Digital Factory: Developer Basic

This training provides a basic understanding of programming and programming language. After training, you will have mastered the C# programming language and will be able to write small programs. Likewise, the course will explain the purpose of GitHub and Jira, introduce development environments and show you how to integrate them into your professional requirements and working methods.

Learning objectives:

C# - Programming basics
Object-oriented programming
Basics of modeling with UML
Elements of functional programming
Tools and methods for efficient software development
Web applications with ASP.NET
Data processing
SQL
Database access with Entity Framework Core

Contents

C# - Programming Basics (3 days)

Introduction to .NET: architecture, runtime, first program
Visual Studio: editors, programming tools and Code-Asist
Basic language elements: syntax, basic data types, operators, functions, error handling

C# - Object-Oriented Programming (6 days)

OOP: classes, inheritance, encapsulation, interfaces
Basics of modeling with UML
Collections
Other utility classes: reading and writing files, processing strings, date and time
Elements of functional programming: functions as objects, lambda expressions
Windows applications

Tools and Methods for Efficient Software Development (3 days)

Source code management with Git/GitHub, issue management with Jira
Test-based development, implementation with nunit
Testing with mock objects, framework moq
Package management with NuGet
DevOps basics

Web Applications with ASP.NET (3 days)

Overview of ASP.NET
RESTful WebServices with ASP.NET
Browser-based web applications with Razor

Data Processing, Basic and Advanced (3 days)

Introduction: database functions, categorization, product overview, first contact with MSSQL & SQL Server Management Studio

SQL (2 days)

Creating a database scheme, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, relations
Transaction control: ACID transactions, BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK

Database Access with Entity Framework Core (2 days)

Accessing a relational database (MSSQL) and issuing SQL statements
O/R mapping and entities
Optional: Access to a NoSQL database, e.g. Couchbase

Application Development Workshop (5 days)

Concept and development
Presentation of the final result

Target audience

This training is aimed at academics with a high affinity for IT and good basic mathematical knowledge. Specific programming knowledge is not required for this training, but first contact with databases and programming languages is an advantage.

You have an affinity for IT, software topics and programming.
You have completed vocational training or a university/technical college degree.

Entry requirements

A notebook computer is required for this training. Please inform us if you would like to take advantage of a CITT loaner device for the duration of the training
The software and tools used are made available during the training via virtual machines