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ASP.NET Core is an open-source framework that can run on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS) for building web applications.

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ASP.NET Core Middleware

ASP.NET Core Middleware
Middleware is software that's assembled into an app pipeline to handle requests and responses. Each component:
- Chooses whether to pass the request to the next component in the pipeline.
- Can perform work before and after the next component in the pipeline.
Request delegates are used to build the request pipeline. The request delegates handle each HTTP request.
Each middleware component in the request pipeline is responsible for invoking the next component in the pipeline or short-circuiting the pipeline.
When a middleware short-circuits, it's called a terminal middleware because it prevents further middleware from processing the request.

public class Startup
{
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.Use(async (context, next) =>
        {
            // Do work that doesn't write to the Response.
            await next.Invoke();
            // Do logging or other work that doesn't write to the Response.
        });

        app.Run(async context =>
        {
            await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello from 2nd delegate.");
        });
    }
}

The following Startup.Configure method adds security-related middleware components in the typical recommended order:

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
{
    if (env.IsDevelopment())
    {
        app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
        app.UseDatabaseErrorPage();
    }
    else
    {
        app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error");
        app.UseHsts();
    }

    app.UseHttpsRedirection();
    app.UseStaticFiles();
    // app.UseCookiePolicy();

    app.UseRouting();
    // app.UseRequestLocalization();
    // app.UseCors();

    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();
    // app.UseSession();
    // app.UseResponseCompression();
    // app.UseResponseCaching();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapRazorPages();
        endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
            name: "default",
            pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
    });
}