Making a Simple API | ASP.NET Core 101 [7 of 13]

We might want our application's data to be available to a mobile app in the future. Lots of web applications output HTML for people to see in their browser, and the best web apps also include a JSON API that allows others consume the data from JavaScript or any other language.

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[conradhaynes]

A superb example of an API and well explained. Thank you.

[conaxliu]

7:43 That is one problem with the framework. While the lightbulb is great, without knowing there's a WriteAsync method, users would rely on what the intellisense returns from the Response object. When they don't know about WriteAsync, they would never be typing that out for the lightbulb to show up.

[mh-studio]

Why the heck json serializer mess around when i don't need json in my project ? I just need simple get and post data like php? there is nothing wrong when create a new page for processing data instead put stuff like endpoint to replace the original one ? is it make your life easier or it just make you more confused and complex?

[joncm]

Added JsonView, but it does nothing. Tried on both Chrome and Edge, allowed URL access and so on, but no success.
Any help?

[danielveinberg]

I'm using 2022 and its different then what is in this video. Where can I find updated tutorial?

[kevinmackey]

JSONView seems to work for JSON data I find online, but not for the localhost...

[andrebr]

Hi.
Do you have an example how to connect to an mySql database?

[iftikharhussain]

Please make videos on CORS cross-origin-resource-sharing

[CymruCreator]

I really wish you'd be more explanitory regarding that rocket ship. I just don't understand what's going on here and I'm no stranger to c#

[CSryoh]

why concentrate on curly braces instead of explaining how that lambda => works? some types explanation would be nice.

[idiakosesunday]

Scott Hanselman looks so different away from twitter

[jk]

Hi, is any body know how to install JSONView for MS Edge? thanks.

[TheRonpe]

Not gonna lie. Part 3:50 - 6:55 makes me question if I actually know any C#. Got some var keywords in there with lambda expressions as an argument, and thinks looks a bit too much like JavaScript.

[teenspirit]

.net is really verbose and requires a lot of boilerplate just to start a web server. Look at that startup configuration file. "Use redirection"? Of course I will use redirection, what kind of functionality is that? "getservice jsonfileproductservice getproducts" ? Even in spring boot which is a giant mess you can still lazily initialize a service within the class. "Inject" or whatever it is caled. Gentleman and the lady are pretty good people, but .net is an uter waste of time.

[marcossoto]

I think you are great professionals but I think this is not the way of teaching something, I mean, you are just coding and using things that you already know, if we don't know nothing about .net this is so confusing and doesn't work (at least for me) for learning the ropes in .net.

Very lousy series for those trying to learn .net. It doesn't explain the architecture, it just trhows stuff on you and don say what or why they are doing what they are doing. Not a learning tool.

[BjorgenEatinger]

API is an acronym, NOT an "abbreviation."