Microsoft .NET: Programming with .NET: Hands-On Introduction

Course Overview

Microsoft .NET is a suite of tools which enables you to easily develop modern software applications. In this course, you acquire the fundamental knowledge and hands-on experience to write applications using Visual Basic and C#. You learn how to design object-oriented applications with Visual Studio, create ASP.NET Web applications and connect to the database using ADO.NET.

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• Microsoft .NET: .NET Overview
• Microsoft .NET: Advanced .NET Training
• Microsoft .NET: Architecture & Design Patterns for .NET
• Microsoft .NET: What's New in .NET
• Microsoft .NET: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (VB.NET)
• Microsoft .NET: Programming .NET Web Services: Introduction

Audience

Web designers, administrators, power users and others who want an introduction to programming applications using .NET and are new to object-oriented programming. Prior programming experience is helpful but not required.

Skills Gained

You will learn to:

• Design and program Web and Windows applications using Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio 2008
• Write object-oriented code using Visual Basic and C# language syntax
• Analyse user requirements and design classes, user interfaces and databases
• Create ASP.NET Web applications and process Web Forms
• Control Web site access with Web Forms authentication
• Build SQL Server databases and access them using ADO.NET

Course Outline

.NET Programming Fundamentals

Creating applications with Visual Studio

• Managing projects with Solution Explorer
• Setting project properties and adding references
• Adding files, folders and code
• Compiling, debugging and testing programs

Coding object-oriented applications

• Statements
• Variables
• Functions
• Defining scope and visibility
• Adding code in classes
• Programming fields and methods
• Encapsulating data with properties

VB and C# Language Fundamentals

Working with data types and conversions

• Strings
• Dates and time
• Integers
• Real numbers
• Booleans
• Performing calculations with mathematical operators
• Converting between data types

Decision-making statements

• Changing program flow with IF statements
• Making decisions using logical operators
• Simplifying complex logic with CASE statements

Repeating statements with loops

• For...Next loops
• Top and bottom evaluation Do-While...Loops
• Storing multiple values with arrays

Testing and debugging

• Throwing exceptions
• Try...Catch...Finally error handling
• Documenting your code

Constructing Windows Applications

Windows application basics

• Creating forms and positioning controls
• Navigating with menus
• Automating code with the Toolbox and Properties window

Activating Windows forms

• Handling events
• Specifying and retrieving property values
• Creating dialog forms

Analysing User Requirements and Designing Applications

Mapping application features to programming code

• Building applications using an iterative programming process
• Translating requirements into design

Constructing the three logical layers

• Presentation
• Business
• Data
• Modelling Windows and Web application user interfaces

Programming Web Applications with ASP.NET

Creating the Web site

• Virtual directories
• Web applications
• Web pages
• HTML
• Hyperlinks
• Designing pages with ASP.NET controls
• Styling sites with ASP.NET themes

Processing ASP.NET Web Forms

• Displaying data and gathering user input
• Activating Web Forms with events
• Maintaining variables with Sessions
• Redirecting users to other Web pages
• Validating and saving user changes

Controlling Web site access

• Activating Web Forms security
• Creating a user login page
• Automating user account creation

Incorporating Relational Databases

Relational database concepts

• Employing databases for fast, efficient storage
• Select, insert, update and delete query syntax

Creating a SQL Server database

• Adding tables, fields and indexes
• Defining primary and foreign key relationships

Accessing the database with ADO.NET

• Connecting to the database and running SQL commands
• Storing user changes
• Displaying existing records

Deploying .NET Applications

• Installing the .NET Framework
• Publishing applications with ClickOnce
• Moving ASP.NET applications to the Web