.NET has evolved tremendously. From a framework which we could use to build Windows and WebForms, it has evolved into an ecosystem that we can use to build modern, responsive and cloud-ready systems for enterprises.

Right at the centre is Visual Studio and C#. Visual Studio is the tool that allows us to build all the different types of applications, ranging from web applications to cross-platform mobile applications to cloud-based applications. C# is the language that is used by most .NET developers and it's actively maintained and extended.

Learning and understanding Visual Studio, .NET and C# can be a daunting task for developers. In this course, you will learn how to build modern applications with .NET Core and C#. You'll learn about the tools such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. You'll get to understand the basics and the more advanced concepts of C# and you'll understand the different types of applications that can be built with .NET Core.

After taking this course, developers will have a deep understanding of the C# language, Visual Studio and the most important building blocks of the framework.

This course uses .NET Core 2.2

Prerequisites

During this training, we will teach you about the .NET framework and C#. No C# knowledge is required however previous programming experience is expected (Java, C++…) since we aren't covering the basics of programming.

Course duration

4 days

Course contents

An overview of the world of .NET

• Overview of .NET and .NET Core

• Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code

• The .NET CLI

Developing applications with C#

• C# language basics

• .NET CLR, type system

• OO development with C#

• LINQ

• Collections

• Delegates, generics and events

Working with the database using Entity Framework Core

• Overview of EF Core

• Database creation, migration

• Code-first design

Testing .NET Core applications

• Introduction to unit testing

• xUnit

ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET Core MVC applications

• MVC

• Razor

• Working with a database

• Logging

• Security

• Building APIs with .NET Core

• REST API

• Content negotiation

Building mobile apps with Xamarin.Forms

• Overview of the Xamarin platform

• Forms with XAML

• MVVM introduction

Integrating with the Cloud

• Overview of the most commonly used Azure services

• Azure Web Sites

• SQL Azure databases for developers

• Deploying applications to the cloud

Common patterns in .NET development

• SOLID development in .NET

• Other commonly used patterns

Securing applications

• The OWASP security guidelines

• Security in ASP.NET Web applications

• Tokens

Team work with Azure DevOps

• Introduction to Azure DevOps

• CI/CD

• Boards and work item management