.NET Superpowers: 1-day Workshop

.NET 8 is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version in .NET.

Our .NET experts can get you ready to use the most powerful version ever. This fast-paced 1-day course covers many topics, such as Cloud-Native (Azure) Web Application development with ASP.NET Core, data access with EF Core, automated testing, and many other enterprise topics.

You will finish the day with a solid understanding of why you should be using .NET 8 for all your small, medium and enterprise business projects.

Agenda

1. Getting Started with .NET 8

• Learn how to get up and running quickly with .NET and the new language features of C# 12

2. Minimal APIs with ASP.NET Core

• Build functioning web APIs quickly without the boilerplate
• Add authentication using the new ASP.NET Core Identity
• Generate Client code to consume your API using Kiota

3. Working with Entity Framework Core

• Enterprise data access with Entity Framework Core

4. Communication with Backend APIs in .NET Learn about the different API communication options available in .NET:

• REST
• Web API
• Minimal APIs
• gRPC
• GraphQL
• SignalR

5. Modern Web Dev with Blazor

• Building an interactive UI that uses C# in the browser!

6. Cloud Native Development Building a production-ready distributed application that is resilient, observable, and hosted in the cloud

• DAPR
• .NET Aspire
• Deploy to Azure using AZD

7. Simplified Automated Testing Learn how to write automated tests

• Unit testing with xUnit and NSubtitute
• Integration Testing with TestContainers and Respawn

8. Migrating to .NET 8 How to migrate your old .NET or .NET Framework apps to .NET 8

• Upgrade Assistant in Visual Studio
• Migration Patterns
• YARP (Yet-Another-Reverse-Proxy)

9. Source Generators How to leverage source generators

• Add code at compile time
• Enhance your applications without losing performance