Teaching Guidelines for

MS.Net Technologies
PG-DAC September 2021

Duration: 84 hours (42 class room hours + 32 lab hours + 10 revision/practice hours)

Objective: To acquire the knowledge of Microsoft.NET Framework 4.7 or higher version.

Prerequisites: Students are expected to know any OOP. They should have undergone the Web
Programming module which includes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and XML. Knowledge of any
database is required.
Note: Training will be carried out on .Net 4.7 or latest version of the software

Evaluation: 100 marks

Text Book:
 Pro C# 8 with .Net Core - Foundational Principles and Practices in Programming by Andrew
Troelsen & Philip Japikse / Apress

References:
 C# 8 and .Net Core 3.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development by Mark J. Price / Packt

(Note: Each Session is of 2 hours)

Session 2:
Lecture:
.Net Framework, .Net Core, Mono, Xamarin differences
Versions of the Framework
Managed and Unmanaged Code
Introduction to Visual Studio
Using ILDASM
NO LAB
Session 3:
Lecture:
Console Applications and Class Libraries (Framework and .Net Core)
C# Basics
Project References, using
Classes
Data Types in .net and CTS equivalents
Methods
 Method Overloading
 Optional Parameters
 Named Parameters and Positional Parameters
 Using params
 Local functions
Properties
 get, set
 Readonly properties
 Using property accessors to create Readonly property
Constructors
Object Initializer
Destructors
Discussion on IDispose. To be implemented after interfaces
Lab:
Create a class that has Properties, Fields, Methods, Constructors (Trainer can specify any class of his
choice, e.g. Student, Employee, etc)

Session 4:
Lecture:
Static Members of a Class
 Fields
 Methods
 Properties
 Constructors
Static Classes
Static local functions
Inheritance
 Access Specifiers
 Constructors in a hierarchy
 Overloading in derived class
 Hiding, using new
 override
 sealed methods
 Abstract Classes
 Abstract Methods
 Sealed Classes
Lab:
Create multiple classes that use Inheritance based concepts

Session 5:
Lecture:
Interfaces
  Implementing an interface
 Explicitly implementing an interface
 Inheritance in interfaces
 Default interface methods
Operator overloading
Lab:
Create and implement interfaces for the classes created in Lab 4
Implement IDisposable, IComparable

Session 6:
Lecture:
Reference and Value Types
Value Types
 struct
 enum
out and ref
nullable types
nullable reference types
?? and ??=
Working with Arrays (single, multidim, jagged), Array Class members
Indices and ranges
Indexers
Lab:
Lab based on array examples.
Also create an array of the class created in Lab 1.

Session 7:
Lecture:
Generic classes
Generic methods
Generic Constraints
Collections – generic and non-generic
Collection Examples based on ICollection, IList, IDictionary (both generic and non-generic)
Iterating collections using foreach
Using Tuples to pass multiple values to a function
Lab:
Lab based on collection examples.
Also create a collection of the class created in Lab 1.

Session 8:
Lecture:
Delegates
 Calling methods using delegates
 Uses of delegates
 Multicast delegates
 Action, Func, Predicate delegates
Anonymous methods
Lambdas
Lab:
Lab based on delegates examples.
Session 9:
Lecture:
Error Handling (Exceptions Handling)
 Checked & Unchecked Statements
 The try, catch, finally
 Dos & Don’ts of Exception Handling
User Defined Exception classes
Declaring and raising events
Handling events
Async calls using delegates
Lab:
Lab based on exceptions and events examples.

