20486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

Module 1: Explore ASP.NET MVC4

This module will help students to outline the components of the Microsoft Web Technologies stack, which can be used to host a completed web application.

Lessons

•  ASP.NET MVC 4 Introduction
• Overview of Microsoft Web Technologies
  
• Overview of ASP.NET 4.5
  
  

Module 2: Designing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module introduces students to the typical design process that architects must complete when they plan an MVC 4 application.

Lessons

• Designing Models, Controllers, and Views
  
• Planning in the Project Design Phase

Module 3: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Models

This module enables the students to create Models within an MVC application that implement the business logic necessary to satisfy business requirements.

Lessons

• Creating MVC Models
  
• Working with Data
  
  

Module 4: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Controllers

This module enables students to add Controllers to MVC applications and to implement actions that respond to user input and other events.

Lessons

• Writing Controllers and Actions
  
• Writing Action Filters
  
  

Module 5: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Views

This module describes the role of Views in an MVC web application and enable users to create and code them.

Lessons

• Creating Views with Razor Syntax
  
• Using HTML Helpers
  
• Reusing Code in Views
  
  

Module 6: Testing and Debugging ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module enables students to increase the resilience and quality of an application by locating and correcting code errors, bugs, and other unexpected results.

Lessons

• Implementing an Exception Handling Strategy
  
• Unit Testing MVC Components
  
  

Module 7: Structuring ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module enables students to structure a web application in such a way that users can rapidly locate the information they need.

Lessons

• Analyzing Information Architecture
  
• Configuring Routes
  
• Creating a Navigation Structure
  
  

Module 8: Applying Styles to ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module discusses how students can impose a consistent look and feel to an MVC application and share other common components.

Lessons

• Using Template Views
  
• Applying CSS to an MVC Application
  
• Creating an Adaptive User Interface
  

Module 9: Building Responsive Pages in ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module describes how partial page updates and caching can optimize the responsiveness of a web application.

Lessons

• Using AJAX and Partial Page Updates
  
• Implementing a Caching Strategy
  

Module 10: Using JavaScript and jQuery for Responsive MVC 4 Web Applications

This module teaches the students techniques that run code on the browser. 

Lessons

• Rendering and Executing JavaScript Code
  
• Using jQuery and jQuery UI
  

Module 11: Controlling Access to ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module ensures good security in terms of strong authentication and authorization for access. 

Lessons

• Implementing Authentication and Authorization
  
• Assigning Roles and Membership
  
  

Module 12: Building a Resilient ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application

This module enables the students to build applications that are stable and reliable.

Lessons

• Developing Secure Sites
  
• State Management
  
  

Module 13: Using Windows Azure Web Services in ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module introduces Windows Azure to the students and explain why a developer would write a Windows Azure service instead of code in a web application.

Lessons

• Introducing Windows Azure
  
• Designing and Writing Windows Azure Services
  
• Consuming Windows Azure Services in a Web Application
  
  

Module 14: Implementing Web APIs in ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module introduces the concept of a Web API to students and to describe how to make an application’s core functionality more broadly available for integration into other web and mobile applications.

Lessons

• Developing a Web API
  
• Calling a Web API from Mobile and Web Applications
  

Module 15: Handling Requests in ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module describes how to write components that intercept requests from browsers before they are received by MVC Controllers.

Lessons

• Using HTTP Modules and HTTP Handlers
  
• Using Web Sockets
  
  

Module 16: Deploying ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

This module introduces enables students to deploy a completed MVC application to a web server or Windows Azure.

Lessons

• Deploy a Web Application
  
• Deploy an ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application