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Course 3 of 3 Building React and ASP.NET MVC 5 Applications

Build full-stack apps with React and ASP.NET - from MVC to Web API.

Go from ASP.NET Core MVC and Entity Framework Core to a RESTful Web API consumed by a React front end - and finish with a peer-reviewed full-stack project.

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≈ 18 hours 3 modules Intermediate level Taught in English
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Bhawna Gunwani Bhawna GunwaniBack-end engineer & .NET trainer · your instructor
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Learn by building

Live coding demos, 13 graded assignments and a peer-reviewed app

Certificate included

Shareable on LinkedIn the day you finish

Industry-practitioner instructor

Taught by a back-end engineer and corporate trainer

6 Lakh+learners on our Coursera courses
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01 About the course

A hands-on course in full-stack React and ASP.NET.

Three modules, one complete application, and a peer-reviewed project to prove it.

3
Modules
MVC to Web API
65
Video lessons
Short lessons and live demos
13
Graded assignments
Plus a peer-reviewed project
18h
Total learning time
Self-paced, flexible deadlines

Building React Application using ASP.NET MVC5 teaches developers how to build scalable and efficient web applications with the React JS library and the ASP.NET MVC framework.

The course is built around working code: 65 short video lessons and live demos take you from MVC basics through Entity Framework Core and Identity to a RESTful Web API, and 13 graded assignments check each step. You finish by integrating React with your ASP.NET back end in a peer-reviewed project.

It's course 3 of Board Infinity's Building React and ASP.NET MVC 5 Applications specialization on Coursera, taught by back-end engineer and trainer Bhawna Gunwani. It suits developers with some React experience and familiarity with ASP.NET.

Inside the course
01ASP.NET Core: MVC, Razor & forms≈ 6h 02ASP.NET MVC: data, pipeline & security≈ 5h 03ASP.NET Web API with React≈ 8h
02 Who it's for

Built for developers ready to go full stack.

If you know one side of the stack and want the other, the course was written with you in mind.

Front end

React developers

Put a solid ASP.NET back end behind your components, with real data, routing and authentication.

Back end

.NET developers

Already know C# and ASP.NET? Expose your logic as a Web API and give it a modern React front end.

Specialization

Full-stack learners

The capstone after ASP.NET Core Foundation and React Fundamentals, where the two halves meet.

Career

Working web developers

Add a hands-on React and ASP.NET project to your portfolio and a certificate to your profile.

03 What you'll build

One application, four layers. Real code, real data.

This is a build-first course - every module adds a working layer, ending in a React app you can show.

Module 1

An ASP.NET Core MVC app

Controllers, Razor views, layouts and routing, plus strongly typed forms with server- and client-side validation.

Module 2

A secure, data-driven app

Entity Framework Core CRUD with code-first and database-first approaches, protected by ASP.NET Core Identity.

Module 3

A RESTful Web API

CRUD endpoints with routing, route constraints and content negotiation, tested end to end in Postman.

Module 3 · Project

A React front end on your API

Configure React components that consume your Web API and render its data - submitted as a peer-reviewed project.

Bhawna Gunwani Teaches this course

Bhawna Gunwani

Back-end engineer on Microsoft technologies Corporate trainer for multiple companies Taught 1,000+ students software development
C# & .NET MEAN & MERN stacks Python
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04 Industry expertise

Taught by real industry expertise, not theory.

Bhawna Gunwani has several years of software engineering experience, focused mainly on back-end development with Microsoft technologies. She has delivered technical and corporate training for multiple companies while helping them with their projects, and works across C#, .NET, Python and the MEAN and MERN stacks to build scalable, robust systems that serve millions of users.

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“Learning software development is not an easy task. But don't worry, I'll be your guide through this journey.”

- from her Meet your instructor video

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Review your MVC code

Controllers, views and EF Core models checked line by line.

Design your API

Routes, status codes and data contracts that hold up.

Wire up React

Components, state and API calls for your capstone project.

Aim it at a role

Which full-stack .NET roles this opens, and what to learn next.

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05 Syllabus

Three modules, from first controller to React front end.

About 18 hours end to end, fully self-paced. Every module lists its learning objectives, its content, and what you'll walk out with.

