Section 3: Building an ASP.NET Backend

In this section, we will build the backend of our Q&A app by creating a REST API for interacting with questions and answers. We'll use Dapper behind the REST API to interact with the SQL Server database. We will learn techniques to make our backend perform and scale well. We will learn how to secure the REST API before consuming it from the frontend.

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 8, Interacting with the Database with Dapper
• Chapter 9, Creating REST API Endpoints
• Chapter 10, Improving Performance and Scalability
• Chapter 11, Securing the Backend
• Chapter 12, Interacting with RESTful APIs