You're reading from Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800207561

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows Terminal

Concepts

Web Utilities

Author (1):

Will Fuqua

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introducing the New Windows Terminal

2. Chapter 1: Getting started with the new Windows Terminal FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Learning the Windows Terminal UI

4. Chapter 3: Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile

5. Section 2: Configuring your Windows Terminal and its shells

6. Chapter 4: Customizing your Windows Terminal settings

7. Chapter 5: Changing your Windows Terminal appearance

8. Chapter 6: Setting up keyboard shortcuts

9. Chapter 7: Hidden Windows Terminal Actions

10. Chapter 8: Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro

11. Chapter 9: Tips for Using Ubuntu like an Expert

12. Section 3: Using your Windows Terminal for development

13. Chapter 10: Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal

14. Chapter 11: Building web applications with React

15. Chapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal

16. Chapter 13: Connecting to remote systems

17. Chapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix Windows Terminal Actions

Chapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal

In this chapter, we'll build a REST API and show how Windows Terminal can be an important tool in our workflow. Similar to the previous chapter, where we set up Windows Terminal for our frontend development, this chapter will show how to use Windows Terminal to accelerate our backend development.

A REST API is a popular type of server-side application. These applications are compatible with a wide range of other technologies, such as mobile apps, client-side web applications, and embedded devices. We will create a simple REST API that returns random weather forecasts.

We'll select C# as our programming language, running on the .NET platform. As we progress through the chapter, we'll set up .NET platform tools for Windows Terminal that make our lives easier and development more efficient. We'll learn how to experiment with C# in the terminal, as well as how to efficiently create, build, run, and test...