RESTful APIs are crucial for modern web and mobile applications, and .NET 9 from Microsoft offers enhanced development capabilities.
.NET 9 provides high performance, minimal API support, integrated dependency injection, and built-in Swagger/OpenAPI documentation.
The step-by-step guide for building a RESTful API with .NET 9 includes setting up the project, defining the model, creating the data context, adding a controller, and configuring Swagger and middleware.
Best practices for building REST APIs with .NET 9 involve using proper HTTP status codes, keeping routes RESTful, implementing authentication, using DTOs for data transfer, adding input validation, and writing tests.