Sessions 13-19: In-Depth Explanation

Lecture Topics (Overview):

• Introduction to ASP.NET MVC Core
  • Architecture of an ASP.NET MVC application
  • Understanding folder structures and configuration files
• Understanding Controllers and Actions
  • Creating a controller
  • How actions are invoked
  • HttpGet, HttpPost, NoAction attributes
  • Running action results
• Understanding Views & Models
  • Creating Models & ViewModels
  • Creating Razor Views
  • HTML Helper Functions
  • Understanding ViewBag
  • Creating a view using ViewBag
  • Validation using Data Annotations
  • Client-side and server-side validation
  • Self-validated models
  • Creating strongly-typed views
  • Using various scaffold templates
  • CRUD operations using Models
• MVC State Management
  • ViewBag, TempData, Session, Application
  • Cookies, QueryString
• MVC Module
  • Partial Views
  • Action methods and child actions
• Data Management with ADO.NET
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient introduction
  • Connection object, Command object, DataReader, DataAdapter, DataSet, and DataTable
  • Asynchronous command execution
  • Asynchronous connections
• Understanding Routing & Request Life Cycle
  • Routing Engine & Routing Table
  • Understanding and configuring routing patterns in RouteConfig file
  • Understanding 404 errors and resource not found
  • Using attribute routing
  • Understanding request life cycle
• Layouts, Bundling, Minification
  • Creating layouts and using with associated views
  • Understanding bundling and minification
  • Using BundleConfig file
  • Attaching CSS, JS, Bootstrap in bundles
  • Custom helper functions
  • Asynchronous actions
  • Error handling in MVC with log entry
  • Filters and custom action filters
• MVC Security
  • Using Authorize & AllowAnonymous attributes
  • Implementing forms-based authentication
  • Preventing forgery attacks using AntiForgeryToken
  • Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks
• Entity Framework
  • Introduction to EF
  • Different approaches (Code First, Database First, Model First)
  • Using Code First approach
  • Using various Data Annotations
  • Using validation, primary key, foreign key, etc.
  • Using Fluent APIs
  • Database migrations
  • CRUD operations using EF
• Developing MVC application using EF Code First approach
• Introduction to Razor Pages

Lab:

• Lab exercises covering the concepts covered in the class.

Lecture: Detailed Explanation

Given the extensive scope, I'll group the topics into logical sections, explain each with examples, and highlight their integration with the Employee class from Lab 1.