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Unit 2: Getting Started: Setting up my Developer Machine
11 Lessons-
PreviewVisual Studio Code
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PreviewVisual Studio 2022
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PreviewAdd extensions for VS2022
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PreviewSQL Server Developer Edition
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PreviewSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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PreviewSQL Server Data Tools and Modifying an existing Visual Studio Installation
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PreviewGet GIT on your machine, escape VIM, and set global config values for username, email, and editor
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PreviewGet Latest PowerShell, Chocolatey, and WSL 2 for Windows
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PreviewGet Docker Desktop, Add Kubernetes, Run a sample .Net Core Web Application in a container
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PreviewWindows Terminal
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PreviewGet the Azure CLI on your local machine
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Unit 3: Creating the Contact Manager Project
4 Lessons-
PreviewCreate a new C# MVC Web Project
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PreviewEnsure NuGet packages are up to date
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PreviewReview the initial migration, run the project, apply the migration via the browser, then change the database connection string
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PreviewRun the initial database migration against your local SQL Server, then examine how to review the data with various tools
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Unit 4: Source Control
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Unit 5: Creating the Models (the "M" in MVC)
6 Lessons -
Unit 6: Leveraging a new Database Project for Model creation
6 Lessons-
StartCreate the New Database Project and Add the Database context for MyContactManager data
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StartAdd a database migration for State and Contact Models to map to appropriate database tables
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StartUpdate the database
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StartRollback the previous Migration
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StartAdd a "Seed" for the database States table data, create and apply the migration
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StartCommit changes and push to the repository
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Unit 7: Creating the Controllers and Scaffolding Views (the "C" and "V" of MVC)
7 Lessons-
StartCreate the States Controller and Scaffold Views
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StartGetting the DB Context Injected as a Service to the Contact Web Project
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StartCreate the Contacts Controller and scaffold Views
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StartFix the invalid state for Contacts Model on Create/Edit
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StartCreate and Edit Contacts, fix some small code issues
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StartRework Contacts Controller to get state data in one place
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StartCommit Changes and Push to Remote
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Unit 8: Use a feature branch developer flow to Implement Caching For States Data
6 Lessons-
StartCreate a feature branch
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StartUpdate States Controller To Cache States Data
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StartUpdate States Controller to Invalidate Cache on CRUD Operations
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StartUpdate Contacts Controller to pull States data from Cache first, then fall back to the context if necessary
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StartUpdate Contacts controller to fix issues with disconnected data for states on Create
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StartSmoke Test, Commit Changes, Push to Remote, then Create a Pull Request to main, Commit the Pull Request
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Unit 9: Utilizing Services and Repositories and Adding Unit and Integration Testing
14 Lessons-
StartUse a Feature Branch and Create the Repositories Project
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StartCreate the Services Project
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StartCreate and Move operations for the States to the States Repository
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StartCreate operations in the States Service and call to the service from the States controller
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StartInject Services into the Program
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StartAdd Unit Tests for States Service
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StartFinishing Up the Unit Testing for the States Service
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StartAdd Integration Tests for the States Repository
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StartContinued Integration Testing for the States Repository
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StartFinalizing States Integration Testing
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StartMove Operations for Contacts to the Repository and Add Integration Tests
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StartCreate Contacts Service Unit Tests and Replace Calls in the Controller
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StartSmoke Test and Push to remote - You could create PR and merge. I have a conflict to resolve
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StartForce push a history reset to main, then merge the PR
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Unit 10: Implement Authorization
11 Lessons-
StartLock down the controllers by authorization for authenticated users only
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StartAdd Authorization by Role to the states controller
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StartCreate User Roles Service to ensure users and roles for admin user
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StartWire up a call to the EnsureUsersAndRoles from the home controller and execute it, then show admin on States
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StartDemonstration: Contacts bleed across users/URLs are hackable
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StartUpdate Solution To Leverage the User Id In the Contacts Hierarchy
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StartFinish updates for Integration and Service Tests to Ensure Contact User Mapping
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StartLock down contacts to specific users in the Controller
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StartUpdate the UI to hide the UserId from all contacts views - part 1
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StartUpdate the UI to hide the UserId from all contacts views - part 2
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StartPush changes and close some issues
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Unit 11: Updating the User Interface (UI)
16 Lessons-
StartAdding Navigation Links and ensuring links only show to authorized users
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StartUpdate Navigation Links for highlighting the "active" tab
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StartCheck in Changes, Update issues, create PR, Get DataTables, Add DataTables to the project
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StartAdd DataTables assets to the project
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StartUpdate the Contacts Index.cshtml view to leverage DataTables
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StartCreate Prototype HTML for simple UI Testing
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StartPrototyping the new Create Contact Layout
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StartClean up Contacts Create.cshtml view
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StartClean up Contacts Edit.cshtml view
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StartPrototype Details Modal Dialog
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StartImplement Details Modal Dialog
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StartImplement Confirm Dialog for Delete
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StartCommit Changes, Push, Close issue and merge PR
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StartClean up remaining pages and add Datatables for States Index
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StartMake the home page your own
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StartPush to GitHub and create two final issues
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Unit 12: Deploying your website to Azure
7 Lessons-
StartGet an account at Azure [if you don't have one]
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StartAzure Overview and Create a new Resource Group
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StartCreate an Azure App Service
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StartCreate an Azure SQL Database
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StartAssociating the App Service database to your Azure SQL Database
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StartAdd Automation for Database Migrations
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StartSmoke Test and push a change to validate CI/CD
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ASP.Net MVC Quickstart
Build your own public-facing CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) website w/MVC and Entity Framework in a weekend.
Course Summary
Learn how to work with ASP.Net MVC to build and deploy a public-facing application that tracks the contacts for registered users. Through the process, you'll learn about building Models, Views, and Controllers with some tips and tricks for maximizing your success. You'll also learn about creating unit and integration tests. To complete the picture, you'll learn about how to use GitHub actions to deploy your application to Azure.
Course Curriculum
Brian Gorman
I am an experienced .Net developer, certified as an MCSA: Web Apps, MCSD: App Builder, and MCT, as well as Azure Fundamentals, Azure Developer Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals, Azure DevOps Expert, Azure Administrator, Azure Database Administrator, and as an Azure IoT Specialist. I recently completed my first book, Practical Entity Framework, available from APress and am working on the second edition for EFCore5. I have a masters of science degree in computer information systems, and a bachelors in computer science. I work as a full-time cloud training architect, where I've had the opportunity to lead others toward azure certifications, develop new training content, and participate in many challenges and open hack events. For the past 11 years I've taught online computer science courses for Franklin University, and have created instructional video courses for programming and technology concepts in .Net and Java. In my free time, I create original music and perform in theater productions, as a singer/songwriter, and on music teams at church. I have a passion to share technical knowledge and help anyone become a successful .Net developer with Azure certifications.
Specialties:
Technical Training/Writing/Course Creation
.Net C#/VB
Windows Services
WCF/REST Services
Microsoft SQL Server
ASP.Net websites (Webforms and MVC)
Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL
Project management/SDLC management.
Design Patterns
GIT
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