Hi @Mr Edge ,
Could we use Visual Studio 2019 community edition for free for production applications?
Yes, you can use it.
Could we use Azure DevOps as a repository for free along with GitHub? If yes how do we start with this?
Are there any other services that we could utilise such as free training?
Yes, you can use Auzre DevOps as a repository like Github. But before choice Azure DevOps and Github, you could search azure devops vs github
online (using google or Bing), and then you can compare the different between them.
To start with Azure DevOps, see this tutorial: DevOps tutorial—an introduction. And if you want to get the Github tutorial, you can start from here.
I think MVC certification is no longer available. To have people become certified would the next step be to learn .Net Core MVC? If yes what path would be advisable?
Yes, the MVC certification exam retired on January 31, 2021. For the asp.net core MVC, you can check Course 20486-D: Developing ASP.NET Core MVC Web Applications. From it, we can see that at present it still uses the MVC certification exam, there is no new certification exam for Asp.net core MVC.
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Best Regards,
Dillion