Microsoft Course 2640 - Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET — A 3-Day Course

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Course Synopsis

This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to successfully upgrade their existing Active Server Pages (ASP) skills, as well as upgrading their Web applications, to Microsoft ASP.NET. This course also explains the new features of ASP.NET that can then be leveraged to improve an existing Web application.

Course Objectives

On completion of this course, delegates should be able to:

• Describe the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET.
• Create an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
• Create an ASP.NET Web Application UI.
• Use the trace feature of ASP.NET to obtain information about executed requests.
• Use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.
• Access databases in an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
• Create and call a COM object from an ASP.NET Web page.
• Explain how XML Web services is beneficial to distributed Internet computing.
• Create an XML Web service by using Visual Studio .NET.
• Create client code that can create and call a remote XML Web service.
• List server and client-side state management techniques and explain how ASP.NET improves state management.
• Use the ASP.NET Application object to track data that is associated with an ASP.NET Web application.
• Use the ASP.NET Session object to track data that is associated with an individual user session.
• Use the ASP.NET HttpCookie object to store client-side data.
• Explain what approach would be the best for migrating a ASP Web application to ASP.NET, given a specific ASP Web application scenario.
• Implement Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment.
• Access and display Extensible Markup Language (XML) data in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Use caching to improve Web application performance.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for existing Web developers who are writing ASP solutions. This course assumes that the students are familiar with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), client-side and server-side scripting, ASP, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and a Microsoft .NET-based programming language.

The Web developer is responsible for the design and implementation of a Web application or a Web solution. Typically, these individuals:

• Assist with the creation of functional specifications.
• Design and develop user interfaces (UIs).
• Create ASP Pages.
• Write Web Forms applications.
• Create and test prototypes.

Course Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have the following skills:

• The ability to create HTML pages with tables, images, and forms.
• Experience using a scripting language, such as Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition or JavaScript.
• Experience using ASP to create Web applications.
• The ability to retrieve data from relational databases by using ADO.
• Familiarity with a Microsoft .NET-based programming language.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

Recommended as preparation for 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.

Outline Course Contents

Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application Development

This module describes the ASP.NET architecture and how it relates to the Microsoft .NET Framework.

• Introduction to ASP.NET
• Developing an ASP.NET Web Application Using Visual Studio .NET
• .NET Programming Model Changes

Developing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application User Interface

This module explains how to create an ASP.NET Web application UI by using Web Forms, ASP.NET server controls, and event handlers. Students will also learn how to validate user input by using validation controls and how the page postback process works.

• Creating an ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
• Validating User Input
• Creating and Using User Controls in an ASP.NET Web Form
• Processing ASP.NET Web Forms

Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications

This module explains how to analyze the cause of logic errors in ASP.NET Web applications by using the ASP.NET trace functionality and the Visual Studio .NET debugger.

• Tracing in ASP.NET Web Applications
• Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications

Accessing Data Using Microsoft ADO.NET

This module explains how to use ADO.NET to access data from a database.

• Overview of ADO.NET
• Reading Data Using DataReaders
• Programmatically Accessing Data Using DataSets
• Visually Generating DataSets
• Data-Bound Controls
• Best Practices for Secure and Reliable Data Access

Managing State in a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application

This module explains how state management has evolved in ASP.NET.

• Introduction to State Management
• Session State Management
• Client-Side State Management

Authenticating Users

This module explains the different types of authentication methods that are supported by ASP.NET and how to implement Microsoft Windows -based and Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.

• ASP.NET Authentication Model
• Implementing Windows-Based Authentication in ASP.NET Web Applications
• Implementing Forms-Based Authentication in ASP.NET Web Applications

Creating and Consuming XML Web Services

This module explains how to create and consume XML Web services.

• Introduction to XML Web Services
• Creating an XML Web Service
• Creating an XML Web Service Client

Calling COM Component

This module explains how to access existing COM components by using .NET COM interop.

• ASP.NET and COM Interoperability
• Calling Com Objects from ASP.NET Web Forms

Migrating ASP Web Applications to Microsoft ASP.NET

This module explains how to examine an existing ASP Web application and apply strategies for migrating it to ASP.NET.

• Migrating an ASP Web Page
• Migrating an ASP Application

Deploying Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications

This module explains how to prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment.

• ASP.NET Application Deployment Methods
• Maintaining a Deployed ASP.NET Web Application