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.NET Fundamentals

Course Summary

The .NET Fundamentals training course focuses on the core aspects of using .NET to build web-based applications.

The course begins with an overview of Core C# including application structure and an in-depth look at object-oriented applications. Next, students will learn about web development with MVC. The course concludes with a lesson on database access.

This course assumes you have some familiarity with an object-oriented language such as C#, Java, SmallTalk, or C++.

Purpose
 Learn how to build .NET applications.
Audience
 Programmers who are familiar with object-oriented techniques who want to learn the .NET platform.
Role
Software Developer
Skill Level
Introduction
Style
Learning Spikes - Workshops
Duration
3 Days
Related Technologies
.NET | C# | C++ | Java

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Describe the difference between a value type and a reference type.
  • Read and write file system data.
  • Discover Structured Exception Handling to handle errors with grace.
  • Leverage WCF to build REST based services.
  • Apply LINQ to perform database queries against SQL server.

What You'll Learn:

In the .NET Fundamentals training course, you'll learn:
  • C#
    • Introductions
      • A Heritage of Curly Braces
      • Multiple Paradigms: Procedural, Object-oriented, Declarative, Functional
      • Hello World!
    • Application Structure
      • Review of Object-oriented Concepts
      • Static Classes
      • Classes and Structs
      • Properties and Fields
      • Enumerations
      • Namespaces
    • Object-Oriented, In-depth
      • Implementation Inheritance
      • Virtual and Sealed
      • Interface Inheritance
      • Polymorphism
    • Flow Control
      • Evaluating Conditionals
      • Ifs and Thens
      • Switch Statements
      • Collections
      • Loops Loops Loops!
    • Events and Exceptions
      • Event Motivations
      • Event Patterns
      • Gotchas
      • Event Alternatives
    • Advanced Topics
      • Encryption
      • Working with Unmanaged Resources
      • Essential Patterns in Modern C#
  • Web Development with MVC
    • Introducing ASP MVC
      • ASP Web Forms Refresher
      • Fundamental Pattern: Model-View-Controller
      • MVC and Webforms compared
    • Controllers
      • Convention over Configuration
      • Flavors of ActionResult
      • Writing an ActionFilter
    • Views
      • View Engines and Razor
      • HTML Helpers
    • Routing
      • RESTful resource identification
      • Structuring your application
    • WCF Fundamentals - https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/wcf-fundamentals/table-of-contents
      • Introduction to WCF
      • What is a Service
      • Developing services
      • Developing clients
      • REST Services
  • Database Access
    • Introduction to SQL
      • What is SQL?
      • How does SQL differ based on database vendor?
      • Current SQL ANSI Standards
      • Functionality supported by SQL
    • Database Concepts
      • Core database terminologies
      • Database design process
      • Overview of Database Normalization
    • Introduction to SQL Server
      • Setting up SQL Server
      • Selecting installation options
      • Installing a named instance
      • Creating Users
      • Setting up databases and tables
      • Granting remote access
    • Introducing Entity Framework
      • Impedance Mismatch
      • Relationship to Traditional ADO.NET
      • What EF Brings
      • Alternatives to EF
    • LINQ LINQ LINQ!
      • History and Motivations
      • Query Syntax vs. Object Syntax
      • Cheatsheet
      • LINQ Backends - Objects, XML, Entities
    • Bootstrapping Entity Framework
      • Design Patterns
      • Code First and POCOs
      • Mapping Considerations
      • Common Scenarios
    • Making Your Database Happy
      • Using Stored Procedures
      • Managing Concurrency
      • Joining Transactions
    • Advanced Entity Framework
      • Loading: Lazy and Eager
      • More patterns: Entities and Aggregates
      • Fine-tuning Queries
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Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
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Expert Practitioners

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More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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