Programming with the .NET Framework (Visual Basic .NET)

Hilton Computer Strategies
Houston, Texas, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The goal of this course is to help application developers understand the Microsoft .NET Framework. In addition to offering an overview of the .NET Framework and an introduction to key concepts and terminology, the course provides a series of labs, which introduce and explain .NET Framework features that are used to code, debug, tune, and deploy applications.

Audience

This course is intended for experienced, professional software developers, including those employed by software companies or working on corporate development teams. Most students will be Microsoft Visual Basic® developers.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

List the major elements of the .NET Framework and explain how they fit into the .NET platform.
Explain the main concepts behind the common language runtime and use the features of the .NET Framework to create a simple application.
Create and use components in Microsoft Windows® Forms-based and ASP.NET-based applications.
Use the deployment and versioning features of the .NET runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component.
Create, use, and extend types by understanding the common type system architecture.
Create classes and interfaces that are functionally efficient and appropriate for given programming scenarios.
Use the .NET Framework class library to efficiently create and manage strings, arrays, collections, and enumerators.
Use delegates and events to make an event sender signal the occurrence of an action to an event receiver.
Describe and control how memory and other resources are managed in the .NET Framework.
Read from and write to data streams and files.
Use the basic request/response model to send and receive data over the Internet.
Serialize and deserialize an object graph.
Create distributed applications using XML Web services and object remoting.
Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must be proficient in the Microsoft Visual Basic® programming language and have been exposed to the Visual Basic .NET language. Students can meet these prerequisites by taking

Course 2559: Introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

There is no Microsoft Certified Professional exam associated with this course.

Student Materials

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

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
Overview of Namespaces
After completing this module, you will be able to list the major elements of the .NET Framework. This includes:

Describing the .NET Framework and its components.
Explaining the relationship between the .NET Framework class library and namespaces.
Module 2: Introduction to a Managed Execution Environment

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Writing a .NET Framework Application
Compiling and Running a .NET Framework Application
After completing this module, you will be able to explain the main concepts behind the common language runtime and use the features of the common language runtime to create a simple application. This includes:

Creating simple console applications in Visual Basic .NET.
Explaining how code is compiled and executed in a managed environment.
Explaining the concept of garbage collection.
Module 3: Working with Components

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
An Introduction to Key .NET Framework Development Technologies
Creating a Simple .NET Framework Component
Creating a Simple Console Client
Creating an ASP.NET Client
After completing this module, you will be able to create and use components in Windows Form-based and ASP.NET-based application. This includes:

Creating a simple .NET Framework component in Visual Basic.
Implementing structured exception handling.
Creating a simple .NET Framework console application that calls a component.
Creating a .NET Framework client application by using the Windows Forms library.
Creating an .ASP.NET page that uses the previously developed .NET Framework component to create an ASP.NET application.

Module 4: Deployment and Versioning

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Introduction to Application Deployment
Application Deployment Scenarios
Related Topics and Tools
After completing this module, you will be able to use the deployment and versioning features of the .NET common language runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component. This includes:

Packaging and deploying simple and componentized applications.
Creating strong-named assemblies.
Installing and removing assemblies in the global assembly cache.
Configuring applications to control binding based on assembly location and version data.

Module 5: Common Type System

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Introduction to the Common Type System
Elements of the Common Type System
Object-Oriented Characteristics
After completing this module, you will be able to create, use, and extend types. This includes:

Describing the difference between value types and reference types.
Explaining the purpose of each element in the type system, including values, objects, and interfaces.
Explaining how the object-oriented programming concepts such as abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism, are implemented in the common type system.

Module 6: Working with Types

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
System.Object Class Functionality
Specialized Constructors
Type Operations
Interfaces
Managing External Types
After completing this module, you will be able to create classes and interfaces that are functionally efficient and appropriate for given programming scenarios. This includes:

Applying attributes to control visibility and inheritance in classes and interfaces.
Creating and using interfaces that define methods and properties.
Explaining how boxing and unboxing work and when boxing and unboxing occur.
Using operators to determine types at run time and to cast values to different types.
Explaining what features are available to work with unmanaged types, such as COM types.

Module 7: Strings, Arrays, and Collections

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Strings
Collections Defined
.NET Framework Arrays
.NET Framework Collections
After completing this module, you will be able to use the .NET Framework class library to create and manage strings, arrays, collections, and enumerators. This includes:

Parsing, formatting, manipulating, and comparing strings.
Using the classes in the System.Array and System.Collections namespaces.
Improving the type safety and performance of collections by using specialized collections and class-specific code.

Module 8: Delegates and Events

The following topics are covered in this module:

Lessons
Delegates
Multicast Delegates
Events
When to Use Delegates, Events, and Interfaces
After completing this module, you will be able to use delegates and events to cause an event sender to signal the occurrence of an action to an event receiver. This includes:

Using the delegate class to create type-safe callback functions and event-handling methods.
Using the Event keyword to simplify and improve the implementation of a class that raises events.
Implementing events that conform to the .NET Framework guidelines.

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