65 videos 11 readings 13 assignments ≈ 18 hours Download full syllabus
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Explain ASP.NET Core and navigate its project folder structure
  • Apply the MVC pattern and handle requests with action methods and result types
  • Build views with Razor syntax, layouts, sections, HTML and Tag Helpers, and routing
  • Pass data, manage state and build validated forms with model binding
What's inside
27 videos148 min
4 readings100 min
4 assignments + 1 plugin110 min
Topics covered
MVC pattern Action methods & result types Razor view engine Layouts & Tag Helpers Convention & attribute routing ViewBag, ViewData & TempData Sessions & QueryString Forms & model binding Validation
You'll build: a working ASP.NET Core MVC web application with routed pages, shared layouts and validated forms.
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Configure the middleware request pipeline with built-in and custom middleware
  • Use dependency injection, environments, exception handling and logging
  • Manage data with Entity Framework Core, code first and database first
  • Secure apps with authentication, authorization and ASP.NET Core Identity
What's inside
17 videos89 min
3 readings90 min
4 assignments105 min
Topics covered
Middleware request pipeline Dependency injection Environments Exception handling & logging Entity Framework Core Code first & database first CRUD operations Authentication & authorization Identity Core
You'll build: a data-driven MVC application with Entity Framework Core CRUD and Identity-based security.
Learning objectives - by the end of this module you can:
  • Explain SOA, REST and where ASP.NET Web API fits compared with WCF
  • Build a Web API with full CRUD operations and test it with Postman
  • Configure routing, route constraints, content negotiation and media type formatters
  • Consume the API from ASP.NET MVC and a React component, and render its data
What's inside
21 videos120 min
4 readings100 min
5 assignments + peer-reviewed project240 min
Topics covered
SOA & REST Web API vs WCF CRUD operations Testing with Postman Consuming APIs in MVC Routing & route constraints Content negotiation React components Rendering API data
You'll build: a RESTful ASP.NET Web API and a React front end that consumes it - submitted as your peer-reviewed project.
06 Tools & skills

Master the stack that runs modern .NET web apps.

The four tools you work in, and the skills you leave with.

Core framework

ASP.NET Core MVC

Controllers, Razor views, routing and forms: the framework your app is built on.

Data layer

Entity Framework Core

The ORM that maps your C# models to the database, code first or database first.

API testing

Web API & Postman

RESTful endpoints for your data, tested request by request before a client touches them.

Front end

React

The component library that turns your API's data into a dynamic user interface.

Skills you leave with

Twelve concrete capabilities, grouped the way the stack actually splits - the server, the data, and the API your front end talks to.

Back-end MVC

Structuring a server-rendered application the way teams expect.

  • MVC pattern & routing
  • Razor views & Tag Helpers
  • Middleware & dependency injection
  • Forms, model binding & validation

Data & security

Persisting data safely and controlling who can reach it.

  • Entity Framework Core
  • Code first & database first
  • Authentication & authorization
  • ASP.NET Core Identity

APIs & React

Exposing your back end and building the interface on top.

  • RESTful API design
  • Routing & content negotiation
  • API testing with Postman
  • Consuming APIs in React
Certificate

Proof you can link to.

Finish the graded work and Board Infinity issues a certificate through Coursera - with a public verification link and a one-click path onto your LinkedIn profile.

Issued on completion of the 13 graded assignments and the peer-reviewed project. Counts toward the Building React and ASP.NET MVC 5 Applications specialization certificate as well.

On your profile in one click

Filed under Licenses & Certifications, where recruiters actually look.

Anyone can verify it

Its own verification link, so a hiring manager confirms it in seconds.

Earned, not attended

Awarded on graded work and a peer-reviewed build - it certifies what you made.

Two names on it

Board Infinity as the provider, Coursera as the platform.

07 Career impact

Every team wants one thing: developers who can ship both ends.

These are the roles hiring for exactly this skill set.

Where these skills are in demand

Full-Stack .NET Developer

The role this course maps to most directly: ASP.NET on the server, React in the browser.

ASP.NET Core Developer

Building and maintaining MVC applications, middleware and data access with EF Core.

