SAHASRA TECHNOLOGIES
Beginner to intermediate curriculum · Developer ToolsDeveloper Tools
Hands-on familiarity with Visual Studio, VS Code, SQL Server, SSMS, Postman, Swagger, browser tools, NuGet and the Node/npm commands required only for frontend tooling.
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learning objective
Navigate, run, build, debug and inspect applications using the tools seen in day-to-day development.
recommended class plan
10–14 classes · 75–90 minutes per class
2 classes per week alongside a core track
technologies
- .NET tooling
- SQL tooling
- HTTP tooling
- Frontend build tooling
tools
- Visual Studio
- VS Code
- SQL Server
- SSMS
- Postman
- Swagger
- Browser DevTools
- NuGet
- Node.js/npm tooling
curriculum modules
Basic foundations → practical skills → guided application
Visual Studio & VS Code
Solutions, projects, navigation, terminal, extensions, build, run, debugging, refactoring and source control.
SQL Server & SSMS
Install/connect, Object Explorer, tables, queries, views, procedures and result inspection.
Postman & Swagger
Requests, methods, headers, bodies, tokens, environments and API documentation/testing.
Browser, NuGet & Frontend Tooling
Elements, console, network, storage, packages and essential npm commands for Angular/React builds only.
beginner topics
Start here and build comfort.
- Open and run projects
- Navigate files
- Use terminals
- Connect to SQL Server
- Send API requests
- Inspect browser errors
intermediate topics
Progress after the basics are clear.
- Breakpoints and Watch
- NuGet versions
- Postman environments
- Swagger authorization
- Network inspection
- npm build commands
practical learning
Practise, submit, build and explain.
Practical exercises
- —Open/build/debug a solution
- —Run a SQL script
- —Create a Postman collection
- —Inspect a failed API call
Assignments
- —Prepare a development environment checklist
- —Document how to run one full-stack project
Mini projects
- —Developer Workstation Setup Lab
industry habits throughout the track
Industry terminology
Debugging exercises
- Fix a missing package
- Find a wrong environment URL
- Use Network and Console together
AI learning exercises
- Ask AI to explain a tool error message
- Use AI to create a runbook, then verify every command
topics intentionally excluded
Advanced topics come later.
Quality fundamentals are more valuable than an overloaded syllabus. These topics are outside this track:
- Node.js backend development
- Advanced IDE extension development
- DBA administration
- Advanced API automation
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