Study Guide

Objective

Microsoft’s ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance web framework for building full stack web applications. This course will introduce students to the syntax and programmatic idioms of ASP.NET CORE using the C# programming language. In particular, students will build an e-commerce website that teaches the following skills
• Coding with focus on application scalability using a Repository Design Pattern
• Integrating Entity Framework along with code first database migrations
• Integrating Identity Framework for Authentication and Authorization
• Making API Calls and integrating 3rd party packages to enhance the User Experience
• Database Seeding
• Third Party Payment Processing and Social Media Integration
• Deployment of the web application to cloud hosting services

Content

Session 1
Introduction to ASP.NET Core / Visual Studio IDE / NuGet Entity Framework / Repository Pattern / Data Models /Razor Pages / Dependency Injection / E-Mail Integration / Publication and Deployment
Session 2
Object Management
Session 3
Identity and Role Management / Sessions
Session 4
Payment Processing and Social Media Integration
Session 5
Enhancing User Experience

Further information

Students need to bring their own laptop.

The following software is necessary: MS Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition. Slides, exercise handouts and design examples will be provided during sessions.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

More than 50% of points

Assessment criteria, good (3)

More than 70% of points

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

More than 90% of points

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

40% of points

Prerequisites

Programming experience with an object-oriented language (C# or JAVA), Understanding of Relational Databases (SQL and Data Relations), Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.