Visual Studio .NET Advanced Topics
This series shows developers how to create more powerful applications using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET. The series focuses heavily on creating and deploying Web-based applications. Users explore ASP.NET Web server controls in greater detail, and also learn how to implement data binding to pull data into a Web page from external data sources. Users will also learn how Visual Studio.NET facilitates XML development, and how to use Visual Studio to build and configure an XML-based Web application or a Web service client. Additionally, users will learn about what happens after the code is written - debugging, deployment, and security for Web based applications, as well as the process for upgrading existing ASP-based Web sites to ASP.NET. This series uses the Enterprise Architect edition of Visual Studio 2002.
This series is for anyone who is interested in learning how to develop applications using Visual Studio .NET. This online course contains 7 lessons and should take approximately 28 hours to complete.
Using Rich Web Controls and Debugging Applications
This course explains how to use the AdRotator, Calendar, and Xml Web server controls The course also provides an overview of ASPNET Web application debugging, covering page-level and application-level tracing, error handling, and using Visual Studio NET's built-in debugger and teaches you how to describe and use AdRotator control properties and events, describe and use Calendar control properties and events, use the Xml Web Server control, implement page-level and application-level tracing, display and log error messages, and attach the debugger to an application at runtime.
Data Binding and Working with Control Templates
This course explains data binding with various server controls and data sources The course also explains how to tailor the look and feel of Web forms by using Web Server Control templates, and explains how to use templates with the Repeater, DataList and DataGrid controls and teaches you how to explain the function of data binding, bind page and control properties, describe various binding methods and expressions, bind to an ArrayList, HashTable, and DataView, create Web Server control templates, and use templates with various controls.
Creating Mobile Applications and Using ADO.NET
This course provides an overview of how to use Visual Studio NET to create applications for mobile devices such as cell phones and personal data assistants (PDAs) The course also introduces ADONET, explains the improvements made over ADO, and shows how to use ADONET to access a database and teaches you how to explain what the Wireless Application Protocol is and how it's used, describe the Mobile Internet Toolkit, create a mobile Web application project, use validation and list controls in a mobile Web application project, describe the ADO.NET Object Model, create a Data Aware application, connection an application with a SQL Server database, and access and manipulate the data, and display the results.
Working with XML, Configuration, and HTTP Handlers
This course provides an overview of the use of XML with Visual Studio NET The course also provides an in-depth discussion of how to code various ASPNET configuration settings to make Web applications run properly Finally, the course shows how to build HTTP handlers to process user requests and teaches you how to describe XML and the Document Type Definition, explain namespaces and schemas, convert data to XML, bind data with XML documents, describe the ASP.NET configuration system, explain the various configuration settings in ASP.NET, describe HTTP handlers, and create HTTP handlers.
Caching, Security, and Migration
This course shows users how to employ caching in the applications they design using Visual Studio NET The course also provides an overview of the various ASPNET, IIS and Windows security mechanisms available to Visual Studio NET programmers The course concludes with an in-depth discussion of how to upgrade older ASP-based Web sites to ASPNET technology and teaches you how to explain how caching functions in Visual Studio .NET, implement various types of caching, describe how dependency impacts caching, describe IIS and ASP.NET security mechanisms, implement Forms and Windows authentication in an ASP.NET application, retrieve and validate user information from an ASP.NET application, and migrate from ASP to ASP.NET, optimizing your Web site during the migration.
Working with Web Services
This course shows users how to create Web services with Visual Studio NET, then how to add data controls and functions and test the Web service The course explains how Web service clients work and how to create a Web service client The course also covers various techniques for implementing security within a Web service and teaches you how to describe various Web service templates, create a Web service and add functionality to it, finalize a Web service project, create a Web service client project, add Web references and implement Web methods to a Web service client project, restrict access, and grant access to IP addresses, for a Web service client project, and manage the Web Service directory.
Deploying Applications
This course shows users how to get the programs they've developed in Visual Studio NET up and running in the real world The course presents detailed information on deployment of Windows applications as well as Web-based applications and teaches you how to create a Windows deployment project, add files, icons, screens, and an installer bootstrapper to a deployment project, test a Windows deployment project, create a Web deployment project, test an installation, and configure merge module projects and CAB files.