Web API Updates with .NET 8

Web API Updates with .NET 8

Preview 3 of .NET 8 includes a new project templates to create an API with a todo service instead of the weather forecast . Looking into the generated code of this template, there are a lot more changes going on such as a slim builder and using a JSON source generator which helps when using AOT to create native .NET binaries. This article investigates the changes coming. Continue reading Web API Updates with .NET 8

Calling Web APIs using the dotnet CLI and HTTP Files with Visual Studio

Calling Web APIs using the dotnet CLI and HTTP Files with Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 includes new HTTP client tooling. This tool makes it easy to create API calls directly from Visual Studio, with a great output of the API results. It’s easy to directly debug API invocations with this tool. Another tool which I’m using since some years is the HTTP REPL which is available as a dotnet tool. This article shows how both of these tools. Continue reading Calling Web APIs using the dotnet CLI and HTTP Files with Visual Studio