ASP.NET Core – Cloud-Native App Development

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Exploring Cloud Native Development

Lecture 3: Exploring Sample Project

Chapter 2: Understanding Containers

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What Are Containers?

Lecture 3: Containers vs. Virtual Machines

Lecture 4: What Is Docker?

Lecture 5: Install and Configure Docker Desktop

Lecture 6: Pull a docker image and create container

Lecture 7: Docker CLI vs UI

Lecture 8: Section Review

Chapter 3: Docker and .NET Projects

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Containerization support in .NET

Lecture 3: Create .NET API Project

Lecture 4: Project Source Code

Lecture 5: Explore Sample Project

Lecture 6: Connect to Database

Lecture 7: Test Application

Lecture 8: Add Dockerfile

Lecture 9: Run Docker Container

Lecture 10: Create container using dotnet publish (.NET SDK)

Lecture 11: Docker Internal Network

Lecture 12: Section Review

Lecture 13: Section Source Code

Lecture 14: Additional Reading

Chapter 4: Docker Compose

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Introducing Logging and Serilog

Lecture 3: Add Seq Log Aggregator (as Container)

Lecture 4: Add Client Application – Part 1

Lecture 5: Add Client Application – Part 2

Lecture 6: Explore Docker Compose

Lecture 7: Configure Docker Compose for API and UI

Lecture 8: Add Database and Seq to Docker Compose

Lecture 9: Section Review

Lecture 10: Section Source Code

Chapter 5: Docker Compose and Networking

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Understanding Reverse Proxies

Lecture 3: Introducing NGINX as a Reverse Proxy Server

Lecture 4: Setup NGINX with Docker Compose

Lecture 5: Testing Docker Compose and Reverse Proxy

Lecture 6: Understanding SSL Termination and Load Balancing

Lecture 7: Adding SSL to Proxy Server – API

Lecture 8: Adding SSL to Proxy Server – Client UI

Lecture 9: Section Review

Lecture 10: Section Source Code

Chapter 6: Publishing Custom Images

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Review Container Image Creation

Lecture 3: Creating a Custom Database Image – Part 1

Lecture 4: Creating a Custom Database Image – Part 2

Lecture 5: About Docker Hub

Lecture 6: Publishing Image to Local Registry

Lecture 7: Public vs Private Repositories

Lecture 8: Versioning images

Lecture 9: Adding a tag to an image

Lecture 10: Tagging Best Practices

Lecture 11: Section Review

Lecture 12: Section Source Code

Chapter 7: Docker Compose for Environments

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Review Environment Variables

Lecture 3: Define Configuration Values based on Environment (.NET)

Lecture 4: Specify Environment Variables in Containers

Lecture 5: Multiple Docker Compose Files

Lecture 6: Environment Variables as Configuration Values

Lecture 7: Section Review

Lecture 8: Section Source Code

Chapter 8: Introducing Kubernetes

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is Kubernetes?

Lecture 3: Kubernetes Deployments

Lecture 4: Installing Kubernetes

Lecture 5: Understanding the kubectl Command

Lecture 6: Installing the Kubernetes Dashboard (UI)

Lecture 7: Setup Dashboard User

Lecture 8: Dashboard and User Setup – Full instructions

Lecture 9: Configure Kubernetes namespace

Lecture 10: Run SQL Server in Kubernetes

Lecture 11: Run Seq in Kubernetes

Lecture 12: Create and Push Web App Images

Lecture 13: Running the API

Lecture 14: Running the Client Application

Lecture 15: Scaling an application

Lecture 16: Managing resources with CLI

Lecture 17: Adding storage volumes

Lecture 18: Section Review

Lecture 19: Section Source Code

Chapter 9: Using .NET Aspire

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is .NET Aspire

Lecture 3: Enable .NET Aspire

Lecture 4: Creating a sample .NET Aspire Application

Lecture 5: Test Sample .NET Aspire project

Lecture 6: Section Review

Chapter 10: Conclusion