ASP.NET Core MVC Mastery

Relationships

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Mastering EF Core Relationships (Database Architecture)

1. One-to-Many (The Standard)

Example: One Category has many Products. EF Core uses a Foreign Key in the child table. Professional tip: Use Shadow Properties for FK IDs to keep your domain models clean.

2. Many-to-Many (.NET 5.0+ Revolution)

In modern .NET, you no longer need a manual joining entity class for simple many-to-many relationships. EF Core manages the hidden join table automatically!

3. One-to-One (The Master-Detail)

Example: One User has one Profile. The Profile table's Primary Key is also its Foreign Key. This ensures absolute data integrity at the database level.

Architect Insight: Cascading Deletes

Always explicitly configure your Delete Behavior in Fluent API. Use OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Restrict) to prevent accidental mass deletion of orders when a user is deleted in your system. This is a critical security and data safety audit point!

ASP.NET Core MVC Mastery
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