.
NET Core: Developing Cross-
Platform Web Apps with
ASP.NET Core
WorkshopPLUS
Target Audience
The WorkshopPLUS is primarily
targeted at developers with
some background and
experience with modern web
development technologies such
as ASP.NET or open-source
technologies such as Node.js.
Some common audiences
include traditional ASP.NET
developers who would like to
learn how to develop with
ASP.NET Core, Angular/React
developers, and IoT & mobile
app developers looking for
robust framework to build
REST services.
Target SDK & Platforms
ASP.NET Core v2.0
Windows / Linux / MacOS
Overview
ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance, open-source framework for
building modern, cloud-based, Internet-connected applications. With ASP.NET Core,
you can:
• Build web apps and services, IoT apps, and mobile backends.
• Use your favorite development tools on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Deploy to the cloud or on-premises.
• Run on .NET Core or .NET Framework.
.NET Core: Developing Cross-Platform Web Apps with ASP.NET Core WorkshopPLUS is
an instructor-led workshop. It establishes fundamentals of ASP.NET Core before diving
into full-stack development techniques.
Through a series of instructor-led lectures, demos, and hands-on labs, you will build &
deploy a fully functional cross-platform ASP.NET Core application to Azure and on-
premise.
Technical Highlights
After completing this course, you will be able to understand:
• Fundamentals of .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, and .NET Standard
• Unified story for building web UI and web APIs
• Integration of modern client-side frameworks and development workflows
• Cloud-ready, environment-based configuration system
• Built-in dependency injection
• A lightweight, high-performance, and modular HTTP request pipeline
• Ability to host on IIS or self-host in your own process
• How to run on .NET Core, which supports true side-by-side app versioning
• Tooling that simplifies modern web development (Visual Studio [Code] & CLI)
• Ability to build and run on Windows, macOS, and Linux & deploy to Azure and on-
premise
Version 3.0

Cloud Lab Pre-requisites
• Internet connectivity ≥ 5 Mbps
• Windows 7 or later
• 8 GB RAM
• Microsoft Office
Student Machine Pre-requisites
(if cloud labs are not used)
• Visual Studio 2017
• Visual Studio Code
• .NET Core SDK
• Azure SDK
• Postman
• Internet connectivity
• Microsoft Office
Syllabus
This workshop runs for four full days with the following agenda. Early departure
on any day is not recommended.
Module 1: Overview — Fundamentals of ASP.NET Core, .NET Core, and .NET
Standard, .NET Framework vs. .NET Core, project layout and templates, Razor
Pages, CLI, Middleware, and hosting options & configuration
Module 2: Models — Model development, Entity Framework Core, code-based
modeling, model design, model binding, Fluent API, and scaffolding
Module 3: Controllers — Controller development, model binding and filters,
advanced controller design and extensibility, dependency injection (DI), and
controller best practices
Module 4: Views — View fundamentals, HTML 5 and Bootstrap, scaffolding,
and Razor view engine
Module 5: Web API — REST, Web API fundamentals, Web API routing, HTTP
messages and content negotiations, hosting and consuming Web API, and
Web API usage patterns
Module 6: Client-Side Development — MVC and JavaScript, Bower and Grunt,
jQuery and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), and Single Page
Applications (SPA)
Module 7: Validation — Validation fundamentals, model and UI validation
Module 8: Routing — Routing and URL fundamentals, MVC routing
techniques, conventional and attribute routing, and route debugging
Module 9: Security — Fundamental security principles, authentication and
authorization scenarios & protocols, OpenID Connect and OAuth, ASP.NET
Identity, and ASP.NET Core security threats and defenses
Module 10: Cloud Development — Cloud computing, cloud patterns and
practices, Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS), App Services, Virtual Machines,
and Cloud Services
Module 11: ASP.NET Core on Linux/macOS & Containers — .NET Core on
Linux & MacOS, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio for Mac, Yeoman, Windows
subsystem for Linux, Containers, Docker, Microservices architecture, Azure
Containers Instances, App Service on Linux, and Web App for Containers
Module 12: Advanced Topics — Debugging and diagnostics, Application
Insights, Hosted Web Apps in Win 10, and Migration to ASP.NET Core
Recommended Learning Tracks

Beginner Profile Expert Profile

• New or relatively brief experience with ASP.NET MVC • Holds good understanding of MVC design pattern
• Experienced in ASP.NET Web Forms but new to MVC • Experienced in ASP.NET MVC 5

Recommended Track [four days] Recommended Track [four days]

1. Overview 1. Overview
2. Models 2. Models [What’s new?]
3. Views 3. Views [What’s new?]
4. Controllers 4. Controllers [What’s new?]
5. Web API 5. Web API
6. Validation 6. Client-side Development
7. Routing 7. Validation
8. Security 8. Routing
9. Advanced Topics * 9. Security
10. Cloud Development **
* Up to two sections of Advanced Topics are covered.
11. ASP.NET on Linux/MacOS & Containers **
12. Advanced Topics

** The amount of time spent on this module will be

determined by the audience interest level and use case.

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