What you should know

Why an API

Web APIs with ASP.NET Core 8

Hello World with Visual Studio Code

Hello World, API style

Prerequisites and setup

Minimal APIs

REST basics

API design basics

Tools for API testing

HTTP in a nutshell

Controllers and actions

Routing basics

Creating a data model

Using entity framework core

Using ActionResult

Returning a list of items

Returning an item

Handling errors

Working with minimal APIs

Solution Searching items

Challenge Searching items

Making the API asynchronous

Model binding

HTTP methods

Model validation

Adding an item with POST

Deleting an item with DELETE

Challenge Deleting several items

Migrating the code to Minimal APIs

Solution Deleting several items

Next steps