Description
A hands-on course for application developers who have taken the Visual Basic.NET Introduction; includes developing Web forms, using the Framework class libraries, an overview of ADO.NET, and considerations for debugging and distributing applications. Programmers with considerable GUI development experience may consider taking the Visual Basic.NET Intensive Workshop.

Audience
For application developers who have taken the Visual Basic.NET Introduction.

Prerequisites
Visual Basic.NET Introduction

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 and use subroutines and functions, including required and optional arguments; and be familiar with the use of classes and inheritance
• Be familiar with the most important parts of the .NET Framework and its documentation
• Use all of Visual Studio.NET's debugging features, including Trace
• Develop simple database applications using ADO.NET, including bound controls
• Migrate VB6 applications to VB.NET
• Deploy VB.NET applications to desktops and/or servers

Review

• The Elements Of A Windows Application: Forms, Controls, Code
  

The Process Of Developing A New Web Application

• Starting The Project;
• Similarities And Differences
• From Windows Projects;
• Using Appropriate Controls, And Their Properties;
• How The Server Compiles, Renders Form Into Standard HTML

The VB.NET Language

• Advanced Features;
• Brief Overview Of Inheritance And Related Features
  

The Framework

• Organization Of The Class Libraries;
• Importing Into A Project;
• Referencing In Code;
• VB6 Compatibility Objects

ADO.NET Overview

• Using The Dataform Wizard And Bound Controls;
• ADO.NET Objects, Some Coding Examples
  

Testing, Debugging And Distributing

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