Overview of ASP.NET Core and Web API Architecture?

 ASP.NET Core follows a middleware pipeline:

1. Request → Middleware (Authentication, Logging, etc.) → Controller → Response

2. Lightweight, modular design.

3. Built-in dependency injection.

Architecture Diagram:

[Client] → [HTTP Server (Kestrel/IIS)] → [Middleware Pipeline] → [Controller] → [Data Access Layer] → [Database]