Build Powerful Applications: .NET Development Online Training

Course Title: Mastering Microsoft .NET Development

Module 1: Introduction to .NET Framework

• Overview of the .NET Framework and its components
• Understanding the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the Common Type System (CTS)
• Introduction to the .NET Class Library (FCL)
• Overview of programming languages supported by .NET: C#, Visual Basic .NET, F#
• Setting up a development environment with Visual Studio
• Creating and running a simple .NET application

Module 2: C# Programming Basics

• Introduction to C# programming language
• Basic syntax and data types in C#
• Variables, constants, and data manipulation
• Control flow: if statements, loops, switch statements
• Working with arrays and collections
• Introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts: classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism

Module 3: Advanced C# Programming

• Exception handling and error management in C#
• Delegates, events, and lambda expressions
• Working with LINQ (Language Integrated Query) for data querying
• Asynchronous programming with async/await
• Understanding and implementing generics
• Advanced topics: reflection, attributes, dynamic types

Module 4: .NET Framework Development

• Overview of .NET Framework development workflow
• Creating and managing projects with Visual Studio
• Dependency management with NuGet
• Building and publishing .NET Framework applications
• Understanding assemblies, namespaces, and versioning
• Practical exercises and projects to reinforce .NET Framework development skills

Module 5: ASP.NET Web Development

• Introduction to ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC (Model-View-Controller)
• Creating and configuring ASP.NET Web applications
• Routing and handling requests in ASP.NET MVC
• Working with views, layouts, and Razor syntax
• Implementing authentication and authorization in ASP.NET
• Building RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Web API

Module 6: Entity Framework

• Introduction to Entity Framework (EF)
• Setting up Entity Framework in a .NET project
• Defining data models with Code-First approach
• Performing CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations with Entity Framework
• Querying data using LINQ with Entity Framework
• Understanding migrations and database schema management with Entity Framework

Module 7: .NET Core Development

• Overview of .NET Core development workflow
• Creating and managing projects with .NET Core CLI and Visual Studio
• Dependency management with NuGet
• Building and publishing .NET Core applications
• Cross-platform development with .NET Core
• Practical exercises and projects to reinforce .NET Core development skills

Module 8: Testing and Debugging .NET Applications

• Overview of testing methodologies: unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing
• Writing and running unit tests with xUnit and MSTest frameworks
• Debugging techniques in Visual Studio
• Performance profiling and optimization strategies for .NET applications
• Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Hands-on exercises and projects to reinforce testing and debugging skills

Module 9: Security and Identity Management

• Understanding security principles in .NET applications
• Implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Using ASP.NET Identity for user management and authentication
• Protecting sensitive data: encryption, hashing, and salting
• Preventing common security vulnerabilities: SQL injection, XSS, CSRF
• Implementing security best practices for .NET applications

Module 10: Advanced .NET Topics

• Building microservices with .NET Core and Docker
• Implementing distributed caching with Redis
• Integrating messaging and event-driven architectures with RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Introduction to Blazor for building interactive web applications with .NET
• Practical projects and case studies to explore advanced .NET development scenarios
• Hands-on exercises to reinforce advanced topics and concepts

Module 11: Performance Optimization and Scalability

• Techniques for optimizing performance in .NET applications
• Understanding garbage collection and memory management in .NET
• Profiling and diagnosing performance issues with performance counters and tools
• Scaling .NET applications horizontally and vertically
• Load testing and capacity planning for .NET applications
• Implementing caching strategies and CDN integration for performance improvement