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Get up to speed and back to work quickly with professional-level ASP.NET Core tutorials Professional ASP.NET Core 2.0 presents authoritative guidance for experienced.NET and ASP.NET developers wanting to transfer their knowledge to ASP.NET Core. Written by a Microsoft insider and Technical Evangelist, this book provides professional level instruction on getting the most out of the technology. Based on real-world techniques and workflows, this book skips over the basics to show you what you need to know to become productive with the framework. Expert discussion provides straightforward explanations, while practical tutorials reinforce concepts by allowing you to create your own applications as you learn. You'll learn where ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET merge and diverge, while rapidly filling the gaps with a clear understanding of Core's exponentially-improved functionality. From architecture to development to security, this book covers all bases to get you up and running quickly. ASP.NET Core allows you to build dynamic, data-driven websites; features such as single-page applications, mobile optimization, adaptive rendering, and much more give you the flexibility you need backed by the robust framework your project requires. This book shows you how to take advantage of this unified framework to develop and deploy to Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Master professional architecture and development practices Walk through deployment with step-by-step guidance Explore front-end/UI, API, and cross-platform development Integrate identity and security features and functions Designed to be highly competitive, highly useable, and exceedingly practical, ASP.NET Core 2.0 brings together essential technologies including MVC, Web API, and Web pages into a single programming framework; while giving you the working professional's tour, with expert guidance on essential features and techniques.</p