SAHASRA TECHNOLOGIES
Beginner to intermediate curriculum · ASP.NET Core DevelopmentASP.NET Core Development
A major backend track covering ASP.NET Core foundations, introductory MVC and Razor Pages, and strong practical Web API development with Dapper and SQL Server.
- Duration
- 40–48 classes
- Per class
- 90 minutes
Curriculum PDF: save the complete ASP.NET Core Development syllabus for offline reference.
Learning objective
Build, test and explain a validated database-backed ASP.NET Core Web API and understand common MVC and Razor patterns.
Recommended class plan
40–48 classes · 90 minutes per class
3 weekday classes + 1 weekend API lab per week
Technologies
- ASP.NET Core
- C#
- Dapper
- SQL Server
- JWT
Tools
- Visual Studio
- Swagger
- Postman
- SSMS
- Debugger
- Git
Curriculum modules
Basic Foundations → Practical Skills → Guided Application
- 1
ASP.NET Core Fundamentals
Project structure, Program.cs, configuration, dependency injection, middleware, routing, models, services and logging.
- 2
MVC & Razor Pages
MVC flow, controllers, Razor views, layouts, forms, binding, validation, PageModel, OnGet/OnPost and CRUD.
- 3
REST Web API
HTTP methods, status codes, JSON, controllers, routing, requests, responses, DTOs and validation.
- 4
Dapper & SQL Server
Connect services to stored procedures and Dapper repositories with safe parameter handling.
- 5
API Quality & Security
Error handling, logging, Swagger, Postman, CORS, authentication, JWT and authorization basics.
- 6
Guided API Project
Build and test an ASP.NET Core Web API + Dapper + SQL Server application.
Beginner topics
Start Here and Build Comfort
- Project creation and structure
- Routing and controllers
- Dependency injection
- Configuration
- Models and services
- MVC/Razor basics
Intermediate topics
Progress After the Basics Are Clear
- REST design
- DTOs and validation
- Dapper integration
- Stored procedures
- Logging and errors
- CORS
- JWT and authorization basics
Practical learning
Practise, Submit, Build and Explain
Practical exercises
- Create CRUD endpoints
- Return correct status codes
- Validate a request DTO
- Test endpoints in Postman and Swagger
Assignments
- Build a service layer
- Add Dapper stored procedure calls
- Add JWT basics
- Document an API
Mini projects
- Employee Management API
- Inventory API
- Student Management API
Industry habits throughout the track
Terminology, Debugging and Responsible AI
Industry terminology
- Middleware
- Dependency injection
- Controller
- Service
- DTO
- Endpoint
- Status code
- CORS
- JWT
Debugging exercises
- Trace a 400/401/500 response
- Inspect dependency-injection errors
- Debug API → Dapper → SQL flow
AI learning exercises
- Review generated controllers for validation
- Ask AI to explain middleware order
- Generate tests, then verify every assertion
Topics intentionally excluded
Advanced Topics Come Later
Quality fundamentals are more valuable than an overloaded syllabus. These topics are outside this track:
- Microservices
- CQRS
- Event sourcing
- Advanced Clean Architecture
- Advanced security
- Distributed systems
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