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 This article provides an overview of the fundamentals for building ASP.NET Core apps, including dependency injection (DI), configuration, middleware, and more.
 
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+---
+title: ASP.NET Core fundamentals overview
+author: tdykstra
+description: Learn the fundamental concepts for building ASP.NET Core apps, including dependency injection (DI), configuration, middleware, and more.
+monikerRange: '>= aspnetcore-3.1'
+ms.author: tdykstra
+ms.custom: mvc
+ms.date: 08/01/2024
+uid: fundamentals/index
+---
+# ASP.NET Core fundamentals overview
+
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+:::moniker range=">= aspnetcore-8.0"
+
+This article provides an overview of the fundamentals for building ASP.NET Core apps, including dependency injection (DI), configuration, middleware, and more.
+
+For Blazor fundamentals guidance, which adds to or supersedes the guidance in this node, see <xref:blazor/fundamentals/index>.
+
+## Program.cs
+
+ASP.NET Core apps created with the web templates contain the application startup code in the `Program.cs` file. The `Program.cs` file is where:
+
+* Services required by the app are configured.
+* The app's request handling pipeline is defined as a series of [middleware components](xref:fundamentals/middleware/index).
+
+The following app startup code supports:
+
+* [Razor Pages](xref:tutorials/razor-pages/razor-pages-start)
+* [MVC controllers with views](xref:tutorials/first-mvc-app/start-mvc)
+* [Web API with controllers](xref:tutorials/first-web-api)
+* [Minimal web APIs](xref:tutorials/min-web-api)
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet)]
+
+## Dependency injection (services)
+
+ASP.NET Core includes [dependency injection (DI)](xref:fundamentals/dependency-injection) that makes configured services available throughout an app. Services are added to the DI container with [WebApplicationBuilder.Services](xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplicationBuilder.Services), `builder.Services` in the preceding code. When the <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplicationBuilder> is instantiated, many [framework-provided services](xref:fundamentals/dependency-injection#framework-provided-services) are added. `builder` is a `WebApplicationBuilder` in the following code:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet2&highlight=1)]
+
+In the preceding highlighted code, `builder` has configuration, logging, and [many other services](xref:fundamentals/dependency-injection#framework-provided-services) added to the DI container.
+
+The following code adds Razor Pages, MVC controllers with views, and a custom <xref:Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext> to the DI container:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/index/samples/6.0/RazorPagesMovie/Program.cs?name=snippet2&highlight=6-10)]
+
+Services are typically resolved from DI using constructor injection. The DI framework provides an instance of this service at runtime.
+
+The following code uses constructor injection to resolve the database context and logger from DI:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/index/samples/6.0/RazorPagesMovie/Pages/Movies/Index.cshtml.cs?name=snippet&highlight=3-10, 16-17)]
+
+## Middleware
+
+The request handling pipeline is composed as a series of middleware components. Each component performs operations on an [`HttpContext`](xref:fundamentals/httpcontext) and either invokes the next middleware in the pipeline or terminates the request.
+
+By convention, a middleware component is added to the pipeline by invoking a `Use{Feature}` extension method. Middleware added to the app is highlighted in the following code:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet&highlight=12-19)]
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/middleware/index>.
+
+## Host
+
+On startup, an ASP.NET Core app builds a *host*. The host encapsulates all of the app's resources, such as:
+
+* An HTTP server implementation
+* Middleware components
+* Logging
+* Dependency injection (DI) services
+* Configuration
+
+There are three different hosts capable of running an ASP.NET Core app:
+
+* [ASP.NET Core WebApplication](xref:fundamentals/minimal-apis/webapplication), also known as the [Minimal Host](xref:migration/50-to-60#new-hosting-model)
+* [.NET Generic Host](xref:fundamentals/host/generic-host) combined with ASP.NET Core's <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.GenericHostBuilderExtensions.ConfigureWebHostDefaults%2A>
+* [ASP.NET Core WebHost](xref:fundamentals/host/web-host)
+
+The ASP.NET Core <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplication> and <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplicationBuilder> types are recommended and used in all the ASP.NET Core templates. `WebApplication` behaves similarly to the .NET Generic Host and exposes many of the same interfaces but requires less callbacks to configure. The ASP.NET Core <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebHost> is available only for backward compatibility.
