Microsoft Course 2349 - Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework (Microsoft Visual C# .NET) — A 5-Day Course

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Course Synopsis

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.

Course Objectives

On completion of this course, delegates 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 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 object signal the occurrence of an action to an event-receiver object.
• 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 by means of XML Web services and Object Remoting.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for experienced, professional software developers including those employed by independent software vendors or those who work on corporate enterprise development teams. Most students will be Microsoft Visual C++ (or C++) and Java developers.

Course Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should be experienced professional software developers and have a basic understanding of the C# language.

Students can meet the C# language prerequisite by taking Course 2124, Introduction to C# Programming for the Microsoft .NET Platform.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

There is no MCP exam associated with this course.

Course Materials

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

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Outline Course Contents

Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework

Take a closer look: Download Sample Module 1 (Portable Document Format, 870 KB).

• Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
• Overview of Namespaces

Introduction to a Managed Execution Environment

Take a closer look: Download Sample Module 2 (Portable Document Format, 935 KB).

• Writing a .NET Application
• Compiling and Running a .NET Application

Working with Components

• An Introduction to Key .NET Framework Development Technologies
• Creating a Simple .NET Framework Component
• Creating a Simple Console Client
• Creating an ASP.NET Client

Deployment and Versioning

• Introduction to Application Deployment
• Application Deployment Scenarios
• Related Topics and Tools>

Common Type System

• An Introduction to the Common Type System
• Elements of the Common Type System
• Object-Oriented Characteristics

Working with Types

• System.Object Class Functionality
• Specialized Constructors
• Type Operations
• Interfaces
• Managing External Types

Strings, Arrays, and Collections

• Strings
• Terminology - Collections
• .NET Framework Arrays
• .NET Framework Collections

Delegates and Events

• Adding User Controls to an ASP.NET Web Form
• Creating User Controls

Accessing Relational Data Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

• Delegates
• Multicast Delegates
• Events
• When to Use Delegates, Events, and Interfaces

Memory and resource Management

• Memory Management Basics
• Non-Memory Resource Management
• Implicit Resource Management
• Explicit Resource Management
• Optimizing Garbage Collection

Data Streams and Files

• Streams
• Readers and Writers
• Basic File I/O

Internet Access

• Internet Application Scenarios
• The WebRequest and WebResponse Model
• Application Protocols
• Handling Errors
• Security
• Best Practices

Serialization

• Serialization Scenarios
• Serialization Attributes
• Object Graph
• Serialization Process
• Serialization Example
• Deserialization Example
• Custom Serialization
• Custom Serialization Example
• Security Issues

Remoting and XML Web Services

• Remoting
• Remoting Configuration Files
• XML Web Services