Real-World Web Development with .NET 10: Build mature and proven controller-based websites and services using MVC, Web API, and Umbraco

by Mark J. Price

Overview

A practical guide for building websites and services with mature and proven ASP.NET Core controller-based technologies.

Key Features

• Master ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and OData for building robust web services.
• Get hands-on experience with web testing, security, and containerization techniques.
• Learn how to implement Umbraco CMS for content management websites.

Book Description

Doing web development using .NET is a great solution for building professional-grade websites and services. But getting from a basic project to a full-scale, production-ready system requires more than just business logic and views—it takes an understanding of architecture, maintainability, and scalability. Real-World Web Development with .NET 10 is your guide to bridging that gap. This book is for developers who want to build robust, secure, and maintainable web solutions using battle-tested .NET technologies. You’ll start by designing structured websites using ASP.NET Core MVC, separating concerns, managing dependencies, and writing clean, testable code. From there, you’ll build RESTful services with Web API, and use OData for rich, queryable endpoints. You'll cover testing strategies and containerizing your applications. The final section introduces Umbraco CMS, showing you how to integrate content management into your sites—empowering end users to manage content independently. By the end of the book, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of how to build controller-based websites and services that are scalable, secure, and ready for real-world use. You’ll also be able to leverage Umbraco to create flexible, content-driven solutions in a way that’s increasingly in demand across organizations and industries.

What you will learn

• Build web applications using ASP.NET Core MVC with well-structured, maintainable code
• Develop secure and scalable RESTful services using Web API and OData
• Implement authentication and authorization for your applications
• Test and containerize your .NET projects for smooth deployment
• Optimize application performance with caching and other techniques
• Learn how to use and implement Umbraco CMS

Who this book is for

This book is aimed at intermediate .NET developers with a good understanding of C# and .NET fundamentals. It is ideal for developers looking to expand their skills in building professional, controller-based web applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781835888926
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	02/20/2026
Product dimensions:	75.00(w) x 92.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years' experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught "train-the-trainer" classes to get other MCTs up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Real-World Web Development Using .NET
2. Building Websites Using ASP.NET Core MVC
3. Model Binding, Validation, and Data Using EF Core
4. Building and Localizing Web User Interfaces
5. Authentication and Authorization
6. Performance and Scalability Optimization Using Caching
7. Web User Interface Testing Using Playwright
8. Configuring and Containerizing ASP.NET Core Projects
9. Building Services Using ASP.NET Core Web API
10. Building Clients for Web Services
11. Testing and Debugging Web Services
12. Building Web Services Using ASP.NET Core OData
13. Building Web Services Using FastEndpoints
14. Web Content Management Using Umbraco CMS
15. Customizing and Extending Umbraco CMS
16. Epilogue
17. Appendix A
18. Appendix B