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.
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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
ASP.NET Core Fundamentals
Project structure, Program.cs, configuration, dependency injection, middleware, routing, models, services and logging.
MVC & Razor Pages
MVC flow, controllers, Razor views, layouts, forms, binding, validation, PageModel, OnGet/OnPost and CRUD.
REST Web API
HTTP methods, status codes, JSON, controllers, routing, requests, responses, DTOs and validation.
Dapper & SQL Server
Connect services to stored procedures and Dapper repositories with safe parameter handling.
API Quality & Security
Error handling, logging, Swagger, Postman, CORS, authentication, JWT and authorization basics.
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
Industry terminology
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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