Sample application introduction

- [Instructor] Before we get started, I'd like to give you a quick overview of the sample application we'll be working with. The best way to learn a new concept is to build a working example. We'll do that using a site for a mock university called Roux Academy. If you browse to rouxacademy.com, you'll see the live site on the internet. It represents an art university. The site has both public pages, like the Programs page, and protected areas, like the Student Portal.

The portal is just a placeholder menu that doesn't currently function. The live site is made up of static HTML and CSS. I've incorporated these static files into a simple ASP.NET Core MVC application, which you'll find in the exercise files. This will be the basis for our development work. As we proceed through the course, we'll implement security measures, like a login page, and a registration screen.

We'll support two types of end users, students and faculty. That's just a brief preview of what's to come. You'll get very familiar with the sample application once we start coding.