Course20486B:DevelopingASP.

NET
MVC4WebApplications
Module1:ExploringASP.NETMVC4Thegoalofthismoduleistooutlinetothestudentsthecomponentsof
theMicrosoftWebTechnologiesstack,whichcanbeusedtohostacompletedwebapplication.Studentswill
alsolearnaboutASP.NET4.5andbeintroducedtothewebforms,webpages,andMVCprogrammingmodels.
FinallytheywillseeanoverviewofASP.NETMVC4,includingnewfeaturesandconfiguration.Lessons

OverviewofMicrosoftWebTechnologies

OverviewofASP.NET4.5

IntroductiontoASP.NETMVC4

Lab:ExploringASP.NETMVC4
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

describetheMicrosoftWebTechnologiesstackandselectanappropriatetechnologytousetodevelop
anygivenapplication.

Module2:DesigningASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleistointroducestudentstothe
typicaldesignprocessthatarchitectsmustcompletewhentheyplananMVC4application.Atthisstageinthe
designprocess,MVC4hasbeenselectedasthemostappropriateprogrammingmodel,butthedetailsofthe
application,suchastheoverallarchitecture,Controllers,Views,Models,androutestocreate,havenotbeen
fixed.Howtoplansuchdetailsisshownduringthismodule.Lessons

PlanningintheProjectDesignPhase

DesigningModels,Controllers,andViews

Lab:DesigningASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

designthearchitectureandimplementationofawebapplicationthatwillmeetasetoffunctional
requirements,userinterfacerequirements,andaddressbusinessmodels.

Module3:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4Models
ThegoalofthismoduleistoenablethestudentstocreateModelswithinanMVCapplicationthatimplementthe
businesslogicnecessarytosatisfybusinessrequirements.Themodulealsodescribeshowtoimplementa
connectiontoadatabase,oralternativedatastore,usingtheEntityFrameworkandLINQ.
Lessons

CreatingMVCModels

WorkingwithData

Lab:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4Models
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

createMVCModelsandwritecodethatimplementsbusinesslogicwithinModelmethods,properties,
andevents.

Module4:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4ControllersThegoalofthismoduleistoenablestudentstoadd
ControllerstoMVCapplicationsandtoimplementactionsthatrespondtouserinputandotherevents.The
studentswilllearnhowControllersrelatetoModelsandhowtoimplementControlleractionsthatdefinethe
Viewusedtodisplayoreditdata.Thismodulealsocovershowtowriteactionfiltersthatruncodebeforeor
aftermultipleactionsintheController.Thestudentswilllearnaboutsituationswhenactionfiltersare
useful.Lessons

WritingControllersandActions

WritingActionFilters

Lab:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4Controllers
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

addControllerstoanMVCApplicationtomanageuserinteraction,updatemodels,andselectand
returnViews.

Module5:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4ViewsThegoalofthismoduleistodescribetheroleofViewsinan
MVCwebapplicationandenableuserstocreateandcodethem.ThesyntaxofaRazorViewisofcritical
importanceforstudentstounderstandbecauseitdefinesboththelayoutandthefunctionalityofthedatadisplay.
HTMLHelperswillalsobediscussedindetailandcommonHelpers,suchasHtml.ActionLink()and
Html.EditorFor(),willbedescribed.ReusingcodebydefiningPartialViewsandRazorHelperswillbe
discussedaswell.Lessons

CreatingViewswithRazorSyntax

UsingHTMLHelpers

ReusingCodeinViews

Lab:DevelopingASP.NETMVC4Views
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

createViewsinanMVCapplicationthatdisplayandeditdataandinteractwithModelsand
Controllers.

Module6:TestingandDebuggingASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleistoenable
studentstoincreasetheresilienceandqualityofanapplicationbylocatingandcorrectingcodeerrors,bugs,and
otherunexpectedresults.MVCapplicationsarewellsuitedtounittestingtechniquesandthesetechniquesensure
ahighqualityofcodebysystematicallytestingthefunctionalityofeachsmallcomponent.Inadditionthe
debuggingtoolsandexceptionhandlingavailableinVisualStudiowillbeexplained.Lessons

UnitTestingMVCComponents

ImplementinganExceptionHandlingStrategy

Lab:TestingandDebuggingtheASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

rununittestsanddebuggingtoolsagainstawebapplicationinVisualStudio2012andconfigurean
applicationfortroubleshooting.

Module7:StructuringASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleistoenablestudentsto
structureawebapplicationinsuchawaythatuserscanrapidlylocatetheinformationtheyneed.Twoaspectsof
thedesignareemphasized:theURLspresentedinthebrowseraddressbarshouldbeunderstandableandcanbe
controlledbyaddingroutestotheASP.NETRoutingEngine,andthenavigationcontrols,suchasmenusand
breadcrumbtrails,shouldpresentthemostrelevantlinkstofrequentlyreadpages.SearchEngineOptimizationis
importantthroughoutthismodule.Lessons

AnalyzingInformationArchitecture

ConfiguringRoutes

CreatingaNavigationStructure

Lab:StructuringASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

developawebapplicationthatusestheASP.NETroutingenginetopresentfriendlyURLsandalogical
navigationhierarchytousers.

Module8:ApplyingStylestoASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleistoexplorehow
studentscanimposeaconsistentlookandfeeltoanMVCapplicationandshareothercommoncomponents,
suchasheadersandfooters,betweenallViews.BesidesdescribingCSSstylesandtemplateviews,themodule
willdiscusshowtomigratealookandfeelcreatedbyawebdesignerintoanMVCapplication.Techniquesfor
adaptingthedisplayofasiteforsmallscreensandmobiledeviceswillalsobeintroduced.Lessons

UsingTemplateViews

ApplyingCSStoanMVCApplication

CreatinganAdaptiveUserInterface

Lab:ApplyingStylestoASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

implementaconsistentlookandfeel,includingcorporatebranding,acrossanentireMVCweb
application.

Module9:BuildingResponsivePagesinASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleisto
describetothestudentshowpartialpageupdatesandcachingcanoptimizetheresponsivenessofaweb
application.StudentswillseehowtomakeuseofAJAXhelpersandpartialviewstoupdatesmallportionsofa
pageinsteadofrefreshingtheentirepage.Themodulealsocoversthedifferentcachesdeveloperscanuseto
storerenderedpagesanddiscusseshowtoconfigurecachingformaximumperformance.Lessons

UsingAJAXandPartialPageUpdates

ImplementingaCachingStrategy

Lab:BuildingResponsivePagesinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

usepartialpageupdatesandcachingtoreducethenetworkbandwidthusedbyanapplicationand
accelerateresponsestouserrequests.

Module10:UsingJavaScriptandjQueryforResponsiveMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleisto
teachthestudentstechniquesthatruncodeonthebrowser.Thisapproachcanincreasetheresponsivenessofthe
applicationbecausearenderedpagecanrespondtoauseractionwithoutreloadingtheentirepagefromthe
server.StudentswilllearnaboutthejQueryscriptlibraryandhowtouseittocallwebservicesandupdateuser
interfacecomponents.Lessons

RenderingandRunningJavaScriptCode

UsingjQueryandjQueryUI

Lab:UsingJavaScriptandjQueryforResponsiveMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

writeJavaScriptcodethatrunsontheclientsideandutilizesthejQueryscriptlibrarytooptimizethe
responsivenessofanMVCwebapplication.

Module11:ControllingAccesstoASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduletoensuregood
securityintermsofstrongauthenticationandauthorizationforaccess.Thelessonsdescribehowtoenable
anonymoususerstocreatetheirownuseraccountandgainprivilegedaccesstocontent.Lessons

ImplementingAuthenticationandAuthorization

AssigningRolesandMembership

Lab:ControllingAccesstoASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

implementacompletemembershipsysteminanMVC4webapplication.

Module12:BuildingaResilientASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationThegoalofthismoduleistoenablethe
studentstobuildapplicationsthatarestableandreliable.Suchapplicationsarenotvulnerabletocommon
hackingtechniquessuchascrosssitescriptingandalsostorestateinformationsuchasthecontentsofa
shoppingcartanduserpreferences.Thisstateinformationispreservedwhenserversorbrowsersrestart,
connectionsarelost,andotherconnectivityissuesoccur.Lessons

DevelopingSecureSites

StateManagement

Lab:BuildingaResilientASP.NETMVC4WebApplication
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

buildanMVCapplicationthatresistsmaliciousattacksandpersistsinformationaboutusersand
preferences.

Module13:UsingWindowsAzureWebServicesinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
ThegoalofthismoduleistointroduceWindowsAzuretothestudentsandexplainwhyadeveloperwouldwrite
aWindowsAzureserviceinsteadofcodeinawebapplication.Studentswillalsoseehowtowritesuchaservice
andcallitfromawebapplicationorfromotherapplications,suchasamobiledeviceapp.
Lessons

IntroductiontoWindowsAzure

DesigningandWritingWindowsAzureServices

ConsumingWindowsAzureServicesinaWebApplication

Lab:UsingWindowsAzureWebServicesinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

describehowtowriteaWindowsAzurewebserviceandcallitfromandMVCapplication.

Module14:ImplementingWebAPIsinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
ThegoalofthemoduleistointroducetheconceptofaWebAPItostudentsandtodescribehowtomakean
applicationscorefunctionalitymorebroadlyavailableforintegrationintootherwebandmobileapplications.
StudentswilllearnaboutthenewWebAPIfeatureofMVC4andseehowtobuildaRESTfulWebAPIandcall
itfromotherapplications.
Lessons

DevelopingaWebAPI

CallingaWebAPIfromMobileandWebApplications

Lab:ImplementingWebAPIsinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

describewhataWebAPIisandwhydevelopersmightaddaWebAPItoanapplication.

Module15:HandlingRequestsinASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalofthismoduleistodescribe
howtowritecomponentsthatinterceptrequestsfrombrowsersbeforetheyarereceivedbyMVCControllers.
ThesecomponentsincludeHTTPModules,HTTPHandlers,andtheWebSocketsprotocol.Themodule
describesscenariosinwhichdevelopersusesuchcomponentsandshowshowtoaddthemtoanMVC
application.Lessons

UsingHTTPModulesandHTTPHandlers

UsingWebSockets

Lab:HandlingRequestsinASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

modifythewaybrowserrequestsarehandledbyanMVCapplication.

Module16:DeployingASP.NETMVC4WebApplicationsThegoalforthismoduleistoenablestudentsto
deployacompletedMVCapplicationtoawebserverorWindowsAzure.Themodulebeginsbydescribing
testing,staging,andproductiondeploymentsandthewebserverenvironmentsrequiredforeach.Italso
describestheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingWindowsAzuretohosttheapplication.Studentsalsosee
alltheavailabledeploymentoptionsinVisualStudio.Lessons

DeployingWebApplications

DeployingMVC4Applications

Lab:DeployingASP.NETMVC4WebApplications
Aftercompletingthismodule,studentswillbeableto:

describehowtopackageanddeployanASP.NETMVC4webapplicationfromadevelopment
computertoawebserverforstagingorproduction.