Highlights
.NET Introduction:
- Utilise Visual Studio to develop and debug applications
- Explore C# or Visual Basic .NET features
- Understand the Common Language Runtime and .NET
- Create Reusable Objects using Object Oriented Programming
- Understand how to handle Errors
- Learn to Develop Scalable Applications
- Use WPF to develop Windows applications
- Learn alternative approaches to develop server-side applications
Course Details
Introduction
- .NET Core and Visual Studio
- Creating .NET Solutions and Projects
- Role of the Common Language Runtime
- .NET APIs for creating Applications
- Discussion of alternative APIs for creating Applications with the .NET (Windows/Web/Database)
- Visual Studio tools
- Console IO
- Lab: Create simple Project and use of Visual Studio Features
Fundamentals
- Introduction to C#/VB.NET
- Class Libraries
- 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, Classes and Records
- 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
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
Who should attend
Feedback
4.8 out of 5 average
"Our tailored course provided a well rounded introduction into .NET core and related technologies. Excellent training on Object Oriented programming and accessing databases. Fast paced but the instructor never lost any of the delegates"
LK, Software Engineer, MVC, January 2021
“JBI did a great job of customizing their syllabus to suit our business needs and also bringing our team up to speed on the current best practices. Our teams varied widely in terms of experience and the Instructor handled this particularly well - very impressive”
Brian F, Team Lead, RBS, Data Analysis Course, 20 April 2022
