Effective API documentation is crucial for .NET REST APIs, reducing onboarding time and support requests while improving the developer experience. We explore the importance of API documentation, tools like Swagger/OpenAPI for automation, and best practices for writing clear, maintainable docs.
Validating user input is crucial for developing secure .NET REST APIs. It ensures data integrity, enhances security against attacks like SQL injection and XSS, and improves user experience.
Enhance your .NET REST API performance with caching! By storing frequently accessed data, caching reduces server load and response times. This post explores practical caching techniques with step-by-step code examples for in-memory and distributed caching, plus insights from Stefan's own experience.
Delve into securing .NET REST APIs against cyber threats with a focus on JWT, OAuth, SSL/TLS, and role-based authorization. This guide emphasizes using Treblle for real-time monitoring and security assessments, ensuring your API's integrity and user data protection.
Dive into API development with VS Code, leveraging essential extensions like REST Client, API-Insights, Swagger Viewer, and Thunder Client. These tools enhance .NET WebAPI projects by improving testing, documentation, and efficiency, transforming your development workflow.
Uncover the importance of API versioning in the .NET ecosystem, a critical practice for maintaining and advancing digital applications, ensuring seamless integration and compatibility as technologies evolve and user needs change.
A comprehensive guide for optimizing .NET API performance, emphasizing the importance of using the latest .NET version, asynchronous programming, caching, pagination, minimizing exceptions, and utilizing a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Master dotnet Web APIs with this extensive master article and build powerful APIs using best practices.