+
+The following example instantiates a `WebApplication`:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet2&highlight=7)]
+
+The [WebApplicationBuilder.Build](xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.WebApplicationBuilder.Build%2A) method configures a host with a set of default options, such as:
+
+* Use [Kestrel](#servers) as the web server and enable IIS integration.
+* Load [configuration](xref:fundamentals/configuration/index) from `appsettings.json`, environment variables, command line arguments, and other configuration sources.
+* Send logging output to the console and debug providers.
+
+### Non-web scenarios
+
+The Generic Host allows other types of apps to use cross-cutting framework extensions, such as logging, dependency injection (DI), configuration, and app lifetime management. For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/host/generic-host> and <xref:fundamentals/host/hosted-services>.
+
+## Servers
+
+An ASP.NET Core app uses an HTTP server implementation to listen for HTTP requests. The server surfaces requests to the app as a set of [request features](xref:fundamentals/request-features) composed into an `HttpContext`.
+
+# [Windows](#tab/windows)
+
+ASP.NET Core provides the following server implementations:
+
+* *Kestrel* is a cross-platform web server. Kestrel is often run in a reverse proxy configuration using [IIS](https://www.iis.net/). In ASP.NET Core 2.0 or later, Kestrel can be run as a public-facing edge server exposed directly to the Internet.
+* *IIS HTTP Server* is a server for Windows that uses IIS. With this server, the ASP.NET Core app and IIS run in the same process.
+* *HTTP.sys* is a server for Windows that isn't used with IIS.
+
+# [macOS](#tab/macos)
+
+ASP.NET Core provides the *Kestrel* cross-platform server implementation. In ASP.NET Core 2.0 or later, Kestrel can run as a public-facing edge server exposed directly to the Internet. Kestrel is often run in a reverse proxy configuration with [Nginx](https://nginx.org) or [Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/).
+
+# [Linux](#tab/linux)
+
+ASP.NET Core provides the *Kestrel* cross-platform server implementation. In ASP.NET Core 2.0 or later, Kestrel can run as a public-facing edge server exposed directly to the Internet. Kestrel is often run in a reverse proxy configuration with [Nginx](https://nginx.org) or [Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/).
+
+---
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/servers/index>.
+
+## Configuration
+
+ASP.NET Core provides a [configuration](xref:fundamentals/configuration/index) framework that gets settings as name-value pairs from an ordered set of configuration providers. Built-in configuration providers are available for a variety of sources, such as `.json` files, `.xml` files, environment variables, and command-line arguments. Write custom configuration providers to support other sources.
+
+By [default](xref:fundamentals/configuration/index#default), ASP.NET Core apps are configured to read from `appsettings.json`, environment variables, the command line, and more. When the app's configuration is loaded, values from environment variables override values from `appsettings.json`.
+
+For managing confidential configuration data such as passwords, .NET Core provides the [Secret Manager](xref:security/app-secrets#secret-manager). For production secrets, we recommend [Azure Key Vault](xref:security/key-vault-configuration).
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/configuration/index>.
+
+## Environments
+
+Execution environments, such as `Development`, `Staging`, and `Production`, are available in ASP.NET Core. Specify the environment an app is running in by setting the `ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT` environment variable. ASP.NET Core reads that environment variable at app startup and stores the value in an `IWebHostEnvironment` implementation. This implementation is available anywhere in an app via dependency injection (DI).
+
+The following example configures the exception handler and [HTTP Strict Transport Security Protocol (HSTS)](xref:security/enforcing-ssl#http-strict-transport-security-protocol-hsts) middleware when ***not*** running in the `Development` environment:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet&highlight=10-14)]
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/environments>.
