Introduction
- Reasons for ideas, ideological news, changes against the .NET Framework
- Recommendations for existing applications and for the development of new ones
- Available runtime variants, LTS versus current version
- .NET Standard - what it is and how to use it
- NuGet packages, their role in .NET Core, how to create and publish them
- Basics of
ASP.NET, concept of middleware, creation of own middleware
- Kestrel web server, working with static files
Operation and hosting of ASP.NET Core applications
- SCD, FDD, SDK deployment
- Installation and configuration of a server with Windows and IIS, basic diagnostics
- Hosting applications in Azure App Service using Azure SQL Database, deployment slots
- Why and how to write cross-platform applications
- Installation and configuration of a web server on Linux, deployment and operation of
ASP.NET Core applications
.NET Core not just for the web: Console applications
- Why write them
- Command line parsing - NConsoler
- CommandLineUtils - framework for writing larger console applications
Windows Services and daemons
- Why use background processing in web applications
- Host a standard web application in your own Windows Service outside of IIS
- Background worker hosted in Windows Service or daemon
- Background worker hosted in a web process
A gentle introduction to software architecture
- Why we need a software architecture
- SOLID principles (SRP, OCP, LSP, ISP, DIP)
- IoC / DI as an implementation of these principles
IoC / DI in ASP.NET Core
- Built-in container
- Replacement of the built-in container with Autofac
- Advanced Autofac options
ASP.NET MVC Core and the new Razor
- Changes from previous MVC versions
- News in Razor (@inject, _ViewImports.cshtml, initialization)
Basic application skeleton in ASP.NET MVC Core
- Working with JavaScript and CSS, using Client Library Manager (LibMan)
- CSS and JavaScript preprocessors (SASS, LESS)
- Bundling and minification
- Use of CDN, fallback, SRI, CORS
- Concept of environment (Hosting Environment) and their use
Tag helpers in Razor
- Tag tag registration
- Tag helpers for creating links
- Tag helpers for caching
- Tag helpers for forms
- Create your own tag helpers
Cookies in ASP.NET
- Working with cookies in
ASP.NET Core
- Security aspects and limitations
- Cookie Consent and GDPR
- Alternatives to cookies - Local Storage and Session Storage
.NET command line tools
- What are .NET Tools, global and local
- Use existing
- Creating your own
Logging in .NET
- Concept of creating logs
- Record filtering
- Log provided
