ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in Action Paperback – 21 Dec. 2022

Let me begin by saying that I enjoyed this book on Razor Pages. Note: I got this book from Manning rather than Amazon.For anyone interested in .Net development, following reading the latest books on .Net and ASP.Net Core, the next pieces are of course getting more in depth with ASP.NET Core Razor Pages and Entity Framework.Manning has some good books on all of these: .Net in Action, ASP.Net in Action, Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core, EF in Action and this title.The book released in Nov 2022 builds a picture on Razor pages by starting a new project, based on the .Net 6 version. .Net version wise is a good starting point. It was released in November 2021, as its marked LTS (long term support) will have support for 3 years up to November 2024.The book project and its concepts are presented with plenty of useful diagrams and code examples and covers the bases of applying razor concept.Beyond that, it presents many foundational knowledge on HTTP basics and general concepts like DRY and SOLID.Includes an introduction on Entity Framework (EF) for data interactions. So anyone not yet familiar, can hit the ground running where Razor and Data are concerned. Anyone starting with data, and Entity Framework, I recommend getting a good introduction to SQL standard and a good ground in EF itself and how EF queries get translated into SQL as otherwise badly designed a EF one-liner can drag your db performance to the floor.Its interesting the author decided to separate Authentication from Authorisation into separate chapters, where many books bundle them together. And its for the better, making it stand out that recognising a user is not the same as controlling/restricting access to a system or portion of a system.It then quickly runs towards the end of the book with AJAX technologies where partial page updates using jQuey plain JS with data in JSON format. Security and threats included with minimal information though it does give an overview of browser security with HTTPS, SSL and TLS with time to mention a warning to Injection and Cross-side scripting XSS vulnerabilities. And finally publishing the project.

A great book that covers most of the information required to develop ASP.NET Core Razor Pages web applications.What I like most is the fact that this is a book for Razor Pages with the latest approach, not just another MVC adaptation.

It's not often I would say that a tech book is enjoyable to read but this one really is. The way the book is laid out kept my interested and the author has a very natural approach to how they have written each section.It's as if I'm being mentored rather than preached at.The content is written well and the examples are all very well explained. Highly recommend this book who is looking to upskill and learn more about Razor Pages with .Net Core.