Microsoft has made the important decision to re-write ASP.NET from the ground up utilizing modern web framework techniques in order to modernize ASP.NET for today's servers. This re-invented ASP.NET is breaking out of its Windows constraints and will be capable of running on Windows, Mac and Linux servers. In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build complete, professional-quality web solutions with ASP.NET Core 1.0. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master the entire process, from site design through data collection, user management through debugging and deployment.

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, learn to create ASP.NET web sites that interact with user input and online databases

• Using a straightforward, step by step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of the new ASP.NET Core from the ground up
• Lessons, tips, and tricks that show you how to get the most of the new ASP.NET Core on Windows, Mac, and Linux with and without the aide of Microsoft Visual Studio. 
• Get started with any personal computer and build your first web application with ASP.NET Core
• Q and As, quizzes, and exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge
• Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions
• Covers the major new features of ASP.NET Core

Jeffrey T. Fritz is a long time web developer with ASP, ASP.NET, and now ASP.NET Core. He loves the challenge of building web applications that look amazing while at the same time performing like an installed application. The browser is his bane and his best friend, as he has built applications that work with every browser going back as far as Internet Explorer 4.

1 Introduction to ASP.NET 5
2. Setup Your Machine
3. Hello World - Reviewing the basic project template
4. Server-side Application Configuration: Project.json - defining the ASP.NET configuration
5. Server-side Application Configuration: Startup class - service configuration
6. Server-side Configuration: Config.json and configuration environment variables
7. Data Access - Entity Framework 7
8. Beginning MVC 6 - Concepts of the MVC architecture
9. Beginning MVC 6 - Our first controller
10. Beginning MVC 6 - Writing a view for Search
11. Beginning MVC 6 - Scaffolding views
12. Beginning MVC 6 - Writing data from a Controller
13. Beginning MVC 6 - Web API Methods
14. Single-Page-Application Architecture - Introducing Angular 1.3
15. Single-Page-Application Architecture - Interacting with server-side methods
16. Single-Page-Application Architecture - Routing
17. Configuration: Package.json - npm configuration
18. Configuration:  bower.json - static file references from Bower
19. Configuration: gulpfile.js - Automating tasks
20. Security - Authentication configuration
21. Security - Authorization
22. Advanced MVC 6 - Tag Helpers
23. Live Updates with SignalR
24. Deployment to Production