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Smarter Single Page Application with a REST API

How can you build a smarter Single Page Application with a REST API? The concepts have been since the beginning of the web, yet have somehow lost their way in modern REST API that drives a Single Page Application or Mobile Applications. Here’s how to guide clients based on state by moving more information from design time to runtime. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. State If you’re developing more than a CRUD application, you’re likely going to be driven by… Read More »Smarter Single Page Application with a REST API

Is a REST API with CQRS Possible?

If you’re developing an HTTP API (what most would call REST) how does that fit alongside a Task-Based UI and CQRS? How can you create a REST API with CQRS? For starters, resources don’t need to map to Entities. Second, HTTP Methods don’t need to map to CRUD. Resources can be whatever you want them to be. In which case, they can be commands and queries. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. Resources In some of my recent videos/blogs about Task… Read More »Is a REST API with CQRS Possible?

HTTP API Problem Details in ASP.NET Core

If you’ve been writing HTTP API’s, you likely have needed to return exceptions and errors back to the consuming clients.  Before you go and grow your own solution to this common problem, there is RFC 7807 Problem Details for HTTP APIs which set out solve this problem. “problem detail” as a way to carry machine-readable details of errors in a HTTP response to avoid the need to define new error response formats for HTTP APIs. Problem Details in ASP.NET Core Now that you’re on board with Problem Details, how do we use or implement this in ASP.NET Core.  Thankfully, Kristian Hellang has… Read More »HTTP API Problem Details in ASP.NET Core