+
+## Logging
+
+ASP.NET Core supports a logging API that works with a variety of built-in and third-party logging providers. Available providers include:
+
+* Console
+* Debug
+* Event Tracing on Windows
+* Windows Event Log
+* TraceSource
+* Azure App Service
+* Azure Application Insights
+
+To create logs, resolve an <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger%601> service from dependency injection (DI) and call logging methods such as <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LoggerExtensions.LogInformation%2A>. For example:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/index/samples/6.0/RazorPagesMovie/Pages/Movies/Index.cshtml.cs?name=snippet&highlight=3-10, 16-17)]
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/logging/index>.
+
+## Routing
+
+A *route* is a URL pattern that is mapped to a handler. The handler is typically a Razor page, an action method in an MVC controller, or a middleware. ASP.NET Core routing gives you control over the URLs used by your app.
+
+The following code, generated by the ASP.NET Core web application template, calls <xref:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder.EndpointRoutingApplicationBuilderExtensions.UseRouting%2A>:
+
+[!code-csharp[](~/fundamentals/startup/6.0_samples/WebAll/Program.cs?name=snippet4&highlight=17)]
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/routing>.
+
+## Error handling
+
+ASP.NET Core has built-in features for handling errors, such as:
+
+* A developer exception page
+* Custom error pages
+* Static status code pages
+* Startup exception handling
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/error-handling>.
+
+## Make HTTP requests
+
+An implementation of `IHttpClientFactory` is available for creating `HttpClient` instances. The factory:
+
+* Provides a central location for naming and configuring logical `HttpClient` instances. For example, register and configure a *github* client for accessing GitHub. Register and configure a default client for other purposes.
+* Supports registration and chaining of multiple delegating handlers to build an outgoing request middleware pipeline. This pattern is similar to ASP.NET Core's inbound middleware pipeline. The pattern provides a mechanism to manage cross-cutting concerns for HTTP requests, including caching, error handling, serialization, and logging.
+* Integrates with *Polly*, a popular third-party library for transient fault handling.
+* Manages the pooling and lifetime of underlying `HttpClientHandler` instances to avoid common DNS problems that occur when managing `HttpClient` lifetimes manually.
+* Adds a configurable logging experience via <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger> for all requests sent through clients created by the factory.
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/http-requests>.
+
+## Content root
+
+The content root is the base path for:
+
+* The executable hosting the app (*.exe*).
+* Compiled assemblies that make up the app (*.dll*).
+* Content files used by the app, such as:
+  * Razor files (`.cshtml`, `.razor`)
+  * Configuration files (`.json`, `.xml`)
+  * Data files (`.db`)
+* The [Web root](#web-root), typically the *wwwroot* folder.
+
+During development, the content root defaults to the project's root directory. This directory is also the base path for both the app's content files and the [Web root](#web-root). Specify a different content root by setting its path when [building the host](#host). For more information, see [Content root](xref:fundamentals/host/generic-host#contentroot).
+
+## Web root
+
+The web root is the base path for public, static resource files, such as:
+
+* Stylesheets (`.css`)
+* JavaScript (`.js`)
+* Images (`.png`, `.jpg`)
+
+By default, static files are served only from the web root directory and its sub-directories. The web root path defaults to *{content root}/wwwroot*. Specify a different web root by setting its path when [building the host](#host). For more information, see [Web root](xref:fundamentals/host/generic-host#webroot).
+
+Prevent publishing files in *wwwroot* with the [\<Content> project item](/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items#content) in the project file. The following example prevents publishing content in *wwwroot/local* and its sub-directories:
+
+```xml
+<ItemGroup>
+  <Content Update="wwwroot\local\**\*.*" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" />
+</ItemGroup>
+```
+
+In Razor `.cshtml` files, `~/` points to the web root. A path beginning with `~/` is referred to as a *virtual path*.
+
+For more information, see <xref:fundamentals/static-files>.
+
+## Additional resources
+
+* [WebApplicationBuilder source code](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/v6.0.1/src/DefaultBuilder/src/WebApplicationBuilder.cs)
+
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