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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800206694

Length 478 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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.NET

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Full Stack Web Development

Author (1):

Devlin Basilan Duldulao

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with ASP.NET Core and Vue.js FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Development Environment

4. Section 2: Backend Development

5. Chapter 3: Starting Your First ASP.NET Core Project

6. Chapter 4: Applying Clean Architecture to an ASP.NET Core Solution

7. Chapter 5: Setting Up DbContext and Controllers

8. Chapter 6: Diving into CQRS

9. Chapter 7: CQRS in Action

10. Chapter 8: API Versioning and Logging in ASP.NET Core

11. Chapter 9: Securing ASP.NET Core

12. Chapter 10: Performance Enhancement with Redis

13. Section 3: Frontend Development

14. Chapter 11: Vue.js Fundamentals in a Todo App

15. Chapter 12: Using a UI Component Library and Creating Routes and Navigations

16. Chapter 13: Integrating a Vue.js Application with ASP.NET Core

17. Chapter 14: Simplifying State Management with Vuex and Sending GET HTTP Requests

18. Chapter 15: Sending POST, DELETE, and PUT HTTP Requests in Vue.js with Vuex

19. Chapter 16: Adding Authentication in Vue.js

20. Section 4: Testing and Deployment

21. Chapter 17: Input Validations in Forms

22. Chapter 18: Writing Integration Tests Using xUnit

23. Chapter 19: Automatic Deployment Using GitHub Actions and Azure

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