InternshipTools and first-week setup
The tools a .NET Full Stack Development intern uses and how to set up your workspace in week one.
These are the main tools for .NET Full Stack Development tasks. You do not need all of them on day one; the Level 1 tasks tell you when to install each one.
- C# & .NET SDK
- ASP.NET Core
- Entity Framework Core
- SQL Server / PostgreSQL
- Angular or React
- Visual Studio / VS Code
- xUnit
Set up your workspace
- Create a free GitHub account if you do not have one, with a professional username, and set up your LinkedIn profile: every task is submitted with a LinkedIn post.
- Create one repository for the internship, for example dotnet-full-stack-development-internship, with a README that says who you are and what the repo holds.
- Keep one folder per task, named with the task number and title, so mentors find your work quickly.
- Commit small changes every day with clear messages. Your daily work report uses these commits as proof.
- Never commit passwords, API keys or personal data. Put secrets in a .env file and add it to .gitignore.
Your first tasks
| Task | What to do |
|---|---|
Set up .NET | Install the latest .NET SDK, Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit (or Visual Studio Community) and create a console app in a repo named dotnet-internship. |
C# basics | Write programs using variables, if/else, loops, methods and string interpolation: a marks-to-grade calculator and a multiplication table. |
| Classes and objects | Model Student, Course and Enrollment classes with properties, constructors and methods, and print a student's courses. |
| Collections and LINQ | Use List<T> and Dictionary<TKey,TValue> to store 20 students and answer 6 questions with LINQ (top scorers, average by department and more). |