This week, James is joined Brady Gaster who is here to talk to use all ASP.NET Core Web API and why it is absolutely awesome for mobile development with Xamarin. He walks us through some best practices, new features, and awesome libraries that we can use to create powerful backends for our apps. *Show Links:* * Source Code: https://github.com/bradygaster/Contoso.Online.Orders * [ASP.NET Core Web API](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/apis?WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * [Documentation: ASP.NET Core Web API](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/web-api/?view=aspnetcore-5.0&WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * [Documentation: Swagger & OpenAPI](https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/tutorials/web-api-help-pages-using-swagger?view=aspnetcore-5.0&WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * [Microsoft Learn: Create a web API with ASP.NET Core](https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/modules/build-web-api-aspnet-core/?WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * [Microsoft Learn: Improve the dev experience of an API with Swagger docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/modules/improve-api-developer-experience-with-swagger/?WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * [Follow @JamesMontemagno](https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno) * Never Miss an Episode: [Follow @TheXamarinShow](https://twitter.com/thexamarinshow) *Useful Links:* * Learn more about [Xamarin](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin?WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * Learn more about [Xamarin.Forms](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin/xamarin-forms?WT.mc_id=xamarin-c9-jamont) * Learn more about [Cross-platform development](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin/cross-platform) * [Xamarin Developer Center](https://aka.ms/xamarin-ch9-docs) * [Xamarin Blog](http://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin) * [Microsoft Learn Self-Guided Training](http://aka.ms/learn-xamarin) * [Create a Free Account (Azure)](https://aka.ms/xamarinazurefree) * [Xamarin Developers YouTube Channel](null) * [Xamarin on Twitter](http://twitter.com/xamarinhq) * Get your questions answered on the Microsoft Q&A for .NET - http://aka.ms/dotnet-qa * Learn Xamarin & .NET with free self-guided learning from Microsoft Learn: http://aka.ms/learndotnet #Xamarin #ASPNetCore #WebAPI #Refit #Swagger