Creating a Social Media App with C#, JS, ASP.NET and Azure

Learn how to create posts, stories, likes, comments, favorites, reports, friend requests, notifications and hashtags.

Want to learn how to build a social media application with ASP.NET? This course is for you! We'll guide you through the process of creating your own feature-rich social platform from scratch. You'll develop the entire application, covering both the front-end and back-end, while implementing essential features that every modern social media app needs. You will start with an empty project in Visual Studio and build your app from the ground up.

What will you learn?

• Core Features Implementation: Create essential social media features such as stories, posts, likes, shares, and favorite posts. You'll build functionality to manage friend requests, including adding, canceling, ignoring, and approving requests. Additionally, you'll implement a trending section that highlights the most used hashtags, ensuring your platform stays current and engaging.

• Front-End Design with Tailwind CSS: Design a visually appealing and user-friendly interface using Tailwind CSS. Tailwind's utility-first approach will help you create responsive and modern layouts effortlessly.

• ASP.NET MVC Framework: Develop the application using the ASP.NET MVC framework, which will structure your project effectively, ensuring a clear separation of concerns and a maintainable codebase.

• Data Management with ASP.NET Data Project and Entity Framework: Manage your data efficiently with ASP.NET Data Project and Entity Framework. You'll learn how to manage your database schema with Entity Framework migrations, add data to the database, retrieve data, update existing data, and delete data when necessary. Learn to set up and interact with an SQL database, ensuring your application's data is stored securely and can be accessed and manipulated with ease.

• Deployment with Azure: Deploy your social media application to the cloud using Azure. You'll learn how to set up a CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment process, ensuring your code is always up-to-date and your application runs smoothly in a production environment.

By the end of this course, you'll have a fully functional social media platform, along with the skills and knowledge to create, manage, and deploy complex web applications using ASP.NET. Ready to build something amazing? Let's get started!