Advanced concepts in AspDotnet web Development like Webapi, web service and IIS is Included,in the form multiple choice questions with explanation given behind the correct answer,Particularity helpful for professional appearing in interviews with 3+ years experience helpful for web developers to prepare for the interview rounds with ready hand set of important questions. Web API is a framework for building HTTP services that can be accessed from any client including browsers and mobile devices. It is an ideal platform for building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework.

These Web API tutorials will help you learn the essentials of ASP.NET Web API starting from the basics to advanced level.

The ASP.NET Web API is an extensible framework for building HTTP based services that can be accessed in different applications on different platforms such as web, windows, mobile etc. It works more or less the same way as ASP.NET MVC web application except that it sends data as a response instead of html view. It is like a webservice or WCF service but the exception is that it only supports HTTP protocol.

1. Web API is an ideal platform for building RESTful services.

2. Web API is built on top of ASP.NET and supports ASP.NET request/response pipeline

3. Web API maps HTTP verbs to method names.

4. Web API supports different formats of response data. Built-in support for JSON, XML, BSON format.

5. Web API can be hosted in IIS, Self-hosted or other web server that supports .NET 4.0+.

6. Web API framework includes new HttpClient to communicate with Web API server. HttpClient can be used in MVC server side, Windows Form application, Console application or other apps.