Create Backend Service for Xamarin Forms

Create a .NET web api project using the empty template, define a Product model, and scaffold a ProductsController to return a product list and individual items via get methods.

Learn to create a backend controller with get, post, put, and delete using the code first approach and entity framework scaffolding in Visual Studio.

Explore the HTTP verbs get, post, put, and delete and map them to read, create, update, and delete operations in a backend service, with Postman for testing.

Set up and test a post request using postman to send a new product object with properties id, name, and price in a code-first backend for Xamarin forms.

Learn how to implement get requests in a code-first approach, using postman to fetch all records or a specific record by id, and handle 200 and not found responses.

Learn how to implement a put request in a code-first backend for Xamarin forms, validating model state, matching IDs, updating and saving changes, with testing via Postman.

Learn how to implement delete requests in a code-first backend by passing the record ID, using the delete verb, and confirming deletion via get and database check.

Create an Azure account to start a free trial, sign up on the website, verify your identity with credit or debit card, and log in to manage your backend service.

Publish a Xamarin forms backend to Azure, configure app service, resource group, and service plan, set up a database connection string, and validate the deployment with Postman.

Create a new database by right-clicking the connection, selecting a data source, choosing new or existing, browsing to a path, and preparing to create tables.

Create and configure a database table for a Xamarin Forms backend, adding columns with types, setting an auto-increment primary key, updating the database, and adding sample data.

Create a backend service for Xamarin forms by scaffolding an API project and generating a model from an existing database, copying the local database file, and configuring the connection.

Create a backend for Xamarin forms by generating an API controller from an entity model, selecting the model and context, and implementing read and write actions with code-first Entity Framework.

Use postman to perform a POST request in a database-first Xamarin Forms backend, sending raw body data to create a product. Then use the Location header and GET to verify.

Understand the get request in a database first approach by using postman to fetch all records and retrieve a specific record by ID, handling 200 success and not found cases.

Explore how to handle put and update requests in a Xamarin forms backend by validating IDs, updating records, and saving changes, with exception handling and testing via Postman.

Explore a database-first delete request by passing an id, locating the record, and removing it, then verify deletion with a follow-up get in a Xamarin Forms backend service.

Create a backend project for Xamarin Forms by selecting a cross-blue template and a portable class library, then load a solution with four projects to write code inside the PCL.

Learn how to serialize and deserialize json data in Xamarin.Forms by converting json into C# objects and back, and install the new soft json package in your project.

Create a backend service for Xamarin Forms that retrieves product data with a GET request, deserializes JSON into a model, and binds it to a ListView showing names and prices.

Learn to post json data to a Xamarin forms backend using a post request, including entry fields and a button, validating with postman.

Learn to update server data from a Xamarin Forms app using a put request, by sending the item ID and new values, running the app, and verifying the data modification.

Learn how to delete data on the server from a Xamarin Forms app using a delete request, including passing the ID and testing with Postman.

Create your own EPA, publish and reply to it with your group, and examine forms applications within the Xamarin.Forms course, with links to complete a forms project from scratch.

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