Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core

Migrating web apps from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core has been painful, until now.

About This Course

.NET has been around for over two decades, and with the release of .NET Core (later rebranded to .NET), there are many .NET codebases that are now outdated and out of support. Thousands of companies are either stuck on outdated .NET Framework versions or are forced to migrate to the new, cutting-edge ASP.NET Core. There is one problem, though. It can be extremely overwhelming. In this course, Jonathan "J" Tower will teach you everything you need to know to migrate ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core using the knowledge he obtained by helping hundreds of companies migrate from old .NET Framework solutions to the latest ASP.NET Core.

Course Curriculum

5h 52m 11 sections

Welcome

02:22 Free preview

What will you learn in this course?

03:22 Free preview

Who is the course for and prerequisites

02:30 Free preview

Installing the required software

04:05 Free preview

Why Upgrade to ASP.NET Core

05:47

Migration Strategies: Big Bang vs. Incremental approaches

03:07

Strangler Fig Approach

03:09

Stages of the upgrade process

01:55

Introduction to reverse proxies & YARP

06:39

ASP.NET Core Architecture Overview

05:13

The Startup Class and Program.cs

02:31

Middleware Pipeline vs HttpModules/Handlers

04:58

Built-In Dependency Injection

02:48

Configuration System Changes

04:35

Hosting and Environment Management

01:16

Controllers and Routing

04:12

Authentication and Authorization

02:11

Static Files and Bundling

03:23

What is .NET Upgrade Assistant

01:49

Supported Upgrade Projects and Paths

02:14

Installing .NET Upgrade Assistant

05:07

Analyze Your Projects

08:25

Upgrades Using the dotnet CLI

05:32

In-Place, Side-by-Side, and Side-by-Side Incremental Upgrades

04:01

NuGet and Project File Upgrades

03:36

Sample Application Review

18:26

Upgrade Strategy Planning

13:41

Introduction to .NET Standard

03:05

Migrate a Class Library to .NET Standard

13:25

Differences from Entity Framework 6 to Entity Framework Core

13:17

EF6 to EF Core Migration Recommendations

02:37

Dapper and ADO.NET

01:40

Side-by-Side Incremental Migration Setup

12:23

Migrating a Controller and Fix EF6

20:49

Forwarding Static File Requests

02:58

Checking Migration Progress

04:13

Side-by-Side Incremental Migration Setup

11:24

Migrate a Page and Layout; Forward Static Requests

22:52

Fixing EF6

10:37

Shared Authentication

30:53

Shared Session

19:26

Configuration

06:11

Bundling and Minification

12:36

Migrate EF6 to EF Core

19:16

Using DataProtection

15:07

Conclusion

02:49

Meet Your Instructor

Jonathan Tower

Jonathan Tower

Jonathan, or J as he's known to friends, is a husband, a father, and the owner of Trailhead Technology Partners, a custom software consulting company with employees all around the world. He is also a Microsoft MVP in .NET and frequently speaks at software meetups and conferences. He doesn't mind too much because he loves sharing what he’s learned, and it also gives him an excuse to visit any nearby National Parks, a passion of his, proven by the fact that he's currently made it to 52 of the 63 parks. J also has a passion for building community and has served on several non-profit boards over the years as a result. Currently, J sits on the SoftwareGR board, a non-profit trade organization dedicated to building the software industry in West Michigan. He also runs Beer City Code, a software conference, and has served as president on that board for over a decade. J loves hiking, reading, photography, and trying to see all the best picture nominees before the Oscars ceremony.

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