REST Services using Web API Training Course

Essential Concepts

    Overview of REST
    HTTP methods, requests, responses, and headers
    Creating a simple REST service using Web API

Web API 2 Techniques

    Managing flexible HTTP requests and responses
    Dependency injection
    HTTP message handlers
    Filters
    File uploading

Model Binding

    REST and MIME types
    Content negotiation
    Media formatters for XML, JSON, and BSON
    Creating a custom model formatter
    Configuration

REST Clients

    Consuming REST services in .NET
    Consuming REST services in web and mobile clients
    Additional types of client

Managing Routes

    Web API routing mechanisms
    Route parameters
    Best practices for designing APIs and routes
    Architectural considerations and best practice

Working with OData

    Overview of OData
    Defining a data model
    Configuring an OData endpoint
    Implement CRUD operations
    Advanced techniques

Building Hypermedia-Driven REST Services

    Overview of Hypermedia
    Understanding HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State) constraints
    Understanding HAL (Hypertext Application Language)
    Implementing Hypermedia solutions using Web API

Security

    Using SSL and HTTPs
    Authentication and authorization options
    ASP.NET identity
    Using OAuth2
    Using Windows Azure ACLs
    Enabling Cross-Origin requests
    Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack

Practical Considerations

    Documenting a REST API
    Logging
    Error handling
    Testing
    Performance
    Scalability
    Versioning

Deployment and Hosting

    Deployment to IIS
    Deployment to Windows Azure
    Self-hosting using OWIN