Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming: Level 3 Course

This advanced course teaches the enterprise functionality of VB .NET, including accessing databases, reporting, creating web services, addressing security and deploying applications. Students will learn the necessary tools for developing in a modern distributed application environment.

This course covers the subject areas covered in Microsoft Course MS2559.

Comnpletion of course: Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET - Level 2.

Topics covered on the 3 day Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming: Level 3 course

Creating Data-Bound Applications

• Data Binding Basics
• Using the Data Form Wizard

Introduction to ASP.NET

• A Review of Classic ASP
• ASP.NET Web Applications
• Rendering HTML with Server Controls
• Using ASP.NET to Deliver XML Web Services

Managing Data with ADO.NET DataSets

• The Role of DataSets in ADO.NET
• Using DataSets in ASP.NET
• Saving DataSets in Session State
• Using DataTable Constraints and DataSet DataRelations
• Using DataSets with DataAdapters to Modify Data
• The Transactional Model in DataSets
• DataSets and XML
• Typed DataSets

Creating Windows Services

• Introducing Windows Services
• Building Your First Windows Service
• The FileWatcher Service

Creating and Consuming XML Web Services

• The Motivation for XML Web Services
• Creating an XML Web Service with Visual Studio .NET
• Designing XML Web Services
• Creating .NET Consumers
• Web Services and Legacy Clients
• Discovering Web Services Using UDDI

Data Binding Techniques

• Synchronizing Multiple DataGrid Controls
• Formatting a DataGrid Control
• Limit Editing in a DataGrid
• Working with the ListBox Control
• Working with Binary Data

Security

• Overview of Security in .NET
• Permission Requests
• Using Role-Based Security

Multiple Document Interfaces (MDI) and Graphics (GDI+)

• Creating MDI Applications
• The Scribble Application
• Drawing on Forms
• Creating Transparent Areas in Forms
• Creating Shaped Forms

Deployment

• Deployment Concepts
• Simple Deployment
• Windows Installer Deployment
• HTTP Deployment