ServiceStack 4 Cookbook

by Kyle Hodgson, Darren Reid

Over 70 recipes to create web services, build message-based apps, and work with object-relational mappingAbout This BookCreate fast, testable, maintainable web APIs using the fully-featured framework in .NETIntegrate ServiceStack to add speed and simplicity to your web applicationsStep-by-step recipes that focus on solving real-world problems using ServiceStackWho This Book Is ForIf you are a .NET developer who is looking for a simpler way to build services, this is the book for you. It will show you how to write fast, maintainable APIs that are a pleasure to use and maintain starting from the database to the client and everything in-between.

What You Will LearnQuickly create fast, testable, and maintainable web services with ServiceStackIntegrate ServiceStack with existing ASP.NET frameworks such as MVC and SignalRRender HTML using Razor and MarkDown with your ServiceStack servicesImplement unit and integration testing for your web API to enhance quality and compatibilityWork with your SQL database of choice using ServiceStack's ORM, OrmLiteLeverage the speed of Redis to scale your web APIIn DetailBuilding web services is a complex task as every language and framework has its own architecture, which is not easy to analyze. ServiceStack makes it easy to create web services and build applications.

This book covers a wide range of topics from simple development and initial setup using the ServiceStack framework to more advanced concepts such as integration with other popular .NET frameworks. It will show you how to build your services and will also enable you to ensure your web API's quality with step-by-step recipes that show you powerful unit testing and integration testing patterns. You will also learn how to access your SQL database with speed and simplicity using ServiceStack's object-relational mapping framework, OrmLite.

446 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 10, 2015