ASP.NET Core Middleware

Summary

Middleware forms the ASP.NET Core HTTP processing pipeline. Each component can execute logic before and after the next component, or terminate the pipeline.

1. Request Pipeline

2. Middleware Execution Model

3. next() and Short-Circuiting

4. Request vs Response Flow

5. Middleware Ordering

6. Built-in Middleware

7. Custom Middleware

8. Middleware vs Filters

9. Exception Handling

10. Authentication and Authorization

11. Production Considerations

12. Common Mistakes