Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

In this course, you will learn to develop advanced ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) 4 applications using .NET Framework 4.5 tools and technologies. You will learn how to enhance the performance and scalability of the web site application through coding activities. You will also be introduced to ASP.NET MVC 4 with comparison to Web Forms so you know when each should/could be used. You will learn how to create web sites that separate the user interface, data access, and application logic.

This course uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2012. It incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 20486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications and can assist you in your preparation for Exam 70-486.

Skills Gained

• Microsoft Web Technologies stack and select an appropriate technology to use to develop any given application
• Architecture and implementation of a web application that will meet a set of functional requirements, user interface requirements, and address business models
• Create MVC 4 Models and write code that implements business logic within model methods, properties, and events
• Add controllers to an MVC 4 application to manage user interaction, update models, and select and return views
• Create views in an MVC 4 application that display and edit data and interact with models and controllers
• Run unit tests and debugging tools against a web application in Visual Studio 2012 and configure an application for troubleshooting
• Develop a web application that uses the ASP.NET routing engine to present friendly URLs and a logical navigation hierarchy to users
• Implement a consistent look and feel, including corporate branding, across an entire MVC 4 web application
• Use partial page updates and caching to reduce the network bandwidth used by an application and accelerates responses to user requests
• Write JavaScript code that runs on the client-side and utilizes the jQuery script library to optimize the responsiveness of an MVC 4 web application.
• Implement a complete membership system in an MVC 4 web application
• Build an MVC application that resists malicious attacks and persists information about users and preferences
• Write a Windows Azure web service and call it from and MVC 4 application
• Web API and why developers might add a Web API to an application
• Modify the way browser requests are handled by an MVC 4 application
• Package and deploy an ASP.NET MVC 4 web application from a development computer to a web server for staging or production

Who Can Benefit

• Professional web developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 in an individual-based or team-based, small-sized to large development environment
• Developers who are interested in developing advanced web applications and want to manage the rendered HTML comprehensively, as well as learn to create web sites that separate the user interface, data access, and application logic

Prerequisites

• At least two to three years of experience developing web-based applications using Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft ASP.NET
• Proficiency using the .NET Framework
• Familiarity with the C# language