C# Engineering Masterclass

C# Engineering Masterclass

From expressive code to production deployment in 2 days

As modern .NET evolves, C# engineers are expected to master advanced language constructs, concurrency control, rich client interfaces, robust security, and automated delivery. This two-day advanced course, led by an instructor with over 30 years of real industry experience, focuses on practical, production-level development using modern C# and .NET frameworks. Participants will learn how to build efficient, secure, and maintainable C# applications ready for real-world deployment.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Leverage lambda expressions and expression trees for functional programming patterns.
• Implement asynchronous operations with robust error handling and scalability.
• Design and build modern WPF desktop applications using MVVM architecture.
• Integrate security principles across application and infrastructure layers.
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows using CI/CD pipelines.
• Connect design, security, and delivery into cohesive engineering processes.

Prerequisites

• Proficiency in C# and the .NET runtime.
• Experience with object-oriented design and asynchronous programming.
• Familiarity with WPF or other UI frameworks.
• Basic understanding of security and CI/CD concepts.

Training Outline

Lambda Expressions and Functional Constructs

• Overview of lambda syntax and usage patterns
• Delegates, Func<>, Action<>, and expression trees
• Functional paradigms in modern C#
• Context capture and closure behavior
• Performance implications of functional constructs
• Integration of lambdas within event-driven and reactive patterns

Asynchronous Processing

• Async programming model in .NET
  • Tasks, async/await, and synchronization contexts
• Concurrency management
  • Threading, parallelism, and synchronization primitives
• Designing asynchronous flows
  • Background operations and task composition
• Performance and responsiveness
  • Avoiding deadlocks and managing cancellation tokens
• Testing and debugging asynchronous systems

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• WPF architecture and MVVM pattern
• Data binding, commands, and dependency properties
• Component-based UI design
• Asynchronous UI operations and responsiveness
• Styling, templating, and reusability
• Deployment and packaging strategies for desktop applications

Security Measures

• Secure coding and data handling in .NET
• Authentication and authorization frameworks
  • Role-based, claims-based, and token-based security
• Encryption and secure storage
  • Managing secrets, configurations, and sensitive data
• Secure communication
  • HTTPS, TLS, and certificate management
• Threat detection, monitoring, and audit logging

CI/CD Deployment Experience

• Continuous integration workflows
  • Automated builds, testing, and packaging
• Continuous delivery and deployment
  • Artifact management, environment configuration, and versioning
• Build and release automation
  • GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins pipelines
• Deployment strategies
  • Blue-green and staged releases
• Observability and feedback loops
  • Monitoring, rollback, and incident response

Integration and Synthesis

• Alignment of language, architecture, and delivery pipelines
• Balancing security, performance, and maintainability
• Real-world implementation patterns and case insights
• Strategic guidance for scaling C# projects in production