Introduction

This five-day, instructor-led course will teach Microsoft Visual Basic® programmers and beginning Web developers the fundamentals of Web application site implementation by using Microsoft ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. This course focuses on using the Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET environment and the Microsoft .NET platform to create an ASP.NET Web application that delivers dynamic content to a Web site.

Audience

This course is intended for beginning Web developers who have knowledge of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or dynamic HTML (DHTML), along with some knowledge of a scripting language, such as Visual Basic Scripting Edition or Microsoft JScript®. This course is also appropriate for Visual Basic 6.0 developers wanting to learn ASP.NET.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET
• Create a component in Visual Basic .NET or C#.
• Create an ASP.NET Web application project by using Visual Studio .NET.
• Add server controls to an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Create and populate ASP.NET Web Forms.
• Add functionality to server controls that are on an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Use the Trace and Debug objects that are provided with Visual Studio .NET.
• Use validation controls to validate user input.
• Create a user control.
• Access data by using the built-in data access tools that are available in Visual Studio .NET.
• Use Microsoft ADO.NET to access data in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Accomplish complex data access tasks from an ASP.NET Web application.
• Access Extensible Markup Language (XML) data and read it into a DataSet.
• Call an XML Web service from an ASP.NET Web application and incorporate the returned data into a Web application.
• Store application and session data by using a variety of methods.
• Configure and deploy an ASP.NET Web application.
• Help protect an ASP.NET Web application by using a variety of technologies.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have the ability to create HTML or DHTML, including:

• Tables
• Images
• Forms

Programming experience using Visual Basic .NET, including:

• Declaring variables
• Using loops
• Using conditional statements

Students can satisfy the prerequisites for this course by completing M1912: Introduction to Web Development Technologies.
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

• M2559: Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming
• M2373: Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

Course Outline

• Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
  - Introduction to the .NET Framework
  - Overview of ASP.NET
  - Overview of the Lab Application
  - Resources
• Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  - Overview of Visual Studio .NET
  - Creating an ASP.NET Web Application Project
• Using Microsoft .NET-Based Languages
  - Overview of the .NET-Based Languages
  - Comparison of the .NET-Based Languages
  - Creating a Component Using Visual Studio .NET
• Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form
  - Creating Web Forms
  - Using Server Controls
• Adding Code to a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form
  - Using Code-Behind Pages
  - Adding Event Procedures to Web Server Controls
  - Using Page Events
• Tracing in Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
  - Understanding Tracing
  - Remote Debugging
• Validating User Input
  - Overview of User Input Validation
  - Using Validation Controls
  - Page Validation
• Creating User Controls
  - Adding User Controls to an ASP.NET Web Form
  - Creating User Controls
• Accessing Relational Data Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  - Overview of ADO.NET
  - Creating a Connection to the Database
  - Displaying a DataSet in a List-Bound Control
• Accessing Data with Microsoft ADO.NET
  - Introduction to Using ADO.NET
  - Connecting to a Database
  - Accessing Data with DataSets
  - Using Multiple Tables
  - Accessing Data with DataReaders
• Calling Stored Procedures with Microsoft ADO.NET
  - Overview of Stored Procedures
  - Calling Stored Procedures
• Reading and Writing XML Data
  - Overview of XML Architecture in ASP.NET
  - XML and the DataSet Object
  - Working with XML Data
  - Using the XML Web Server Control
• Consuming and Creating XML Web Services
  - Overview of Using XML Web Service
  - Calling an XML Web Service by HTTP
  - Using a Proxy to Call an XML Web Service
  - Creating an XML Web Service
• Managing State
  - State management
  - Application and Session Variables
  - Cookies and Cookieless Sessions
• Configuring, Optimizing, and Deploying a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
  - Using the Cache Object
  - Using ASP.NET Output Caching
  - Configuring an ASP.NET Web Application
  - Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application
• Securing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
  - Web Application Security Overview
  - Working with Windows-Based Authentication
  - Working with Forms-Based Authentication
  - Overview of Microsoft Passport Authentication
• Review
  - Review of Material Covered
  - Introduction to the Game

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

• Exam 70-305: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET
• Exam 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Related courses:

• M2640: Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET
• M2389: Programming ADO.NET
• M2565: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual Basic .NET)
• M2555: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual C# .NET)
• M2663: Programming with XML in the Microsoft .NET Framework
• M2557: Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services
• M2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
• M1846: Microsoft Solutions Framework Essentials
• M2524: Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET

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