ASP.NET Core MVC Mastery

CLI Commands

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Professional .NET CLI (The Command Line Mastery)

The Modern Developer's Workflow

Visual Studio is great, but Expert Architects use the CLI for CI/CD automation and fast-paced microservice development.

Top 5 Expert Commands

dotnet watch: Automatically re-compiles and re-launches your app whenever you save a code change!
dotnet publish: For professional releases with Tree Shaking and Assembly Trimming.
dotnet dev-certs: Securely manage your local SSL certificates for HTTPS development.

12-Year Senior Fact: dotnet ef migrations

For high-end data architects, the CLI is the **ONLY** way to manage database schema versions. Running dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate from the console is the professional standard for version-controlled databases.

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1. Core Framework

Introduction to ASP.NET Core MVC

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION & ENVIRONMENT SETUP

Microsoft Web Stack Overview Evolution of ASP.NET Environment Setup

2. View Engine

Layouts & Partial Views in Razor

MODULE 2: .NET CORE FUNDAMENTALS

Core Concepts Project Structure Startup Flow Middleware Pipeline

MODULE 3: ASP.NET CORE BASICS

Creating Project CLI Commands wwwroot & Static Files

MODULE 4: MVC FUNDAMENTALS

MVC Architecture Dependency Injection (DI) Service Lifetimes

MODULE 5: DATA PASSING TECHNIQUES

ViewData vs ViewBag TempData ViewModel Pattern

MODULE 6: ROUTING

Conventional vs Attribute Routing Custom Constraints

MODULE 7: VIEWS & UI

Razor View Engine Layouts & Sections View Components

MODULE 8: ACTION RESULTS

ViewResult JsonResult RedirectResult

MODULE 9: HTML HELPERS

Form Helpers Custom HTML Helpers

MODULE 10: TAG HELPERS

Built-in Tag Helpers Custom Tag Helpers

MODULE 11: MODEL BINDING

FromQuery vs FromRoute Complex Binding

MODULE 12: VALIDATION

Data Annotations Remote Validation Fluent Validation

MODULE 13: STATE MANAGEMENT

Cookies & Sessions TempData

MODULE 14: FILTERS & SECURITY

Action Filters Authorize Filters Anti-forgery

MODULE 15: ENTITY FRAMEWORK CORE (DEEP DIVE)

DbContext Migrations LINQ Relationships

MODULE 16: DESIGN PATTERNS

Repository Pattern Unit of Work Clean Architecture

MODULE 17: FILE HANDLING

File Upload/Download PDF/Excel Generation

MODULE 18: ADVANCED ASP.NET CORE

Request Lifecycle Bundling & Minification Deployment

MODULE 19: PERFORMANCE & BEST PRACTICES

Caching Strategies Async Programming Secure Coding

MODULE 20: RAZOR PAGES (BONUS)

Razor Pages vs MVC

MODULE 21: REAL-WORLD PROJECTS (🔥 MUST DO)

E-Commerce Web Application Employee Management System