Build Real World Application with Xamarin Forms Part 2

Install Visual Studio Community Edition on Windows by downloading the executable, enable mobile development with .NET, and begin building cross-platform apps.

Build real world applications with Xamarin Forms part 2 using Visual Studio for Mac effectively.

Learn to set up a Windows virtual machine on Azure without a Windows PC, using a $200 credit to deploy Windows 10 for Xamarin Forms development.

Create a web api project from scratch in Visual C# and .NET, start with an empty template, learn routing, controllers, models, and configuration for a restful api.

Learn how http verbs map to crud operations, with get, post, put, and delete in a dotnet api, used to read, create, update, and delete data.

Create first web api with http methods guides building a product model, an empty controller, and implementing get, post, put, and delete operations with in-memory data and postman testing.

Gain practical insight into status codes for a Xamarin forms app, using get and post requests, recognizing 200/201 success, and handling bad request and not found errors.

Explore the validation overview, learning why enforcing validation rules on inputs like phone numbers and emails matters to prevent invalid data from reaching the database and APIs.

Implement validations in a web api by adding a user model and users controller, enforcing required fields, string length, and email format with data annotations and model state checks.

Discover the code-first overview in this lesson. Create your data model by defining classes, then let the database be created for you, instead of designing tables upfront.

Implement a code-first entity framework controller to support get, post, put, and delete operations, scaffold the controller, configure a db context and product set, and enable real-time API integration.

Learn to implement a get method using a db context to fetch products, configure the database connection string via scaffolding, and verify data by adding sample records and querying api/products.

Implement the post method to create a new product via the API, validate input, and return appropriate status codes. Test with Postman to verify the record appears in the database.

Implement put method in the controller to update a product by id using a request body, validate model state, save changes, and handle not found cases with clear messages.

Implement a delete method that accepts an id, finds and removes the record via the database context, saves changes, and returns a confirmation, tested with Postman for a 200 response.

Learn how to secure enterprise apps by implementing token-based authentication and authorization for API access, with real-world analogies and guidance on integrating and securing APIs.

secure a real world api by applying authentication and authorization, using an individual account template, obtaining and using access tokens, and testing with postman.

Design a blood donor API with a post method to upload images, handle image bytes via memory streams, and store files in a dedicated folder rather than the database.

Implement get methods in a Xamarin forms API to filter donors by blood group and country and return the latest records in descending order. Secure endpoints with token-based authorization.

Create Microsoft Azure account and start a free 30-day trial by signing up and verifying your identity with a phone number and a valid card. Access the portal at portal.azure.com.

Learn to create a web app on Microsoft Azure by naming the app uniquely, selecting a subscription, and deploying your API to the app, then access the app homepage.

Create a SQL database on Microsoft Azure, configure the connection string, and select location and pricing to set up the database. Download the published profile to configure the app.

Publish and deploy a web api to Microsoft Azure by updating the config with the Azure connection string, setting database credentials, and publishing from Visual Studio through the Azure portal.

Test the deployed VB API with Postman and verify internet access after Azure deployment. Use Azure Kudu to create folders, including an images folder, and enforce administrator-only access.

Create a Xamarin Forms cross-platform project using a template, then set the net standard project for shared code and build a solution with Android and iOS projects.

Explore the Xamarin.Forms project architecture, including dependencies and shared code in the core project, and learn to create, edit, and run pages with XML/XAML and C# for centered Android layouts.

Explore layouts in Xamarin forms by building a simple app, using stack layouts, grid layouts, and absolute layouts to position multiple controls and manage spacing.

Learn to use content page and navigation page in Xamarin forms, navigating with a push async to a second page, customizing the navigation bar, and handling back navigation.

Create a models folder in a Xamarin Forms project, define a user model with email, password, and confirm password, and extend with additional properties to align with the API data.

Build a Xamarin forms api service to register and login users, post and fetch user data, and retrieve latest users by implementing serialization, http client calls, and json handling.

Implement the login method by sending email and password as key-value pairs in a post request. Build key-value list, set the form content, and parse the response to determine success.

Create a findBlood method using country and bloodType to perform a get request, build url with interpolation, pass an access token, and parse response as a list of blood users.

Explore implementing a post method in a Xamarin forms app to send a full object to the server, handling application media type for a real world application.

Create a sign-in page UI in Xamarin Forms using a grid layout, logo image, email and password entries with placeholders and masking, and a login button with a sign-up link.

Implement sign in page functionality in Xamarin Forms part 2 course by using EPA service with email and password, handling login and navigating to home page with insert page before.