ASP.NET Core MVC Mastery

wwwroot & Static Files

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Mastering wwwroot: Secure Static File Delivery

1. Why wwwroot? (The "Web Root" Standard)

In legacy ASP.NET, your entire project was public. In ASP.NET Core, ONLY the wwwroot folder is accessible from the web. This is the **First Firewall** that protects your project configuration (C# code, appsettings.json) from hackers.

2. Middleware: app.UseStaticFiles()

For your CSS and JS to load, you must enable this middleware in Program.cs. Standard for all applications.

Architect Insight: Client-Side Cache Headers

Senior architects use StaticFileOptions to set long-term **Cache-Control** headers (e.g. 1 year). This tells browsers to keep your images/JS in memory, reducing server load by **80%** or more for your 1M+ user application.

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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