WSQ - Build Web Apps with ASP.NET Core for Beginners

Topic 1 Get started with web development using Visual Studio Code 

• Write your first C# code
• Learn how it works
• Complete the challenge
• Review the solution
• Set up the structure of your web app
• Add basic HTML to your web app
• Style your HTML with CSS
• Add interactivity with JavaScript

Topic 2 Learn the basics of web accessibility 

• Ensuring web pages are accessible to everyone
• Surfing the web with more than a browser
• Ensuring accessibility with developer tools
• Ensuring links and images are accessible
• Designing for accessibility

Topic 3 Create a web UI with ASP.NET Core 

• Understand when and why to use Razor Pages
• Exercise - Customize the project
• Exercise - Add a new Razor Page
• Understand tag helpers and page handlers
• Exercise - Add new pizza form

Topic 4 Create a web API with ASP.NET Core controllers 

• REST in ASP.NET Core
• Exercise - Create a web API project
• ASP.NET Core Web API Controllers
• Exercise - Add a data store
• Exercise - Add a controller
• CRUD actions in ASP.NET Core5
• Implement CRUD operations

Topic 5 Publish a web app to Azure with Visual Studio 

• Install the necessary workloads
• Create a new ASP.NET Core app
• Explore the Azure App Service
• Publish an ASP.NET app from Visual Studio
• Explore your Visual Studio App Project
• Publish an update to your site

Final Assessment 

• Written Assessment - Short Answer Questions (WA-SAQ)
• Practical Performance (PP)

Promotion Code

Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses

Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions with minimum Computer Literacy Level 2 based on ICAS Computer Skills Assessment Framework
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Target Age Group: 21 to 65 years old

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

Download and Install the following software

• Visual Studio Code
• ASP.NET

Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops

About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)

The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity. 

Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.

For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.

Funding Eligility Criteria

Steps to Apply Skills Future Claim

• The staff will send you an invoice with the fee breakdown.
• Login to the MySkillsFuture portal, select the course you’re enrolling on and enter the course date and schedule.
• Enter the course fee payable by you (including GST) and enter the amount of credit to claim.
• Upload your invoice and click ‘Submit’

SkillsFuture Level-Up Program

The  SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides greater structural support for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to pursue a substantive skills reboot and stay relevant in a changing economy. For more information, visit SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme

Get Additional Course Fee Support Up to $500 under UTAP

The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).

For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)

Steps to Apply UTAP

• Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.

Note

• SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
• All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
• An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
• UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
• UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.

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Fritz Lim: Fritz is ACTA-certified, as well as a registered MOE instructor, and a graduate of the 2018 ConsenSys Blockchain Developer Program, with a Bachelor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Computer Specialisation) from Nanyang Technological University.

With more than 10 years of experience teaching at a local polytechnic, Fritz is passionate about imparting knowledge to teens, adults, and children. He believes that an education in technology and in how things work is essential for everyone, so that they can harness and invent the technologies of the future. He is excited about exploring anything related to computers and IT, with a keen interest in electronics and native cross-platform mobile app development so that our ubiquitous mobile phones can be conveniently used to control and interact with devices wirelessly and over the Internet. 

Mohamed Afiq: Mohamed Afiq is a ACTA certifed trainer. Mohamed Afiq startup CTO for 3 years building proprietary delivery system from scratch and then managing a team of 20 developers. He builted multiple web apps using MEAN or similar stacks. He is also a founder and sole developer for PlayTours: https://playtours.app/ . He leads instructor at CodeNinja, teaching coding to kids 9-16 years old and teach adults front-end and back-end for web development.

Shahul H. Maricar: Shahul H. Maricar is a ACTA certified trainer. Shahul H. Maricar has been a content developer and  webmaster, building educational websites and applications with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. He then served as an IT analyst, writing programs for automating custom workflows as well as data extraction and analysis in the healthcare field.  

He is currently a freelance educator and is actively involved with development projects in game programming,  computer-aided design and computer graphics.

Noel Lou: Noel Lou is a ACTA certified trainer. Experienced Mentor with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in IOS, Unity3D, Python, Microsoft Excel, Customer Service, and Microsoft Word. Strong professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Marine offshore engineering from Newcastle University.

Peter Goh: Peter Goh is a ACTA certified trainer. Peter Goh is the Technology Evangelist at Disruptive Digital, a full-service digital agency based in Singapore, offering innovative & effective web and native mobile application development. He specializes in bleeding edge software development and have more than 10 years' experience in developing customized applications for desktop, web and mobile platforms. He has extensive domain knowledge in .Net and Java programming, iOS development and has helped many to create e-commerce web sites on Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Lim Cheng Chong: Lim Cheng Chong is a ACTA certified trainer. Lim Cheng Chong developed a strong passion for computing at a young age, self-training in areas such as programming and computer graphics from as early as age 10. Throughout the years, he has gained a wealth of experience in learning technology efficiently, and has applied his knowledge in training at schools and universities. Cheng Chong possesses a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore, has over 7 years of online education experience via his highly praised YouTube channel, and 4 years of offline experience through coaching, peer mentoring and conducting classes and labs at NUS.