Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming: Level 3 Course

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