ASP.NET Core 8 API: How to implement REPR Pattern Endpoints in ASP.NET Core 8 API
ASP.NET Core, is one of the best technologies for building APIs. In the modern world customer focused applications, the design and implementation of APIs is mandatory for fast data communications. The data can be in JSON format or even may be in the form of Binary Stream. In ASP.NET Core 6 onwards we have been introduced with Minimal APIs. The Minimal API eliminates the need for creating controllers. Yes, use of the controller approach is based on the typical MVC design approach. The MVC Controllers involves Views, ViewModels, etc. But in APIs, we use DTOs. Hence, the controller's approach does not really have any advantages because it has tendency to become bloated with numerous dependencies as we increase the number of endpoints, this also make the maintenance as a challenge. The Minimal APIs are the best. The Minimal API approach offers an endpoint that is directly mapped with the HTTP request type, and it provides a highly cohesive approach of dependency management along with r...