.NET Training : ASP.NET MVC Using C# Rev. 4.8

ASP.NET MVC Using C#
Rev. 4.8

.NET Training Overview

This course provides a practical hands-on introduction to developing Web applications using ASP.NET MVC 5 and C#. This Web development framework from Microsoft emphasizes separation of concerns in the architecture and testability of applications. The course includes coverage of the Razor View Engine, Entity Framework 6 and ASP.NET Web API 2. It also introduces Windows Azure and the deployment of ASP.NET MVC applications to the Azure cloud.

For Microsoft�s cross-platform ASP.NET Core please see course, ASP.NET Core MVC.

The course covers the fundamentals of the Model-View-Controller design pattern and its implementation in ASP.NET MVC. This technology is compared with classical ASP.NET Web Forms. The two technologies share a common ASP.NET infrastructure. Visual Studio 2017 with .NET 4.5.2 is used as a productive platform for creating ASP.NET MVC applications. After presenting the fundamentals of the technology with several examples, the main components of Model, Controller and View are covered in detail. The discussion of the Model incorporates modern Microsoft data access technologies, including SQL Server 2016, LINQ and ADO.NET Entity Framework 6. The routing mechanism of ASP.NET MVC is covered. The course introduces automated unit testing of Web applications, one of the chief advantages of the new technology. Security is covered, with some hands-on illustrations of attacks and defenses against them. The course includes a discussion of how ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms can be used together in the same application. The course includes with an introduction to ASP.NET Web API and concludes with deployment to Windows Azure. An appendix covers deployment on IIS 7.5

Numerous programming examples and exercises are provided. The student will receive a comprehensive set of notes and all the programming examples.

.NET Training Objectives

Gain a thorough understanding of the philosophy and architecture of Web applications using ASP.NET MVC

Acquire a working knowledge of Web application development using ASP.NET MVC 5 and Visual Studio 2017

Access databases with SQL Server 2016, ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework 6

Perform automated testing of Web applications created using ASP.NET MVC and the built-in Visual Studio Unit Test Framework

Implement security in ASP.NET MVC applications

Combine ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms when appropriate

Create HTTP services using ASP.NET Web API 2

Deploy ASP.NET MVC applications to the Windows Azure cloud

.NET Training Prerequisites

The student should have a good working knowledge of C# and the .NET Framework. Basic knowledge of ASP.NET and HTML is also required.

.NET Training Course duration

3 days

.NET Training Course outline

1. Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

Review of ASP.NET Web Forms
Advantages and Disadvantages of Web Forms
Model-View-Controller Pattern
ASP.NET MVC
Advantages and Disadvantages of ASP.NET MVC
Unit Testing

2. Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC

Installing ASP.NET MVC
Using Visual Studio
Hello World for ASP.NET MVC
Rendering Views
Razor View Engine
Dynamic Output

3. ASP.NET MVC Architecture

The Controller in ASP.NET MVC
The View in ASP.NET MVC
The Model in ASP.NET MVC
Helper Methods for HTML
Form Submission
Model Binding
Input Validation

4. The Model

Microsoft Technologies for the Model
ADO.NET
LINQ
ADO.NET Entity Framework 6
CRUD Operations
NuGet Package Manager

5. The Controller

IController Interface
Controller Base Class
Actions
Retrieving Data from a Request
Action Results
Action Attributes
Filters
Asynchronous Controllers

6. The View

View Responsibility
Using ViewBag
Using Dynamic Objects
Html Helpers
Validation Attributes

7. Routing

Routing in ASP.NET MVC
Properties of Routes
Parameters in Routing
Registering Routes
Debugging Routes
Areas

8. Unit Testing

Test-Driven Development
Test Automation
Refactoring
Visual Studio Unit Test Framework
Test Cases
Test Classes
Test Runners
Testing ASP.NET MVC Applications
Dependency Injection
Mocking Frameworks
Inversion of Control Containers

9. Security

Input Forgery
Cross-Site Scripting
Session Hijacking
Cross-site Request Forgery
SQL Injection
Using the MVC Framework Securely

10. Combining ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms

Using Web Forms in an MVC Applications
Using MVC in a Web Forms Application

11. ASP.NET Web API

ASP.NET Web API
Representational State Transfer
REST and Web API
HTTP Services Using Web API
Using Fiddler
ASP.NET Web API Clients
CRUD Operations

12. Deployment on Windows Azure

What Is Windows Azure?
A Windows Azure Testbed
Deploying an Application to Azure
Updating an Application on Azure

Appendix A. Learning Resources

Appendix C. Deployment in IIS 7.5

IIS 7.5
MVC with IIS 7.5
XCOPY Deployment

System Requirements

Required software is Visual Studio 2017, which includes LocalDB, a lightweight version of SQL Server 2016 Express. The free Visual Studio Community 2017 may be used. The operating system should be Windows 7SP1 or more recent. Several free tools are also used. These can all be downloaded from the Web. The last chapter requires a connection to the Internet, and a Windows Azure account (a free trial account is available from Microsoft). See the course Setup Notes for details.

A good minimal hardware profile for this course would have a 2 GHz or equivalent CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and at least 10 GB of free disk space for tools installation and courseware.