Description
A hands-on course for application developers who have experience with web applications, i.e. HTML and JavaScript. Includes developing Web forms, using the Framework class libraries, using ASP server objects, an overview of ADO.NET, and considerations for debugging and distributing applications.

Prerequisites
Application Developers who have taken the Visual Basic.NET Intensive Workshop

Hardware and Software
Windows NT Server, 2000 or XP with Visual Studio.NET and IIS, for each student and the instructor, preferably with systems networked.

Format

• Presentation
• Hands-on
  

Objectives
After completing this course, participants should be able to:

• Create a Web Forms (ASP.NET) application, using Visual Basic.NET
• Use ASP Server Controls to build an effective user interface and provide clear navigation
• Control the postback of forms and the state of the controls on the form
• Use the Session and Application objects, and global.asax, to provide continuity
• Use external DLLs in a web application
• Read and write files
• Be familiar with web-related parts of the .NET Framework and its documentation
• Use all of Visual Studio.NET's debugging features
• Develop simple database applications using ADO.NET, using a DataReader and bound controls, including DataList and DataGrid
• Deploy VB.NET applications to web servers
  

Overview

• Comparison To ASP Classic
• The .NET Framework And Common Language Runtime
• Development Environments, From Notepad To Visual Studio.NET
• Languages, Including Visual Basic.NET, C#, Javascript, And Others
• The Use Of Compiled Dlls On The Server

Visual Studio.NET Web Forms

• Creating A Form
• Using Html Controls And Asp Server-Side Controls - Their Properties, Methods And Events
• Posting Forms To The Server
• Maintaining State Of Controls And Forms
• Writing Vb Or C# Code To Process Form Data And Cookies
• Form Validation

ASP.NET Server Objects

• Moving Data Between Browser And Server With Request And Response Objects;
• The Page Object
• Using The Session And Httpapplication Objects, And Global.Asax
• The Httpserverutility Object
• Server-Side Includes " Reading And Writing Files
• Using External Dlls In Server-Side Programs
  
  

Overview of Data Base Processing with ADO.NET

• Reading And Displaying Data With A Datareader
• Using Data-Bound Controls, Including Datalist, Datagrid, And Repeater
  

Web Services

• Purpose
• Overview Of Creating And Using Web Services
  

Testing, Debugging and Distributing

• The Build Process
• Debugging Tools
• The Common Language Runtime And Its Advantages
• Assemblies
• Side-By-Side Deployment