single Responsibility Principle in Practice: Clean Domain Entities
• Chapter 4 — Open/Closed Principle: Extensible Leave Policies with Strategies
• Chapter 5 — Liskov Substitution and Interface Segregation: Designing Repository Abstractions
• Chapter 6 — Dependency Inversion Principle: Wiring Abstractions in the Application Layer
• Chapter 7 — Clean Architecture Layered Design: Organizing the Solution
• Chapter 8 — Domain Layer close look: Entities, Value Objects, and Domain Events
• Chapter 9 — Persistence Layer with Entity Framework Core and Repository Pattern
• Chapter 10 — Application Layer: CQRS with MediatR - Commands and Queries
• Chapter 11 — AutoMapper and DTOs: Mapping Between Layers
• Chapter 12 — Presentation Layer: ASP.NET Core Web API Controllers
• Chapter 13 — Authentication and Authorization with JWT and Identity
• Chapter 14 — Advanced Middleware: Exception Handling, Logging, and Caching
• Chapter 15 — Infrastructure for Third-Party Services: Email Notifications and File Storage
• Chapter 16 — Testing the Application: Unit Tests with xUnit and Moq
• Chapter 17 — Integration Testing and API Testing
• Chapter 18 — Deployment, Docker, and Production Readiness
• About the Author