Overview of the Microsoft .NET Platform

• What Is the Microsoft .NET Platform?

• What Is the .NET Framework?
• What Are the .NET Framework Components?
• What Are the Visual Basic .NET Enhancements?

Skills:

• List the main elements of the .NET Platform.

• Describe the .NET Framework and its components.

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Development Environment Features

• Describing the Integrated Development Environment

• Creating Visual Basic .NET Projects
• Using Development Environment Features
• Debugging Applications
• Compiling in Visual Basic .NET

Skills:

• Describe the overall benefits of the new IDE.

• Describe the different types of Visual Basic .NET projects and their structures, including their file structures.
• Reference external applications from your project.
• View and set the properties of a project.
• Use the various windows in the IDE, including Server Explorer, the Object Browser, and the Task List.
• Debug a simple application.
• Build and compile a simple application.

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Language and Syntax Enhancements

• Data Types

• Using Variables
• Functions, Subroutines, and Properties
• Exception Handling

Skills:

• Describe the changes to data types in Visual Basic .NET.

• Declare and initialise variables and arrays.
• Use shorthand syntax to assign values to variables.
• Implement functions and subroutines.
• Call the default properties of an object.
• Use the new Try...Catch...Finally statement to implement structured exception handling.

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Object-Oriented Design for Visual Basic .NET

• Designing Classes

• Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
• Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Concepts Using Microsoft Visio

Skills:

• Describe the basics of object-oriented design.

• Explain the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, interfaces, and polymorphism.
• Create classes based on use cases.
• Model classes for use in Visual Basic .NET by using Visio.

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Object-Oriented Programming in Visual Basic .NET

• Defining Classes

• Creating and Destroying Objects
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Working with Classes

Skills:

• Define classes.

• Instantiate and use objects in client code.
• Create classes that use inheritance.
• Define interfaces and use polymorphism.
• Create shared members.
• Create class events and handle them from a client application.

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Using Windows Forms

• Why Use Windows Forms?

• Structure of Windows Forms
• Using Windows Forms
• Using Controls
• Windows Forms Inheritance

Skills:

• Describe the benefits of Windows Forms.

• Use the new properties and methods of Windows Forms.
• Write event-handling code.
• Use the new controls and control enhancements.
• Add and edit menus.
• Create a form that inherits from another form.

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Building Web Applications

• Introduction to ASP .NET

• Creating Web Form Applications
• Building Web Services
• Using Web Services

Skills:

• Explain and take advantage of the benefits of ASP .NET and its various libraries in application development.

• Create Web Form applications.
• Use HTML server controls and Web server controls.
• Create Web Services.
• Use Web Services from a browser or from another client application.

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Using ADO .NET

• ADO .NET Overview

• .NET Data Providers
• The DataSet Object
• Data Designers and Data Binding
• XML Integration

Skills:

• List the benefits of ADO .NET.

• Create applications that use ADO .NET.
• List the main ADO .NET objects and their functions.
• Use Visual Studio .NET data designers and data binding.
• Explain how XML integrates with ADO .NET.

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Developing Components in Visual Basic .NET

• Components Overview

• Creating Serviced Components
• Creating Component Classes
• Creating Windows Forms Controls
• Creating Web Forms User Controls
• Threading

Skills:

• Create components that can be used by managed and unmanaged client applications.

• Create serviced components.
• Create component classes.
• Create Windows Forms controls.
• Create Web user controls.
• Use threading to create multithreaded applications.

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Deploying Applications

• Describing Assemblies

• Choosing a Deployment Strategy
• Deploying Applications

Skills:

• Describe an assembly.

• List the different types of application deployment.
• Deploy a component assembly.
• Deploy an application that is based on Windows.
• Deploy a Web-based application.

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Upgrading to Visual Basic .NET

• Deciding Whether to Upgrade

• Options for Upgrading
• Recommendations
• Performing the Upgrade

Skills:

• Make an informed decision about whether to upgrade an application.

• Describe the various upgrade options available to you.
• Use the Upgrade Wizard.

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