Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 & 4: Programming with Visual Basic (VB)

Course Overview

Microsoft's .NET architecture has revolutionised Internet application development. This course will teach students how to master building data-driven Web applications and services with ASP.NET, Microsofts Active Server Pages technology.

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Audience

This course is for all delegates interested in gaining a solid grounding in the use of ASP.NET (Active Server Pages) with Visual Basic. (Equivalent ASP.NET C# class available on request.)

Skills Gained

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Successfully design the architecture of ASP.NET applications.
• Write ASP.NET applications in Visual Basic and VBScript (the course is also available using C# if required).
• Create Web forms with ASP.NET Form Controls.
• Work with ASP.NET Server Controls to validate and process form submissions and perform other vital tasks.
• Build database-driven applications with ASP.NET and ADO.NET
• Produce XML data from your ASP.NET applications, and utilise ASP.NET to parse XML data and store it in a database.
• Declare and control Web applications with global.asax
• Maintain state for each user via ASP.NET session management.
• Understand the role of Web services and build your first data-driven Web services.
• Successfully debug and deploy your ASP.NET applications.

Prerequisites

An understanding of web development and programming techniques. Previous experience of development with VB.NET would be useful.

Course Outline

Introducing ASP.NET

• What experience does this course presume? " What is the .NET Framework? " What is ASP.NET? " What languages are supported for writing ASP.NET applications? " What software do I need in order to run ASP.NET applications? " What does the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK include? " What happens the first time an ASP.NET file is executed? " Examining a Sample .NET Application that Uses asp:label " Processing Form Submissions Under the New Model " Processing Form Submissions and Working with asp:label

Conditionals and Additional Web Server Controls

• Conditionals in VB.NET " asp:dropdownlist and asp:listbox " asp:radiobuttonlist " asp:checkbox " Exercise: Completing an Application that Uses Web ServerControls

Data Types and More Control Flow Structures

• Fundamental Data Types in VB.NET " Select Case " Loops in VB.NET " Implementing a For Each Loop

Arrays, Subroutines, and Functions

• Arrays " Subroutines " Functions - Implementing the Previous Exercise Application Using Subroutines

Events in ASP.NET

• Page events " Web Server Control Events " Example: payperviewdemo.aspx " Handling a Server-Side Click Event

Introduction to Object Oriented Concepts

• Objects are Created from Classes " To Instantiate an Object, Call the ClassEMs Constructor " In VB.NET, All Variables are Typed " Objects in VB.NET Have Methods and Properties " Methods and Properties are Unique to Each Class " Classes Relate to Each Other in Hierarchies " Classes Automatically Inherit All Methods and Properties of The Classes Above Them "
• Example: Building and Using a Viewer Class " Defining Methods " Writing and Using your First Class

Inheritance and Overriding

• Declaring the Class as a Subclass of Viewer " Writing the New Constructor " Method Overriding " Shared (Static) Properties " Subclassing Program with Movie

Request, Response, and Server

• Side Note: Server.HTMLEncode()

Introducing ADO.NET

• ADO.NET Uses OleDB Instead of ODBC " System.Data and System.Data.OleDb Contain the Classes for DatabaseAccess " Further Comparison of ADO.NET and ADO " Introducing the Database Used for the Course " Selecting Records from the Database via ADO.NET " asp:datagrid " Exercise: Building a LastName Query Interface

Handling Exceptions

• Handling Database Exceptions " Try-Catch-Finally-End Try " Writing a Query Viewer that
• Handles SQL Errors and EmptyDataSets

Working with Disconnected DataSets

• OledbAdapter and DataSet " Populating a DataGrid from a DataSet " Examining a More Complex Example

Inserting Records into the Database

• Inserting Records via a Disconnected Recordset " Inserting a Record Directly Into the Database

Data Drilldowns with Data Bound Controls

• Building a Drilldown Application with a Dynamically Populated Drop DownList

Working with Stored Procedures

• Passing Input Parameters to a Stored Procedure

Application Variables and global.asax

• What is an Application? " A Sample global.asax File " A Hit Counter Application Variable Example

Session Variables

• Using Session Variables

Introducing XML

• XML Logical Structure " XML Physical Structure " Why Use Attributes? " XML Design Patterns " Applications of XML (and related technologies)

Producing XML from Database Data via ADO.NET

• Generating XML from the Viewers Table

Reading XML Data into a DataSet

Importing XML into the Database

• Importing an XML File into the Viewers Table

Performing XSLT with ASP.NET

• Transforming an XML Document via XSL

Working with Validation Controls

• Required FieldValidator, CompareValidator, and RangeValidator " The Validation Summary Control

Regular Expression Validation

• Introducing Regular Expressions " Regular Expression Tester " Special Characters for Pattern Matching " Escape Sequences for Special Characters " Specifying Ranges in Patterns " Matching a Specified Number of Occurrences " Character-Range Escape Sequences " Matching at the Beginning or End of a String with ^ and $ " The Word-Boundary Pattern Anchors: \b and \B " Using the RegularExpressionValidator

Custom Validators

• Implementing the CustomValidator Control

User Controls

• Completing and Implementing a User Control

Code Behind

• Completing and Implementing a Code Behind

Assemblies

• Building and Deploying an Assembly

Introduction to Web Services with SOAP

• What are Web Services? " What is SOAP? " Examining a Web Service " Calling a Web Service from another Application " Setting up a Web Service Proxy " Building Your First Web Service

SQL Refresher

• Data Types in SQL " Creating a Table in SQL " Inserting a Row into the Table in SQL " Inserting a Partial Row (or Fields in a Different Order) in SQL " Retrieving Information from the Database via SELECT " Editing Records in the Database with the UPDATE Statement " Removing Records from the Database with the DELETE Statement