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- Project format is changing to a single JSON file
- ASP.NET MVC and Web API have been unified into a single programming model
- Project Roslyn allows for a “no-compile” developer experience while making updates
- Migration to a OWIN hosting model allows for flexibility in production web hosts (IIS or running on Linux via Mono)

ASP.NET Core is a completely new web framework for building modern cloud-based web applications. In this presentation learn all about ASP.NET Core and including the latest features and innovations in MVC. You’ll see how you can build applications that run cross-platform on Windows, Mac and Linux via .NET Core. You’ll also see how ASP.NET Core MVC gives you a unified web programming model for building both web UI and web APIs.
 

dotnet new webapi --minimal -o YourDirectoryPath:\YourFolderName

version: '3.1'

services:

  db:
    image: postgres
    container_name: db
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_USERNAME: postgres
      POSTGRES_DB: BloggingDb
    ports:
        - "5432:5432"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/data/db

  adminer:
    image: adminer
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
  
  pgadmin4:
    image: dpage/pgadmin4
    restart: always
    environment:
      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: pgadmin4@pgadmin.org
      PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: admin
      PGADMIN_CONFIG_SERVER_MODE: 'False'
    ports:
      - 5050:80
    volumes:
      - pgadmin:/var/lib/pgadmin
    depends_on:
      - db

volumes:
  postgres_data:
  pgadmin:

docker compose up -d

"ConnectionStrings": {
    "BloggingContext": "Username=postgres;Password=postgres;Server=localhost;Database=BloggingDb”
}

dotnet add package Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design

namespace NpgsqlAPI.Models;

public class Post
{
    public int PostId { get; set; }
    public string Title { get; set; } = null!;
    public string Content { get; set; } = null!;

    public int BlogId { get; set; }
    public Blog Blog { get; set; } = null!;
}

namespace NpgsqlAPI.Models;

public class Blog
{
    public int BlogId { get; set; }
    public string? Url { get; set; }

    public List<Post>? Posts { get; set; }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using NpgsqlAPI.Models;

namespace NpgsqlAPI.Data;

public class BloggingContext : DbContext
{
    public BloggingContext(DbContextOptions<BloggingContext> options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }
    public DbSet<Blog> Blogs => Set<Blog>();
    public DbSet<Post

using NpgsqlAPI.Models;

namespace NpgsqlAPI.Services.Blogs;
public interface IBlogServices
{
    Task<IEnumerable<Blog>> GetList();
    Task<Blog?> Get(uint id);
    Task<uint> Add(Blog obj);
    Task AddRange(Blog[] obj);
    Task Update(Blog obj);
    Task UpdateRange(Blog[] obj);
    Task Remove(uint id);
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using NpgsqlAPI.Data;
using NpgsqlAPI.Models;

namespace NpgsqlAPI.Services.Blogs;
public sealed class BlogEFServices : IBlogServices
{
    private readonly BloggingContext _context;
    public BlogEFServices(BloggingContext context)
    {
        _context = context;
    }

    public async Task<uint> Add(Blog obj)
    {
        await _context.Blogs.AddAsync(obj);
        return (uint)await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async Task AddRange(Blog[] obj)
    {
        await _context.Blogs.AddRangeAsync(obj);
        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async Task<Blog?> Get(uint id)
    {
        return await _context.Blogs.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x=>x.BlogId == id);
    }

    public async Task<IEnumerable<Blog>> GetList()
    {
       return await _context.Blogs.ToListAsync();
    }

    public async Task Remove(uint id)
    {
        var entity = await Get(id);
        _context.Blogs.Remove(entity!);
        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async Task Update(Blog obj)
    {
        _context.Blogs.Update(obj);
        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public async Task UpdateRange(Blog[] obj)
    {
        _context.Blogs.UpdateRange(obj);
        await SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    private async Task<int> SaveChangesAsync()
    {
        return await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }
}

using System.Data;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Npgsql;
using NpgsqlAPI.Services.Blogs;
using NpgsqlAPI.Data;
using NpgsqlAPI.Models;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();

string connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("BloggingContext")!;

builder.Services.AddDbContext<BloggingContext>(options =>
        options.UseNpgsql(connectionString));

builder.Services.AddTransient<IDbConnection>(_ => new NpgsqlConnection(connectionString));

// builder.Services.AddScoped<IBlogServices, BlogDapperServices>();
// builder.Services.AddScoped<IBlogServices, BlogEFRawQueryServices>();
builder.Services.AddScoped<IBlogServices, BlogEFServices>();

var app = builder.Build();

if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseSwagger();
    app.UseSwaggerUI();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();

app.MapGet("/blogs", async (IBlogServices service) => await service.GetList())
.WithName("GetBlogs")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapGet("/blogs/{id}", async (IBlogServices service, uint id) => await service.Get(id))
.WithName("GetBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapPost("/blogs", async (IBlogServices service, Blog blog) => await service.Add(blog))
.WithName("AddBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapDelete("/blogs/{id}", async (IBlogServices service, uint id) => await service.Remove(id))
.WithName("RemoveBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapPut("/blogs", async (IBlogServices service, Blog blog) => await service.Update(blog))
.WithName("UpdateBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapPut("/blogs/Bulk", async (IBlogServices service, Blog[] blogs) =>
 await service.UpdateRange(blogs))
.WithName("UpdateBulkBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.MapPost("/blogs/Bulk", async (IBlogServices service, Blog[] blogs) =>
 await service.AddRange(blogs))
.WithName("AddBulkBlog")
.WithOpenApi();

app.Run();

dotnet ef migrations add Init
dotnet ef database update

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