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Must Learn ASP - Net Core Web API

This document outlines essential topics for learning ASP.NET Core Web API, including project setup, controllers, Entity Framework Core, dependency injection, and asynchronous programming. It also covers middleware, validation, authentication, and tools for API testing like Postman and Swagger. Additionally, it suggests bonus topics for further learning, such as API versioning and clean architecture.

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Must Learn ASP - Net Core Web API

This document outlines essential topics for learning ASP.NET Core Web API, including project setup, controllers, Entity Framework Core, dependency injection, and asynchronous programming. It also covers middleware, validation, authentication, and tools for API testing like Postman and Swagger. Additionally, it suggests bonus topics for further learning, such as API versioning and clean architecture.

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## ✅ **Essential ASP.

NET Core Web API Topics Checklist**

### 🔹 1. **Project Setup & Fundamentals**

* What is ASP.NET Core and how it's different from classic .NET

* Creating a Web API project

* Folder structure and responsibilities

* Understanding `Program.cs` and `Startup.cs` (or just `Program.cs` in .NET 6+)

* Minimal APIs vs Controller-based APIs (start with controller-based)

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### 🔹 2. **Controllers & Routing**

* Creating Controllers and Actions

* `[HttpGet]`, `[HttpPost]`, `[HttpPut]`, `[HttpDelete]` annotations

* Route attributes and conventional routing

* Route parameters and query strings

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### 🔹 3. **Entity Framework Core (EF Core) with SQL Server**

* Creating a `DbContext`
* Defining Models and Entities

* Configuring `DbContext` with SQL Server

* Performing CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)

* Running Migrations (`Add-Migration`, `Update-Database`)

* Using Fluent API and Data Annotations for validation

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### 🔹 4. **Dependency Injection (DI)**

* What is DI and how it works in ASP.NET Core

* Registering services in the DI container

* Injecting `DbContext` and custom services

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### 🔹 5. **DTOs and AutoMapper (optional but very useful)**

* Why we use DTOs (Data Transfer Objects)

* How to map between Models and DTOs manually

* Using AutoMapper for automatic mapping

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### 🔹 6. **Asynchronous Programming**


* `async` and `await` in API methods

* Why async is important for scalability

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### 🔹 7. **Middleware & Request Pipeline**

* What is middleware?

* Common built-in middleware: error handling, routing, etc.

* Adding custom middleware (optional but insightful)

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### 🔹 8. **Validation & Error Handling**

* Model validation using `[Required]`, `[StringLength]`, etc.

* Custom validation attributes

* Returning proper HTTP status codes and error messages

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### 🔹 9. **Authentication & Authorization (Later in Your Roadmap)**

* Basic intro to identity and role-based access


* JWT Token Authentication (common in enterprise APIs)

* Securing endpoints with `[Authorize]`

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### 🔹 10. **Postman or Swagger (API Testing)**

* Using **Swagger UI** (built-in from ASP.NET Core 5+)

* Using **Postman** to test API endpoints

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### 🔹 Bonus Topics to Learn Next (not required immediately)

* API Versioning

* Caching

* Logging (with Serilog, NLog, etc.)

* Rate limiting

* Clean Architecture (you can add this after learning the basics)

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Let me know if you'd like a **PDF checklist** or a **template GitHub repo** structure for a Web API
project to guide your learning even further!

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