.NET Introduction training course

Introduction

• .NET Framework and Visual Studio 2015/2017
• Creating .NET Solutions and Projects
• Role of the Common Language Runtime
• .NET Framework APIs for creating Applications
• Discussion of alternative APIs for creating Applications with the .NET Framework (Windows/Web/Database)
• Visual Studio tools
• Console IO
• Lab: Create simple Project and use of Visual Studio Features

Fundamentals

• Introduction to C#/VB.NET
• .NET Framework Class Library
• Namespaces
• Value and Reference types
• Standard Types
• Methods
• Labs: Provide Input and Output functionality for common types; Create Methods to partition functionality

Flow of Control

• Loop Constructs (for, while, do/while)
• Conditional Code (if, switch/Select Case)
• Lab: Add flow of control statements to conditionally execute code

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

• Structures and Classes
• Methods/Properties/Constructors
• Class Diagrams/Class Details
• Refactoring
• Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Lab: Create Classes to provide templates for types; Implement Polymorphism
• Role of Generics in .NET
• Type Safety
• Generics and Generic Collections
• Lab: Use generic collection to store objects

Interfaces

• Introduction to Interfaces
• Creating an Interface
• Implementing an Interface
• Standard Interfaces
• Lab: Use interfaces in to work with Generic Collections

Error Handling

• Creating Robust Applications
• Exception Handling
• Try/catch/finally
• Lab: Add exception handling

Class Libraries

• Creating a Class Library
• Assemblies
• Strong Named Assemblies
• Lab: Create a Class Library for later reuse

Asynchronous Programming

• Asynchronous APIs are now common within .NET
• File Access
• Opening Files
• Reading and writing to files (and asynchronous usage)
• Use of asynchronous calls
• Task Asynchronous Pattern
• Lab: Reading from a file asynchronously

Accessing Databases (ADO.NET & LINQ)

• Creating a Data Access Layer
• Standard ADO.NET types
• Lab: Access data from a database
• Lambda Expressions
• Extension Methods
• Anonymous Type
• Simplified Querying and Manipulation of Data with Language Integrated Query LINQ
• Discussion of how the use of these new features allows alternative ways of writing programs.
• Creating an Entity Data Model
• Labs: Manipulate data using LINQ; Access data using an Entity Data Model

Windows Presentation Layer

• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Declarative and Imperative Programming
• Validating user input
• Databinding (Connecting data to controls)
• Lab: Create a Windows Application to allow user input and presentation of data

Web Presentation Layer

• This section considers the basics of creating a Web Application using both the traditional ASP.NET approach and the newer MVC approach
• ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller)
• Creating Model, View and Controller
• Configuring applications
• Use of Razor views
• Validating user input
• Lab: Create an ASP.NET MVC Application to allow user input and presentation of data

Deployment

• Consideration of alternative ways in which Applications can be deployed
• Copying Web Sites
• Publish Web Sites
• Lab: Publishing Project