What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Started with the ASP.NET Web API, introduces the ASP.NET Web API framework and provides an overview of its application and internals. It will guide you through the stages of creating a Web API and deploying it in Microsoft Azure.
Chapter 2, Extending the ASP.NET Web API, discusses various extensibility and customization options available in the ASP.NET Web API framework. It guides the reader through various extension points, such as custom routing, message formatters, content negotiation, and securing a Web API. It also discusses various hosting options for deploying Web APIs.
Chapter 3, API Management, provides a set of tools that assist API developers in managing and monitoring Web APIs. We will discuss various options of publishing, marketing, monitoring, and managing a Web API using API management.
Chapter 4, Developing a Web API for Mobile Apps, provides an overview of Mobile Services and walks through a scenario of creating a Web API using Mobile Services. Mobile Services provides an easy-to-use environment to rapidly build cross-platform apps for Windows, iOS, Android, and other platforms. Its rich built-in capabilities for managing backend login, data, authentication, and notifications makes it a compelling option for developing mobile applications.
Chapter 5, Connecting Applications with Microsoft Azure Service Bus, discusses Windows Azure Service Bus, which allows for related and brokered messaging using a range of different features (such as Topics and Queues).
Chapter 6, Creating Hybrid Services, demonstrates how to create Hybrid Services to connect on-premises Large Object (LOB) / database to cloud-based applications. Essentially, this chapter builds on the previous chapter, demonstrating how you can use the elements of the Service Bus to create Hybrid applications. It will also demonstrate how to effectively maintain these applications.
Chapter 7, Data Services in the Cloud – an Overview of ADO.NET and Entity Framework, explores how to create data services in the cloud using Entity Framework and ADO.NET.
Chapter 8, Data Services in the Cloud – Microsoft Azure Storage, explores how you can use cloud-based Azure Storage technologies.
Chapter 9, Data Services in the Cloud – NoSQL in Microsoft Azure, explores how to use DocumentDB, a fully managed, highly scalable NoSQL data management service based on Azure, as well as ways to start using other open source Azure options such as MongoDB.
