Learning ASP.NET Web API (Video 41)

This video tutorial covers essential practices for developing scalable and responsive APIs. It begins with caching strategies and REST constraints, emphasizing the importance of client-side caching and throttling. The tutorial then explores routing in MVC and Web APIs, highlighting the benefits of attribute routing. It discusses JSON as the preferred resource representation and the use of gzip encoding for optimization. Security measures, such as using SSL, are also addressed. The video concludes with best practices for API implementation, including sorting, paging, and using location headers, and previews the next video.

What is one of the key practices to ensure a scalable API?

• Managing server-side state

• Using XML over JSON

• Implementing client-side caching

• Avoiding REST constraints

What is a major advantage of using attribute routing in Web APIs?

• It simplifies the code by removing all routes

• It is only suitable for MVC applications

• It automatically generates routes for all actions

• It allows defining routes at the controller and action level

Why is JSON preferred as a resource representation in ASP.NET Core APIs?

• It is more secure than other formats

• It is the default format supported and widely used

• It requires less bandwidth than XML

• It is the only format supported by browsers

What is the primary reason for using gzip encoding in APIs?

• To encrypt data for security

• To ensure data integrity during transmission

• To reduce the size of data for faster transmission

• To convert data into a binary format

What is a recommended security practice for APIs even if authentication is not required?

• Using SSL for data transmission

• Storing passwords in plain text

• Allowing all IP addresses without restriction

• Disabling all security features