Back-End API Developer

Designing RESTful Web APIs that web and mobile clients depend on.

React Developer

Front-end work with a real understanding of the API and data model behind it.

Web Application Developer

Owning features end to end: forms, validation, data and the interface users see.

Software Engineer (.NET)

Writing secure, testable C# services with dependency injection and Identity.

Junior Technical Lead

Reviewing MVC and API code and guiding how front end and back end fit together.

Freelance Web Developer

Delivering complete client projects on a stack many businesses already run.

The honest comparison

What you're actually paying for

Every topic in this course exists free somewhere on the internet. Nobody is pretending otherwise. What a course adds is the order you learn it in, the practice that makes it stick, and something to show at the end.

What you get
This course
DIY with free content
A sequenced learning pathMVC → data & security → Web API & React
3 modules that build on each other
Random tutorials, no sequence
Practice with feedbackLearning that sticks
13 graded assignments
Watch, forget, rewatch
Portfolio projectSomething to demo
A peer-reviewed React + ASP.NET app
Half-finished tutorial code
Expert instructionSomeone who ships this
A back-end engineer & trainer
Comment-section guesswork
Proof for recruitersVerifiable, on LinkedIn
Certificate with verification link
Nothing to show
08 The bigger path

More from the Building React and ASP.NET MVC 5 specialization.

This course stands on its own - but it's also the final step of a three-course path. Enrolling automatically enrolls you in the specialization.

Course 1

ASP.NET Core Foundation

The C# and ASP.NET fundamentals the rest of the specialization builds on.

≈ 15 hours
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Course 2

React Fundamentals

Core React principles, dynamic UIs and reusable components for the front end.

≈ 16 hours
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09 FAQ

Common questions

Everything learners ask before enrolling, answered plainly.

About the course

You'll learn to build a full-stack web application: ASP.NET Core MVC with Razor views, routing, state management and validated forms; data access with Entity Framework Core; security with authentication, authorization and ASP.NET Core Identity; and a RESTful ASP.NET Web API that you test with Postman and consume from a React front end. The course ends with a peer-reviewed project that brings it all together.

Coursera lists the course at intermediate level. It's best suited to people with prior experience in web development with React and familiarity with ASP.NET technologies. If you're new to either, the first two courses of the specialization - ASP.NET Core Foundation and React Fundamentals - cover the groundwork.

Pricing and access options are shown on the Coursera course page and can vary by region. If you have a Coursera Plus subscription it's included at no extra cost, and Coursera's financial aid is available for eligible learners. Enrollment also includes the whole Building React and ASP.NET MVC 5 Applications specialization track.

About 18 hours of total learning across 3 modules, 65 video lessons, 11 readings, 13 graded assignments and a peer-reviewed project. At the recommended 10 hours a week that's roughly two weeks. It's fully self-paced - deadlines flex around your schedule, not the other way round.

Yes - this page is Board Infinity's own overview of our course. Enrollment, payment, video lessons, grading and the certificate all happen on Coursera, where the course is hosted. Think of this page as the detailed tour before you head there.

Career & certificate

Yes. Completing the graded assignments and the peer-reviewed project earns you a shareable certificate from Board Infinity, issued through Coursera with its own verification link. Coursera's one-click button adds it straight to the Licenses & Certifications section of your LinkedIn profile, and the same completed work counts toward the full specialization certificate.

Yes. ASP.NET runs a large share of business web applications, and React is one of the most widely used front-end libraries. Developers who can design a Web API, secure it and build the React interface on top are well placed for full-stack .NET, back-end API and React developer roles.

Two ways. The certificate goes in your LinkedIn Licenses & Certifications section via Coursera's one-click add. Even more valuable is the project: a line like “Built a React front end on an ASP.NET Web API with Entity Framework Core and Identity” gives interviewers something concrete to ask about - and you'll be able to walk them through the code.

If you haven't taken them yet, the first two courses of the specialization: ASP.NET Core Foundation (course 1, ~15 hours) and React Fundamentals (course 2, ~16 hours). To go further, Board Infinity's .NET FullStack Developer specialization and Backend Development for .Net Full Stack course build on the same stack.

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