Real-World Web Development with .NET 10: Build websites and services using mature and proven ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and Umbraco CMS

A hands-on guide to building modern websites and services with ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and Umbraco CMS, featuring practical patterns, real-world techniques, and proven workflows for .NET 10 developers.

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Key Features

• Master ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and OData to build robust web services
• Gain hands-on experience with web testing, security, and containerization techniques
• Learn how to implement Umbraco CMS for content management websites

Book Description

Using .NET for web development is a powerful way to build professional-grade websites and services. But moving from a basic project to a full-scale, production-ready system takes more than just business logic and views—it requires a deep understanding of architecture, maintainability, and scalability. Real-World Web Development with .NET 10 bridges that gap, guiding developers who want to build robust, secure, and maintainable web solutions using battle-tested .NET technologies.

You’ll start by designing structured websites using ASP.NET Core MVC, separating concerns, managing dependencies, and writing clean, testable code. From there, you’ll build RESTful services with Web API and use OData for rich, queryable endpoints. The book walks you through testing strategies and containerizing your applications. The final section introduces Umbraco CMS, showing you how to integrate content management into your site so end users can manage content independently.

By the end of the book, you'll be ready to build controller-based websites and services that are scalable, secure, and ready for real-world use while mastering Umbraco’s flexible, content-driven solutions—skills that are increasingly in demand across organizations and industries.

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What you will learn

• Build web applications using ASP.NET Core MVC with well-structured, maintainable code
• Develop secure and scalable RESTful services using Web API and OData
• Implement authentication and authorization for your applications
• Test and containerize your ASP .NET Core projects for smooth deployment
• Optimize application performance using caching and other techniques
• Use and implement Umbraco CMS effectively

Who this book is for

This book is for intermediate .NET developers with a solid grasp of C# and .NET fundamentals. It is ideal for developers looking to expand their skills in building professional controller-based web applications.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Real-World Web Development Using .NET
2. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
3. Model Binding, Validation, and Data Using EF Core
4. Building and Localizing Web User Interfaces
5. Authentication and Authorization
6. Performance and Scalability Optimization Using Caching
7. Web User Interface Testing Using Playwright
8. Configuring and Containerizing ASP.NET Core Projects
9. Building Services Using ASP.NET Core Web API
10. Building Clients for Web Services
11. Testing and Debugging Web Services
12. Building Web Services Using ASP.NET Core OData
13. Building Web Services Using FastEndpoints
14. Web Content Management Using Umbraco CMS
15. Customizing and Extending Umbraco CMS
16. Epilogue
17. Appendix A: Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions
18. Appendix B: Setting Up Your Development Environment

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years of experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught “train-the-trainer” classes to get Microsoft Certified Trainers up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark has spent most of his career training a wide variety of students, from 16-year-old apprentices to 70-year-old retirees, with the majority being professional developers. Mark holds a BSc in Computer Science.