• Overview of ASP.NET and its role in web development
• ASP.NET Framework vs. ASP.NET Core
• Setting up the development environment (Visual Studio, .NET SDK)
• Introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Understanding client-server architecture
• HTTP and its methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)

• Page life cycle in Web Forms
• Server-side controls and validation
• ViewState, Session, and Cookies

• Setting up an ASP.NET Core project
• Middleware and request pipeline
• Dependency Injection (DI)
• Introduction to Razor syntax
• Creating and managing Razor pages
• Handling form submissions and validations

• MVC architecture (Model, View, Controller)
• Routing and URL patterns
• Passing data between Model, View, and Controller
• Strongly-typed views and ViewBag/ViewData

• Introduction to Entity Framework (EF) Core
• Database-first and code-first approaches
• LINQ queries and CRUD operations
• Using SQL Server with ASP.NET

• Authentication and Authorization

  • ASP.NET Identity for user management
  • Role-based and claims-based authentication
  • Implementing OAuth and external login providers (Google, Facebook)

• Creating RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core
• Handling HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Consuming APIs in client applications
• Securing APIs using JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

• ViewState, Session State, and Application State
• Query strings and hidden fields
• Caching techniques (in-memory, distributed caching)

• Handling file uploads and downloads
• Validating and processing files on the server

Logging and Error Handling

• Implementing logging with ILogger
• Custom error pages and exception handling
• Using third-party logging tools (e.g., Serilog, NLog)

• Building a full-fledged web application (e.g., e-commerce, blog, or task management system)
• End-to-end implementation of all learned concepts