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ASP.NET 8 Best Practices

You're reading from   ASP.NET 8 Best Practices Explore techniques, patterns, and practices to develop effective large-scale .NET web apps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837632121
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jonathan R. Danylko Jonathan R. Danylko
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Taking Control with Source Control 2. Chapter 2: CI/CD – Building Quality Software Automatically FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Best Approaches for Middleware 4. Chapter 4: Applying Security from the Start 5. Chapter 5: Optimizing Data Access with Entity Framework Core 6. Chapter 6: Best Practices with Web User Interfaces 7. Chapter 7: Testing Your Code 8. Chapter 8: Catching Exceptions with Exception Handling 9. Chapter 9: Creating Better Web APIs 10. Chapter 10: Push Your Application with Performance 11. Chapter 11: Appendix 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using a task runner

In this section, we’ll explain what a task runner is, what its responsibilities are, how to automatically execute it when building the solution, and provide some examples of how to use it.

As developers, we are always looking for better ways to quickly automate tasks. With JavaScript frameworks, this task is essential, especially when building the solution in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The consistent repetition of certain tasks becomes monotonous and takes away from development time. Why not have a computer process the work?

As developers, the need to include a task runner section in this chapter is meant to show developers how to automate tasks to make client-side endeavors more efficient. In recent years, I’ve experienced developers who’ve never used a task runner for client-side tasks or even know what it is. A task runner is a tremendous benefit to all developers.

What is a task runner?

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