Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
(Microsoft Training Course: 2543) - 3 days - £1700 exc VAT

This workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Web applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. It is intended for corporate/ISV application developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in Web application development.

1. Creating a Web Application
2. Programming a Web Application
3. Adding and Configuring Server Controls
4. Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages
5. Managing State for a Web Application
6. Accessing and Displaying Data
7. Controlling Access to a Web Application
8. Deploying a Web Application
9. Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

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Module 1: Creating a Web Application

• Visual Studio Web Site Types
• Default Event Handling in Web Applications
• Lab: Creating a Web Application

Skills

• Describe the types of Web sites that they can create with Visual Studio 2005.
  
• Describe the concept of a default event handler for an object.
  
• Explain how the Machine.Config and Web.Config files control the settings for a Web application.
  
• Create a new Web application.
  
• Configure and build a Web application.
  

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Module 2: Programming a Web Application

• Event Handling in Web Applications
• Browser Capability Detection
• Page Header Retrieval
• Page-Level and Application-Level Error Handling
• Lab: Programming a Web Application

Skills

• Describe various event-handling techniques.
  
• Explain how to detect browser types and capabilities.
  
• Explain how to access page headers.
  
• Describe how to handle page-level errors and application-level errors.
  
• Implement advanced techniques for handling events.
  
• Implement browser-capability detection.
  
• Implement page-header manipulation.
  
• Implement page-level and application-level error handling.
  

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Module 3: Adding and Configuring Server Controls

• HTML Controls and Web Server Controls
• Types of Web Server Controls
• Working with Web Server Controls
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Page Postback Model
• Lab: Adding and Configuring Server Controls

Skills

• Explain the differences between HTML controls and Web server controls.
  
• Describe the different types of Web server contr ols.
  
• Explain how to use HTML controls and Web server controls.
  
• Explain how the postback model of ASP.NET 2.0 works.
  
• Create Web-based user interfaces with HTML controls and Web server controls.
  
• Write code that interacts with Web server controls.
  
• Write code that interacts with the postback model of ASP.NET 2.0.
  

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Module 4: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages

• What Are Master Pages?
• What Are Content Pages?
• Nested Master Pages
• Lab: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages

Skills

• Describe the concept of a master page.
  
• Describe the concept of a content page.
  
• Describe nested master pages.
  
• Design master pages.
  
• Configure content pages.
  
• Design nested master pages.
  

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Module 5: Managing State for a Web Application

• ViewState Properties and ControlState Data
• Application and Session Objects
• Strategies for Managing Session State Data
• The Cache Object
• Lab: Managing State for a Web Application

Skills

• Describe the ViewState and ControlState data models for Web pages.
  
• Describe the Application and Session objects and explain how state data is stored and retrieved in these objects.
  
• Describe various session-state data-storage strategies.
  
• Describe the Cache object and explain how you can use it to store and manage state data.
  
• Configure ViewState properties and ControlState properties for Web server controls.
  
• Store and retrieve Application and Session state.
  
• Implement out-of-process session state.
  
• Store and manage state data in the Cache object.
  

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Module 6: Accessing and Displaying Data

• Database Connections and the Web.Config File
• Relational Data and Data Source Controls
• XML Data and Data Source Controls
• Object Data and Data Source Controls
• Lab: Accessing and Displaying Data

Skills

• Explain how to store and retrieve database connections by using the Web.Config file.
  
• Explain how to use data source controls to access relational data.
  
• Explain how to use data source controls to access XML data.
  
• Explain how to use data source controls to access object data.
  
• Create and retrieve database connections by using the Web.Config file.
  
• Access relational data by using the SqlDataSource control and data controls.
  
• Access XML data by using the XmlDataSource control and data controls.
  
• Access objects as data by using the ObjectDataSource control and data controls.
  

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Module 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application

• Authentication for Web Applications
• Authorization for Web Applications
• Site Membership Systems Using the Membership Class
• Web Site Security Administration Using the Roles Class
• Lab: Controlling Access to a Web Application

Skills

• Describe the authentication methods for Web applications.
  
• Describe the authorization methods for Web applications.
  
• Describe the main components of a membership system.
  
• Describe how to build a security administration interface.
  
• Configure authentication and authorization for a Web application.
  
• Implement a membership registration page.
  
• Implement a login page.
  
• Create a membership management administrative user interface.
  

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Module 8: Deploying a Web Application

• The Copy Web Site Utility
• The Publish Web Site Utility
• Windows Installer Setup Packages
• Lab: Deploying a Web Application

Skills

• Describe how to use the Copy Web Site utility to deploy a Web application.
  
• Describe how to use the Publish Web Site utility to precompile and deploy a Web application.
  
• Describe how to build Windows Installer packages for deploying a Web application.
  
• Deploy a Web application by using the Copy Web Site utility.
  
• Precompile and deploy a Web application by using the Publish Web Site utility.
  
• Build and run a Windows Installer setup application for deploying a Web application.
  

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Module 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

• Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
• Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
• Mobile Web Forms
• Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms
• Lab: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

Skills

• Explain how to detect mobile devices and redirect them to an appropriate page in a Web application.
  
• Describe mobile Web pages, forms, and mobile controls.
  
• Explain how to use device-specific features in mobile Web pages to respond to the different capabilities of mobile devices.
  
• Explain how to use device emulators in Visual Studio 2005 to test mobile Web pages.
  
• Design and implement mobile Web forms.
  
• Design device-specific features for mobile Web pages.
  

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Before attending this course, students should have the following pre-requisites:

• Ability to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and tools.
• Understand Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language Runtime.
• Ability to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language.
• Know how to make assemblies available to other applications.
• Have a basic understanding of XML including XML declaration, elements, attributes, and namespaces.
• Have a basic understanding of client-side scripts.
• Have a basic understanding of HTML.

After completing this workshop, students will be able to create a Web application; program a Web application; add and configure server controls for a Web application; use master pages to establish a common layout for a Web application; manage state data for a Web application; access and display data in a Web application; control access to a Web application; deploy a Web application; create a mobile Web application.