ASP.NET Core web application is actually a console project which starts executing from the entry point public static void Main() in Program class where we can create a host for the web application.public class Program{    public static void Main(string[] args){       BuildWebHost(args).Run();    }    public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>    WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)    .UseStartup()    .Build(); }The WebHost is a static class which can be used for creating an instance of IWebHost and IWebHostBuilder with pre-configured defaults.The CreateDefaultBuilder() method creates a new instance of WebHostBuilder with pre-configured defaults. Internally, it configures Kestrel, IISIntegration and other configurations. ... Read More

All ASP.NET Core applications require a WebHost object that essentially serves as the application and web server. WebHostBuilder is used to configure and create the WebHost. You will normally see UseKestrel() and UseIISIntegration() in the WebHostBuilder setup code.What do these do?UseKestrel() − This registers the IServer interface for Kestrel as the server that will be used to host your application.In the future, there could be other options, including WebListener which will be Windows only.UseIISIntegration() − This tells ASP.NET that IIS will be working as a reverse proxy in front of Kestrel.This then specifies some settings around which port Kestrel should ... Read More

IWebHostEnvironment Provides information about the web hosting environment an application is running in.belongs to namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.HostingThe IWebHostEnvironment interface need to be injected as dependency in the Controller and then later used throughout the Controller.The IWebHostEnvironment interface have two properties.WebRootPath − Path of the www folder(Gets or sets the absolute path to the directory that contains the web-servable application content files)ContentRootPath − Path of the root folder which contains all the Application files(Gets or sets an IFileProvider pointing at WebRootPath.)UsageWe need to import namesaceusing Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;In the below example, the IWebHostEnvironment is injected in the Controller and assigned to the private property ... Read More

Kestrel is a cross-platform web server for ASP.NET Core. It is supported on all platforms and versions that .NET Core supports.It is included by default as internal server in ASP.NET Core. Kestrel can be used, by itself as an edge server i.e Internet-facing web server that can directly process the incoming HTTP requests from the client. In Kestrel, the process used to host the app is dotnet.exe.Kestrel is not used with InProcess hosting model.With Out of Process Hosting model, Kestrel can be used in one of the following 2 ways.Kestrel can be used as the internet facing web serverKestrel can ... Read More

HttpModules are configured via web.config or global.asax Developer don’t have control on order of execution.As order of modules is mainly based on application life cycle events. The execution order remains same for requests and responses.HttpModules helps you to attach code specific to a application events. HttpModules are tied to System.web.Middleware are configured in Startup.cs code rather than web.config file (entry point for application)Unlike HttpModules, there is full control of what get’s executed and in what order. As they are executed in the order in which they are added.Order of middleware for responses is the reverse from that for requests.Middleware is ... Read More

Built-in IoC container manages the lifetime of a registered service type. It automatically disposes a service instance based on the specified lifetime.The built-in IoC container supports three kinds of lifetimes −Singleton − IoC container will create and share a single instance of a service throughout the application's lifetime.Transient − The IoC container will create a new instance of the specified service type every time you ask for it.Scoped − IoC container will create an instance of the specified service type once per request and will be shared in a single request.Examplepublic interface ILog{    void info(string str); } class MyConsoleLogger ... Read More

ASP.NET Core injects objects of dependency classes through constructor or method by using built-in IoC container.The built-in container is represented by IServiceProvider implementation that supports constructor injection by default. The types (classes) managed by built-in IoC container are called services.In order to let the IoC container automatically inject our application services, we first need to register them with IoC container.Examplepublic interface ILog{    void info(string str); } class MyConsoleLogger : ILog{    public void info(string str){       Console.WriteLine(str);    } }ASP.NET Core allows us to register our application services with IoC container, in the ConfigureServices method of the ... Read More

ASP.net Core is re-architected from prior versions of ASP.net, where the configuration was relying on System.Configuration and xml configurations in web.config file. In ASP.net Core, a new easy way to declare and access the global settings for solution, project specific settings, client specific settings etc..The new configuration model, works with XML, INI and JSON files.Different configuration json files in ASP.net Core There are mainly 6 configuration JSON files in ASP.net Core.global.json launchsettings.json appsettings.json bundleconfig.json project.json bower.jsonglobal.jsonExampleYou can define the solution level settings in global.json file.{    "projects": [ "src", "test" ],    "sdk": {       "version": "1.0.0-preview2-003121"   ... Read More

Session is a feature in ASP.NET Core that enables us to save/store the user data.Session stores the data in the dictionary on the Server and SessionId is used as a key. The SessionId is stored on the client at cookie. The SessionId cookie is sent with every request.The SessionId cookie is per browser and it cannot be shared between the browsers.There is no timeout specified for SessionId cookie and they are deleted when the Browser session ends.At the Server end, session is retained for a limited time. The default session timeout at the Server is 20 minutes but it is ... Read More

Routing is used to map requests to route handlers.Routes are configured when the application starts up, and can extract values from the URL that will be used for request processing.Routing basicsRouting uses routes (implementations of IRouter)map incoming requests to route handlersgenerate URLs used in responsesRouting is connected to the middleware pipeline by the RouterMiddleware class. ASP.NET MVC adds routing to the middleware pipeline as part of its configurationURL matchingIncoming requests enter the RouterMiddleware which calls the RouteAsync method on each route in sequence.The IRouter instance chooses whether to handle the request by setting the RouteContext Handler to a non-null RequestDelegate.If ... Read More