To get the most out of this book

Software/hardware covered in the book	Requirements
Visual Studio 2019	Windows 10, macOS
Atom	Windows 10, macOS, Linux: https://atom.io/
Azure resources	Azure subscription: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/
Azure Key Vault	Azure subscription: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/
The Morningstar API	Obtain your own API key from https://rapidapi.com/integraatio/api/morningstar1
Postman	Windows 10, macOS, Linux: https://www.postman.com/

It will be useful to have these in place before you start reading and working your way through the chapters.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

You should have basic experience using Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition or higher, and basic C# programming skills, including writing console applications. Many examples will be in the form of C# console applications. The main project use ASP.NET. It will help if you are capable of writing ASP.NET websites using the framework and core. However, don’t worry – you will be guided through the steps that you need to go through.