Tutorial series for RESTful api with MVC Web API

Question

Does anyone have any links for building RESTful web services with the ASP.NET Web API. So far I have built a very basic web service using WCF and would now like to try the web api to see which one suits for Azure based web services.

Answer 1

I will start from:

• ASP.NET Web API: you can find screencasts, getting started info, etc (funny enough it is down at the mo)

And move on to these blogs:

• Henrik Nielsen's blog (ASP.NET Web API architect)
• Gunnar Piepman's blog
• Pedro Reys blog
• Tugberk Ugurlu's blog
• My own blog

For asking questions, you can try here (SO) and Web API.

Answer 2

FYI, I'm a sucker for a good conference presentation video (RIP MIX...)

This was my introduction to the subject and it gave me a very good crash course on the whys and hows of Web API.

WCF Web APis: "There's a URI for That"

A note of caution: The video is referencing an alpha status of the project so it may include some old terminology. But as Web API is still in beta, I think that point is kind-of moot.