Table of Contents

* Introduction to ASP.NET Web API * Introduction to Asynchronous Programming in .NET * HTTP, REST, and Hypermedia * HttpClient * Sample Application: Application Structure and Domain Model * Sample Application: Building the Web API * Sample Application: Building the Wrapper and Web Client * Routing * Controllers and Actions * Message Handlers * Filters * Media Type Formatters and Model Binding * Input Validation * Dependency Resolution * Unit Testing and Integration Testing * Optimization and Performance * Hosting * Tracing, Logging, and API Documentation

About the Author

Tugberk Ugurlu is a Web Developer and a Microsoft MVP who specializes in software for the tourism industry, where he has worked for the past 10 years. He works mostly with ASP.NET and its different frameworks such as ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET SignalR. After studying travel management at college, he was dragged into programming and has been passionate about ASP.NET and its siblings ever since. Although he gets paid for building software applications for tourism services and products, he is also a very involved member of the community and likes to share his knowledge with others through his blog (http://tugberkugurlu.com) and webcasts, by authoring books, and giving talks on various topics. He currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey and is married to his lovely wife, Nihan.