• SlimBuilder

  WebApplication.CreateSlimBuilder creates WebApplicationBuilder with minimal configuration defaults.

• EmptyBuilder

  WebApplication.CreateEmptyBuilder creates WebApplicationBuilder with no built-in behavior.

This is a set of samples that demonstrates things that you can do with the default configuration using WebApplication.Create() before you have to resort to WebApplication.CreateBuilder().

• WebApplication - Welcome Page

  This uses the new minimalistic hosting code WebApplication and show ASP.NET Core welcome page.

• WebApplication - Default Logger

  WebApplication.Logger is available for use immediately without any further configuration. However the default logger is not available via DI.

• WebApplication - Application lifetime events

  In this sample we learn how to respond to the application lifetime events.

• WebApplication - Middleware

  In this sample we learn how to use middleware by creating two simple middleware.

• WebApplication - Middleware Pipelines

  In this sample we learn how to use UseRouter and MapMiddlewareGet to compose two different middleware pipelines.

• WebApplication - Middleware Pipelines 2

  In this sample we use EndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.Map and IEndPointRouteBuilder.CreateApplicationBuilder to build two separate middleware pipelines.

• WebApplication - Configuration

  This sample list all the information available in the Configuration property.

• WebApplication - Configuration as JSON

  This sample list all the information available in the Configuration property and return it as JSON. WARNING: Do not use this in your application. It is a terrible idea. Do not expose your configuration information over the wire. This sample is just to demonstrate a technique.

• WebApplication - Default Urls

  This sample shows the default Urls that the web server listens to.

• WebApplication - Set Url and Port

  This sample shows how to set the Kestrel web server to listen to a specific Url and port.

• WebApplication - Listen to multiple Urls and Ports

  This sample shows how to set the Kestrel web server to listen to multiple Urls and Ports.

• WebApplication - Set Port from an Environment Variable

  This sample shows how to set the Kestrel web server to listen to a specific port set from an environment variable.

• WebApplication - Set Urls and Port via ASPNETCORE_URLS Environment Variable

  This sample shows how to set the Kestrel web server to listen to a specific url and port via ASPNETCORE_URLS environment variable.

• WebApplication - Listening to all interfaces on a specific port

  This sample shows how to set the Kestrel web server to listen to all IPs (IP4/IP6) on a specific port.

• WebApplication - UseFileServer

  This uses the new minimalistic hosting code WebApplication and server default static files.

• WebApplication - UseWebSockets

  This sample shows how to use WebSockets by creating a simple echo server.

In most cases using WebApplication isn't enough because you need to configure additional services to be used in your system. This is where WebApplicationBuilder comes. It allows you to configure services and other properties.

• WebApplicationBuilder - enable MVC

  This sample shows how to enable MVC.

• WebApplicationBuilder - enable Razor Pages

  This sample shows how to enable Razor Pages.

• WebApplicationBuilder - change environment

  This sample shows how to change the environment via code.

• WebApplicationBuilder - change logging minimum level

  This sample shows how to set logging minimum level via code.

• WebApplicationBuilder - change web root folder

  This samples shows how to use WebApplicationOptions.WebRootPath to change the default web root folder.

Use WebApplicationOptions to configure initial values of the WebApplicationBuilder object.

• WebApplicationOptions - set environment

  This sample shows how to set the environment.

• WebApplicationOptions - change the content root path

  This sample shows how to change the content root path of the application.

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