Learning ASP.NET Core MVC

Course details

ASP.NET Core, the Microsoft web development framework, includes an optimized developer experience, better performing runtime, and cross-platform support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In this course, Jess Chadwick introduces the basics to get you up and running with ASP.NET Core, and creating your own professional quality applications. He explores setup and installation, working with the ASP.NET Core framework, and the techniques you need to manage data, reuse code, construct web APIs, and secure your new applications. All of this is included along with industry-standard best practices such as dependency injection and the model-view-controller pattern for more modular code.

Learning objectives
Building blocks of ASP.NET Core applications
Creating a new project
Responding to HTTP requests
Serving static files
Understanding the MVC pattern
Handling requests with controllers
Routing
Rendering HTML with Razor
Rendering data, view markup, and view logic
Creating HTML forms
Validating form data
Reading and writing from a database with Entity Framework
Improving the user experience
Exposing data with a web API
Securing your ASP.NET application

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - How to use the exercise files
04 - Development environment set up
05 - Sample application introduction
06 - What's new

1. The Basics

07 - Building blocks of ASP.NET Core applications
08 - Create a new project
09 - Respond to HTTP requests
10 - Serving static files
11 - Error handling and diagnostics
12 - Use custom configuration
13 - Populate configuration settings
14 - Increase maintainablility with dependency injection

2. The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern

15 - Understand the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern
16 - Customize your application's URLs
17 - Handle requests with controllers
18 - Pass parameters to controller actions
19 - Understand routing
20 - Customize your application's URLs

3. Render HTML with Views

21 - Render HTML with Razor
22 - Render dynamic content with Razor
23 - Reuse shared HTML markup with layouts
24 - Rendering reusable sections of content in a layout
25 - Pass data from the controller to the view
26 - Render data with strongly typed views

4. Work with Data

27 - Create strongly typed HTML forms
28 - Post form data to controller actions
29 - Validate form post data
30 - Use tag helpers to simplify forms
31 - Represent the database using Entity Framework
32 - Write to a database using Entity Framework
33 - Read from a database using Entity Framework

5. Creating Reusable Components

34 - Reuse view markup with partial views
35 - Reuse view logic with injectable services
36 - Creating reusable components with view components
37 - Enhancing a view component with logic and dynamic markup
38 - Avoid page refreshes with partial rendering

6. Secure Your Application

39 - Secure controller actions from unauthorized access
40 - Add identity services to your application
41 - Use identity services to create user accounts
42 - Use identity services to allow users to log in to your site

Conclusion

43 - Next steps