Begining ASP.NET 2.0 with VB

ASP.NET Training Overview

Appextech's Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with VB.NET 2005 training class teaches experienced developers the VB.NET, ADO.NET, and Visual Studio 2005 skills they need to successfully build database-driven Web applications and services.

ASP.NET Training Objective

To master the fundamentals of ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET 2005 for building Web applications and web services.

ASP.NET Training Outline

1. Language Fundamentals

• Program structure and statements
• Data types, identifiers, and operators
• Comments, XML comments
• Branching and iteration
• Working with strings
• Arrays, structures, and enumerations
• Classes and namespaces, objects
• Inheritance, overloading, overriding
• Interfaces
• Exceptions
• Generics, partial types, anonymous methods, and iterators
• Refactoring code by using refactoring features
• Using My classes to access system and application resources

2. Introduction to ASP.NET

• A Review of Classic ASP
• ASP.NET Web Applications
• Rendering HTML with Server Controls
• Data Binding in ASP.NET 2.0

3. What's New in ASP.NET 2.0

• New Features in ASP.NET 2.0
• Designer Features
• Deployment and Configuration Tools
• Increasing Productivity

4. Working with Controls

• Introduction to Web Controls
• Simple Input Controls
• HyperLink and Button Controls
• List Controls
• Controlling Focus

5. Using Rich Server Controls

• Introduction to Rich Controls
• The Calendar Control
• The AdRotator Control
• The XML Control

6. Accessing Data

• Overview of ADO.NET
• Connecting to Data
• Executing Commands
• Working with Data
• Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

7. Configuration

• Configuration Overview
• Using the Web Site Administration Tool
• Programming Configuration Files
• Encrypting Configuration Sections

8. Data Binding

• Introducing Data Source Controls
• Reading and Write Data Using the SqlDataSource Control
• Displaying and Editing Middle-Tier Data using the ObjectDataSource Control
• Displaying XML Data Using the XmlDataSource Control

9. Validating User Input

• Overview of ASP.NET Validation Controls
• Using the Simple Validators
• Using the Complex Validators
• Summarizing Results with the ValidationSummary Control
• Separating Validation into Validation Groups

10. Themes and Master Pages

• Creating a Consistent Web Site
• ASP.NET 2.0 Themes
• Master Pages

11. Site Navigation

• Providers and Data Sources
• Creating an XML Site Map File
• Site Navigation Controls
• Using the Site Navigation API
• URL Mapping
• Security Trimming

12. Displaying Data with the GridView Control

• Introducing the GridView Control
• Filter Data in the GridView Control
• Allow Users to Select from a DropDownList in the Grid
• Add a Hyperlink to the Grid
• Deleting a Row and Handling Errors

13. Managing State

• Preserving State in Web Applications
• Page-Level State
• Using Cookies to Preserve State
• ASP.NET Session State
• Storing Objects in Session State
• Configuring Session State
• Setting Up an Out-of-Process State Server
• Storing Session State in SQL Server
• Using Cookieless Session IDs
• Application State

14. Managing Users with ASP.NET's Membership Features

• Introduction to Membership and Roles
• Using Membership Controls
• Writing Code to Interact with Membership and Roles

15. Debugging ASP.NET Applications

• Using the Visual Studio Debugging Features
• Handling Errors and Redirecting Users
• Debugging Client-Side Script
• Debugging SQL Server Code

16. Tracing

• Using Page-Level Tracing
• Using Application-Level Tracing
• Using Web Events
• Viewing Information With the Web Development Helper

17. Creating New Controls

• Two Kinds of User-Defined Controls
• Creating a User Control
• A More Complex User Control
• Creating a Custom Control
• Investigating the StateDropDownList Control

18. Improving Performance with Output Caching

• The Importance of Caching Declarative Page
• Output Caching
• Caching Page Fragments
• Post-Cache Substitution
• Caching Configuration

19. Advanced Caching

• A Review of Basic ASP.NET Caching
• Using Code to Implement Caching
• Caching Data Rather Than Output
• Using Database Dependencies for Cache Expiration
• DataSource Control Caching

20. Using the DataList and Repeater Controls

• Overview of List-Bound Controls
• Creating a Repeater Control
• Creating a DataList Control

21. Creating and Consuming Web Services

• The Motivation for XML Web Services
• Creating an XML Web Service with Visual Studio
• Designing XML Web Services
• Creating Web Service Consumers
• Discovering Web Services Using UDDI