In this course you are going to learn a comprehensive set of skills and knowledge necessary to build scalable, resilient, and maintainable microservices using the ASP.NET Core framework. Here are the key topics typically covered in such a course:

Introduction to Microservices Architecture:

Understanding the principles and advantages of microservices over monolithic architectures.

Key characteristics of microservices: independence, scalability, resilience, etc.

Setting Up ASP.NET Core for Microservices:

Installing and configuring ASP.NET Core.

Creating a new project structure suitable for microservices.

Building Microservices:

Designing microservices based on domain-driven design (DDD) principles.

Implementing microservices using ASP.NET Core Web API.

Handling service-to-service communication (RESTful APIs, gRPC, etc.).

Service Discovery and Load Balancing:

Implementing service discovery using tools like Consul, Eureka, or Kubernetes Service Discovery.

Load balancing strategies for microservices.

Containerization with Docker:

Docker fundamentals: containers, images, Dockerfile, Docker Compose.

Containerizing ASP.NET Core microservices.

Deploying Microservices:

Deploying microservices to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).

Orchestration tools for microservices (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm).

Managing Data in Microservices:

Choosing appropriate databases for microservices (SQL, NoSQL).

Patterns for data consistency in microservices architecture.

Securing Microservices:

Authentication and authorization strategies.

Securing communication between microservices.

Monitoring and Logging:

Implementing health checks.

Logging strategies and tools (ELK stack, Serilog, Application Insights).

Testing Microservices:

Unit testing and integration testing for microservices.

Mocking dependencies for testing.

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):

Setting up pipelines for CI/CD.

Automating deployments and testing.

Scaling Microservices:

Horizontal scaling strategies.

Autoscaling based on metrics.

Best Practices and Patterns:

Common microservices design patterns (e.g., Saga pattern, Circuit Breaker pattern).

Performance optimization techniques.