.NET by Sigma

Introduction

It is usually a daunting task to know what to learn next, especially if you are beginning your journey. This guide aims to help you find relevant competence areas to focus on and suggest what to prioritize first to speed up the learning process.

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Levels

Feel free to learn whatever you want regardless of level. However be aware that a higher level suggests that you will have a harder time if you lack fundamental knowledge.

Lv.0 You might be familiar with some concepts but lack professional experience.
Lv.1
Lv.2
Lv.3 You should be proficient with advanced concepts and be able to combine the right technologies and tools from an architectural perspective.
Lv.4 You are a master in one or more areas and an active contributor to standards and the open source community.

Remarks

cold Is becoming obsolete, but is still commonly used. Should be avoided for new projects.
hot Is either very new with great potential or widely adopted with an active community.
recommended Is very usefull in most situations.
required Necessary for any successful development project.

Programming

  • C#

    Lv. 1

    Read more: C#

    Related subjects:

    • Level 1

Programming - Frameworks/Libs

Programming - Functional Programming

Data Formats

When it comes to front end there are mainly three popular data formats JSON, YAML and XML. XML used to be the most widely used, but has succumbed in favor of the lighter and less verbose formats. You are likely to see these data formats being used in varying situations e.g. configuration, data transactions and persistance.

  • JSON

    Lv. 1

    Read more: JSON

  • XML

    Lv. 1

    Read more: XML

  • YAML

    Lv. 1

    Read more: YAML

Templating Engines

  • Markdown

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Markdown

    Related subjects:

    • Markdown Cheatsheet Examples of markdown syntax and what it renders. Level 2
    • Dillinger An online markdown editor with a side by side preview. Level 2

  • Razor

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Razor

Architecture

Quality & Test - Unit Testing

Quality & Test - Continuous Integration

Security

Cloud

  • Azure

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Azure

CMS

Cross Platform Applications

Tooling - General

  • Docker

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Docker

  • Vagrant

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Vagrant

Tooling - Building

Tooling - Documentation

Tooling - Editors/IDE

  • EditorConfig

    Lv. 1

    EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent coding styles between different editors and IDEs. The EditorConfig project consists of a file format for defining coding styles and a collection of text editor plugins that enable editors to read the file format and adhere to defined styles. EditorConfig files are easily readable and they work nicely with version control systems.

    Read more: EditorConfig

  • Visual Studio

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Visual Studio

  • Visual Studio Code

    Lv. 2

    Read more: Visual Studio Code

Tooling - Package Management

  • nuget

    Lv. 1

    Read more: nuget

Tooling - Version Control

Twitter

Blogs

Newsletters

Online Courses

Youtube

Contributors