The Complete C# ASP.NET Web API Course

Download Visual Studio Community from visual studio dot com, run the bootstrap, and start web api development. There are other packages, but they are outside the scope of this course.

Repair a corrupt Visual Studio installation using the bootstrapper, then choose repair in the installer dialog; if needed, uninstall and reinstall, or use modify to add packages.

Launch Visual Studio and create a new web API from scratch using the template, enable authentication with individual user accounts, and explore the solution structure to see the project files.

Explore restful web api routing conventions by mapping api controller routes to code, showcasing uniform patterns like api/customers and standard get, post, put, and delete actions.

Explore common http response status codes and their meanings, from 200 ok to 400 bad request. 401 not authenticated, 404 not found, 409 conflict, and 500 server error.

Using ajax to call a web service with get and post requests, handling 200 and 400 responses, logging results to the console, and exploring asynchronous behavior.

Learn how to protect Web API resources through authorization and authentication by registering a user, obtaining an access token, and using a bearer authorization header to access data.