Read the previous part - GraphQL with ASP.NET Core Part- I : Hello World If you are familiar with ASP.NET Core middleware[1], you may have noticed that in our previous post we already had a middleware. In the initial blank app, that middleware was responsible for throwing a Hello World response. Later we replaced it with our custom code so that it can respond back a result of some static GraphQL query. Middleware is software that's assembled into an application pipeline to handle requests and responses. Each component:…

There are some terms, developers like me often ignore while learning ASP.NET Core. Because at the end of the day it's all about making apps not learning stuff. But having a basic understanding over the core concepts can make you a lot better developer than you already are. So, this article will clear the concepts of some of those ignored and misunderstood terms in details. This article is upgradable with new topics. So, if you have other topics such as below and want it here, please make a comment…

What is Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF/CSRF) Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF/CSRF) is a type of a security breech where a hacker can trick the user into making unwanted requests to a web application where he/she is already authenticated. When a user is authenticated, his/her authentication cookie is stored in the browser’s storage. Since the cookie stays active unless the browser is closed and reopened, an authenticated user can be forced to make requests to the application from other unsafe applications too. For example, assume…