.NET Architect Certification Training

Building Microservices using ASP.NET Core 

1. Getting Started with Microservices
2. Setting Up Dev Environment
3. Creating Backend Services Using ASP.NET Core
4. Testing Backend Services Using Postman

Documenting Web APIs Using Swagger

1. Adding Swagger to Web API
2. Configuring swagger to Middleware
3. Customizing Swagger
4. Swagger UI
5. Testing Swagger

Ocelot API Gateway

1. Introduction to API Gateway
2. API Gateway Features
3. Understanding Ocelot API gateway
4. Create an API Gateway using Ocelot
5. Configuring Ocelot for Routing
6. Running and testing Microservices

Ocelot API Gateway Features

1. Configuring API Composition
2. Implementing Caching
3. Authentication and Authorization
4. Load balancing
5. Service Discovery

Security in Microservices

1. Configuring authentication
2. Enabling Cross-Origin Requests (CQRS)
3. JWT Token Authentication

Microservices Patterns: Decomposition Patterns 

1. Introduction to Patterns for Microservices
2. Decompose by Business Capability
3. Decompose by Subdomain
4. Strangler Pattern

Microservices Patterns: Integration Patterns

1. API Gateway Pattern
2. Aggregator Pattern
3. Client-Side UI Composition Pattern

Microservices Patterns: Database Patterns

1. Database per Service
2. Shared database
3. CQRS Pattern
4. Transactional messaging

Microservices Communication: RabbitMQ, Service Bus

1. Microservices Communication Styles: Request/reply, message broker and event-driven
2. Understanding RabbitMQ for communication
3. Implementing event-based communication between microservices
4. Using message brokers and services buses for communication
5. Distributed Transactions and Two-Phase commit model

Observability and Cross-Cutting Concern Patterns

1. Externalized Configuration
2. Service Discovery Pattern
3. Circuit Breaker Pattern
4. Log Aggregation
5. Performance Metrics

Docker

1. What is Docker?
2. Architecture of Docker
3. Docker Images and Container
4. Docker CLI
5. Storage
6. Networking
7. Services

Kubernetes 

1. What is Kubernetes?
2. Docker Swarm vs. Kubenetes
3. Architecture of Kubernetes
4. Kubectl
5. YAML with K8s
6. Pods and Services
7. Deployments and Replicas

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

1. Introduction to AKS
2. Create container registry
3. Create Kubernetes cluster
4. Run application
5. Scale application
6. Update application
7. Upgrade cluster

Deployment Patterns

1. Multiple service instances per host
2. Service instance per host
3. Service instance per VM
4. Service instance per Container
5. Serverless deployment
6. Service deployment platform

Introduction to Software Architecture

1. Definition and scope of software architecture.
2. Roles and responsibilities of a software architect.
3. The importance of software architecture in project success.

Software Design Principles

1. Fundamental design principles (SOLID, DRY, KISS, etc.).
2. Design patterns and anti-patterns.
3. Object-oriented design and functional design paradigms.

Architectural Styles and Patterns

1. Overview of common architectural styles (e.g., monolithic, microservices, serverless).
2. Detailed study of architectural patterns (e.g., MVC, MVP, MVVM).
3. Selecting the appropriate style and pattern for a project.

Requirements Engineering

1. Techniques for eliciting and analyzing requirements.
2. Translating business needs into technical solutions.
3. Documenting requirements and creating specifications.

Modeling and Representation Techniques

1. Architectural diagrams and modeling languages (e.g., UML, BPMN).
2. Effective documentation practices for architecture.
3. Tools for creating architectural representations.

Technology Selection and Evaluation

1. Criteria for selecting technologies and frameworks.
2. Balancing current trends with project needs.
3. Conducting trade-off analysis for technology decisions.

Quality Attributes in Architecture

1. Understanding non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, reliability, security).
2. Strategies for designing to meet quality attributes.
3. Assessing and validating architectural quality.

Architectural Refactoring and Evolution

1. Strategies for evolving and refactoring architectures.
2. Managing technical debt.
3. Planning for long-term maintenance and scalability.

Security and Compliance in Architecture

1. Principles of secure design.
2. Addressing compliance and regulatory requirements.
3. Implementing security at the architectural level.

DevOps and Architecture

1. Understanding the role of DevOps in software architecture.
2. Designing architectures for continuous integration and delivery.
3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation in architecture.

Emerging Trends and Future Directions

1. Impact of emerging technologies (e.g., cloud computing, AI, IoT) on architecture.
2. Staying current with industry trends.
3. Future-proofing architectural designs.

Soft Skills for Architects

1. Leadership and communication skills for architects.
2. Effective stakeholder management.
3. Negotiation and decision-making skills.