Get started with the Visual Studio template OnionAPI to scaffold ASP.NET WebAPI project for .NET 8

If you’re in search of a recipe for constructing sophisticated REST APIs, your answer lies in the Template OnionAPI. It comes equipped with a variety of convenient features and adheres to best practices, enabling you to swiftly launch your project. In fact, using the OnionAPI template can trim down your coding time by a minimum of 40 hours compared to initiating a REST API project from the ground up. That’s a substantial amount of time that you can engage in non-tech related activities such as reading books, playing musical instruments, or pursuing other hobbies helps in relaxation and mental rejuvenation.
— Fuji Nguyen, Author of OnionAPI Template

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Introduction

NET version 8 was officially released on November 14, 2023. NET 8 delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, as well as platform and tooling enhancements that help increase developer productivity and speed of innovation.

Developers can use the new release of Visual Studio template OnionAPI v8 to scaffold NET 8 REST API projects based on the Clean Architecture pattern…