Purpose

This guide provides end-to-end guidance on building monolithic web applications using ASP.NET Core and Azure.

This guide is complementary to the “.NET Microservices: Architecture for Containerized .NET Applications” eBook which focuses more on Docker, Microservices, and Deployment of Containers to host enterprise applications.

Who should use this guide

The audience for this guide is mainly developers, development leads, and architects who are interested in building modern web applications using Microsoft technologies and services in the cloud.

A secondary audience is technical decision makers who are already familiar ASP.NET and/or Azure and are looking for information on whether it makes sense to upgrade to ASP.NET Core for new or existing projects.

How you can use this guide

This guide has been condensed into a relatively small document that focuses on building web applications with modern .NET technologies and Windows Azure. As such, it can be read in its entirety to provide a foundation of understanding such applications and their technical considerations. The guide, along with its sample application, can also serve as a starting point or reference. Use the associated sample application as a template for your own applications, or to see how you might organize your application’s component parts. Refer back to the guide’s principles and coverage of architecture and technology options and decision considerations when you’re weighing these choices for your own application.

Feel free to forward this guide to your team to help ensure a common understanding of these considerations and opportunities. Having everybody working from a common set of terminology and underlying principles helps ensure consistent application of architectural patterns and practices.