Introduction to .NET Core for Web Services Training in France

Delegates should have a minimum of two years experience with .NET with exposure to ASP .NET and Entity Framework.

Introduction

• The History and Evolution of .NET
• Platforms, Frameworks and Targeting
• .NET Standard
• .NET Core
• Entity Framework Core
• ASP .NET Core

Setting up the Environment

• Installing the SDK and CLI
• Extending the Command Line
• Visual Studio Code vs Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code Extensions
• JetBrains Project Rider
• Project JSON vs MSBuild
• Running Hello World

Refresher of Latest C# Syntax

• Async / Await
• Caller and Element Information
• Improved Auto-properties
• Expression Bodied Functions
• Static Imports
• Null-conditional and Null-coalescing operators
• String Interpolation
• Index Initialisers
• Exception Filters

C# 7 Features

• Improved ‘out’ parameters
• Pattern Matching
• Improved Tuple Support
• Deconstructions
• Local Functions
• Literal Improvements
• Ref returns and locals
• Generalized Async return Type
• More expression bodied members
• Throw expressions

.NET Core Projects

• Creating projects
• Adding Dependencies
• Writing Tests
• Building, Testing and Running
• Publishing with Runtime

ASP .NET Core

• Differences with ASP .NET
• Kestrel
• Building Services
• Dependency Injection
• Middleware
• Routing and MVC
• Razor in ASP .NET Core
• Logging and Debugging
• Building an Angular 2 SPA
• Authentication

Entity Framework Core

• Differences with Entity Framework
• Dependency Injection
• Database Providers
• Logging and Debugging
• Performance Implications
• Migrations