ASP.NET Core 5 for Beginners (DV4535)

Module 1: Introduction to ASP.NET Core 5

• Explaining ASP.NET Core
• Refreshing your C# knowledge
• Understanding websites and web servers
• Exploring Visual Studio Code
• Leveraging Windows Terminal

Module 2: Cross-Platform Setup

• Leveraging the .NET framework
• Getting started on Windows, Linux, and macOS
• Debugging Linux on Windows with Visual Studio 2019

Module 3: Dependency Injection

• Learning dependency injection in ASP.NET Core
• Reviewing types of dependency injection
• Understanding dependency injection containers
• Understanding dependency lifetimes
• Handling complex scenarios

Module 4: Razor View Engine

• Understanding the Razor view engine
• Learning the basics of Razor syntax
• Building a to-do application with MVC
• Building a to-do app with Razor Pages
• Differences between MVC and Razor Pages

Module 5: Getting Started with Blazor

• Understanding the Blazor web framework
• Understanding the goal of what we are going to build using various technologies
• Building a tourist spot application
• Creating the backend application

Module 6: Exploring the Blazor Web Framework

• Creating the Blazor Server project
• Creating the Blazor Web Assembly project

Module 7: APIs and Data Access

• Understanding ORM and Entity Framework Core
• Learning database-first development
• Learning code-first development and migrations

Module 8: Working with Identity in ASP.NET

• Understanding authentication concepts
• Understanding authorization concepts
• The role of middleware in ASP.NET and identity
• OAuth and OpenID Connect basics
• Integrating with Azure Active Directory
• Working with federated identity

Module 9: Getting Started with Containers

• Overview of containerization
• Getting started with Docker
• Running Redis on Docker
• Running ASP.NET Core in a container

Module 10: Deploying to AWS and Azure

• Overview of cloud computing
• Creating a sample ASP.NET Core web application
• Publishing to AWS
• Publishing to Azure

Module 11: Browser and Visual Studio Debugging

• Setting up the sample application
• Using debugging tools in the browser
• Debugging in Visual Studio

Module 12: Integrating with CI/CD

• An overview of CI/CD
• Introducing GitHub
• Building CI/CD using GitHub Actions

Module 13: Developing Cloud-Native Apps

• What makes an application cloud-native?
• Understanding the role of DevOps
• Understanding cost in the cloud
• Cloud storage versus local disk
• Introducing Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Learning about monitoring and health