About this ebook
This book is intended for students and professionals who want to master building secure, integrated, and scalable APIs using C# and ASP.NET Core in corporate and cloud environments. The content covers modular architecture, deployment automation, advanced integration with leading frameworks, containers, authentication, messaging, logging, and API governance. It addresses professional practices for operating on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, CI/CD, SQL and NoSQL databases, microservices patterns, background jobs, and cloud-native orchestration.
You will learn to:
• Structure professional projects, apply patterns, and modularization
• Create and version RESTful APIs, implement JWT authentication, OAuth2, Identity, and OpenID Connect
• Integrate solutions with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Automate CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab
• Manage secrets and configurations with Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and Google Secret Manager
• Use Entity Framework Core with relational and NoSQL databases
• Integrate messaging with RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, and Amazon SQS
• Implement structured logging, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
• Adopt microservices patterns, distributed caching, API Gateway, background services, and webhooks
• Ensure governance, documentation, and monitoring in critical environments
By the end, you will be prepared to create, integrate, automate, and operate robust .NET solutions aligned with the highest market standards, security, compliance, and innovation.
c#, asp.net core, azure, aws, google cloud, docker, kubernetes, entity framework, terraform, ci/cd, jwt, identity, microservices, messaging, devops, observability, api gateway
About the author
Diego Rodrigues
Technical Author and Independent Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-
StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems
Email:studiod21portoalegre@
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegoexpertai
International technical author (tech writer) focused on the structured production of applied knowledge. He is the founder of StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems, where he leads the creation of intelligent frameworks and the publication of didactic technical books supported by artificial intelligence, such as the Kali Linux Extreme series, SMARTBOOKS D21, among others.
Holder of 42 international certifications issued by institutions such as IBM, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, META, Ec-Council, Palo Alto, and Boston University, he works in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data, Blockchain, Connectivity Technologies, Ethical Hacking, and Threat Intelligence.
Since 2003, he has developed more than 200 technical projects for brands in Brazil, the USA, and Mexico. In 2024, he established himself as one of the leading technical book authors of the new generation, with over 180 titles published in six languages. His work is based on his proprietary TECHWRITE 2.3 applied technical writing protocol, focused on scalability, conceptual precision, and practical applicability in professional environments.