Session 10:
Lecture:
Anonymous types
Extension methods
Partial classes
Partial methods
LINQ to objects
Writing LINQ queries
Deferred execution
LINQ methods
PLINQ
Lab:
Lab based on LINQ examples
Students to try tutorial for 101 LINQ Queries

Session 11:
Lecture:
Creating a shared assembly
Creating Custom Attributes
Using Reflection to explore an Assembly
Using Reflection to load an Assembly dynamically
Files I/O and Streams
 Working with drivers, Directories, and Files
 Reading and Writing files
NO LAB

Session 12:
Lecture:
Threading
 ThreadStart, Parameterized ThreadStart
 ThreadPool
 Synchronizing critical data using lock, Monitor and Interlocked
Working with Tasks
 Calling functions with and without return values
 Using async, await
Using the Task Parallel Library
Lab:
Threading related examples
Task related examples
Sessions 13-18:
Lecture:
Introduction to Asp.Net MVC
 Architecture of an ASP .Net MVC application
 Understanding Folder structures and configuration files
Understanding Controllers and Action
 Create a controller
 How actions are invoked
 HttpGet , HttpPost , NoAction Attributes
 Running Action result.
Understanding Views & Models
 Creating Models & ViewModel
 Creating Razor Views
 HTML Helper Functions
 Understanding ViewBag
 Create a view using ViewBag
 Validation using Data Annotations
 Client side and server side validation
 Self validated model
 Creating Strongly Types Views
 Using Various Scaffold Templates
 CRUD operation using Model
MVC State Management
 ViewBag , TempData , Session , Application
 Cookies , QueryString
MVC Module
 Partial View
 Action Method and child action
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 Pattern in RouteConfig File
 Understanding 404 error and resource not found.
 Using Attributes Routing
 Understanding Request Life Cycle
Layouts , Bundle , Minification
 Creating Layout and using with associated views
 Understanding Bundling and Minification
 Using BundleConfig file
 Attaching css , js , bootstrap in bundles
 Custom Helper Function
 Asynchronous Actions
 Error Handling in MVC with Log Entry
 Filters and Custom Action Filter
MVC Security
 Using Authorize & Allow Anonymous attributes
 Implementing Forms Based Authentication
 Preventing Forgery Attack using AntiForgeryToken
 Preventing Cross Site Scripting Attack
 Intro of OAuth (Demo only)
Entity Framework
 Introduction to EF
 Different Approaches
 Using Code First Approach
 Using various Data Annotations
 Using Validation, Primary Key , Foreign Key etc
 Using Fluent APIs
 Database Migrations
 CRUD operation using EF
Developing MVC application using EF Code First Approach
Understanding ASP.Net MVC Core
 Difference between MVC and MVC Core
 Creating a simple MVC Core Application

Lab:
Lab exercise covering the concept covered in the class

Session 19:
Lecture:
Localization in MVC (Demo Only)
 Cultures and regions
 Understand Culture Type
 Server side culture declaration
 Client Side culture declaration
 Asp .Net 4.5 MVC recourse files
 Making use of local resources
 Making use of global resources
 Looking at the resource editor
Deploying ASP .NET MVC application (Demo only)
 Configuring IIS for ASP .Net MVC
 Bin Deploying an Asp .NET MVC application
NO LAB

Session 20:
Lecture:
Windows Communication Foundation (Demo Only)
 WCF Overview
 Service Contracts
 Data Contracts
 Message Contracts
 Operation Contract and Channel Shapes
 Channel Listeners
 Channel Factories
 ChannelFactory<>
  ICommunicationObject
 Binding
 wsHttpBinding ,ws2007HttpBinding, wsDualHttpBinding
 Cross-Machine Communication Between .NET Applications
 Local Machine Communication Between .NET Applications
 Communication Using Basic Web Services
 Communication Using Advanced Web Services
 Exposing a Service Contract over Multiple End Points
 Exporting and Publishing Metadata (Service Behavior)
 Implementing Transactions (Operation Behavior )
 Hosting a Service in Windows Process Activation Services
 Hosting a Service in IIS 7
 Self-Hosting in a Managed Windows Service
 Defining Service and Endpoint Addresses
 Creating REST Service with Get & Post
NO LAB

Session 21
Lecture:
Web APIs
 Creating ASP.NET MVC Web API
 Different Verbs
 Consuming using a client
 Using Newtonsoft APIs
Lab:
Create a RESTful service using WEB API. Create a consumer.