Getting Up and Running with Minimal API Development
As users, we associate interacting with an application with a User Interface (UI). This interface consists of interactive elements that allow for interaction between the code and user. You can think of this like the storefront, a place where you can browse the available wares or request appropriate action, for example, booking a vacation or adding items to your shopping cart.
If the UI is where customers interact with our store, an Application Programming Interface (API) is the back of the store. This is where we receive deliveries, move goods, process orders, and manage inventory.
Most developers have some experience in interacting with or writing APIs, but what makes minimal APIs different?
Minimal APIs were introduced by Microsoft in 2021 with the release of .NET 6. The aim was to empower developers to create APIs with a minimum of boilerplate code, allowing them to focus on the essentials of the business logic in use...
