ASP.NET Using VB.NET, ADO.NET & XML Course

You already know how to write simple, static Web pages using HTML and perhaps Cascading Stylesheets and client-side JavaScript code. Now you are ready to create dynamic Web pages using the latest Microsoft server-side technology: ASP.NET.

You will create ASP.NET Web pages that dynamically display content, display, manipulate, and modify data in a relational database, and display, manipulate, and modify XML data.

Target Student: Programmers at any skill level interested in writing ASP.NET applications.

To ensure your success, it is required that you first take the following PTR courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Object-Oriented Programming: Principles
• .NET Framework: Introduction
• HTML Web Authoring

Knowledge of VisualBasic.NET, or prior experience with VB6 or VBScript, is also required. Knowledge of XML basics is also helpful, and so we recommend XML: Introduction. Knowledge of SQL is also recommended, though not required.

Topics covered on the 5 day ASP.NET Using VB.NET, ADO.NET & XML course

Writing Basic ASP.NET Pages

• Write a Simple ASP.NET Web Page
• Output Content and Redirect to a Different Page
• Pass User Information Between Pages
• Store and Retrieve Data Using a Cookie
• Perform Browser Detection
• Transfer Processing

Increasing Code Separation and Modularity

• Separate Code From Content with HTML Controls
• Implement a Postback Form
• Increase Code Separation with a Code-Behind File
• Increase Modularity with a User Control

Creating Web Forms with Web Controls

• Create a Web Form Using ASP.NET Web Controls
• Create Grouped Elements with List Controls
• Display Data with a Repeater Control
• Display Data with a DataList Control
• Display Data with a DataGrid Control
• Verify User Input with Validation Controls
• Rotate Banner Ads with the Ad Rotator Control
• Create a Calendar using a Calendar Control

Accessing Databases with ADO.NET

• Display Data from a Database
• Display Data From a Database Using Web Controls
• Customize Databound Results Using Style Sections
• Customize Databound Results using Templates
• Modify Data with SQL Commands

Manipulating Data with ADO.NET DataSets

• Create a DataSet with Multiple Tables
• Display Data from Related Tables
• Manipulate Data in a DataGrid Control
• Modify DataSet Records and Merge

Programming XML Documents with ASP.NET

• Access and Display an XML Document
• Validate an XML Document Using a Schema
• Search an XML Document for Specific Information
• Edit an XML Document
• Write XML Documents to Disk

Converting and Transforming XML Data with ASP.NET

• Write Data From a DataSet to an XML Document
• Create Nested XML from a DataSet Object
• Read Data into a DataSet from an XML Document
• Transform an XML Document
• Output XSLT Results Using the XML Control

Architecting and Configuring an ASP.NET Application

• Configure an ASP.NET Application
• Configure ASP.NET Error Tracing
• Manage Application State
• Preserve Session State
• Cache Page Output
• Cache a User Control