Developing Applications Using VB 2008: What is New Course

Topics covered on the 2 day Developing Applications Using VB 2008: What is New course

Introducing LINQ

• Language Integrated Query
• LINQ Using Visual Basic and C#
• LINQ Syntax
• Basic LINQ Syntax
• Extension Methods
• LINQ and More Complex Objects
• Anonymous Types
• LINQ to SQL
• Creating a Data Model
• Calling Stored Procedures
• Using Anonymous Types with SQL
• Modifying SQL Data
• LINQ to DataSets
• LINQ to Typed DataSets
• LINQ to Untyped DataSets
• LINQ to XML
• Generating XML
• Querying XML
• Transforming XML
• Are You Done? Is there More?

Data Improvements

• Hierarchical Updates
• Hierarchical Updates in Visual Studio 2005
• Hierarchical Updates in Visual Studio 2008
• Caching Data Locally
• Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
• Configuring the Application for Synchronization
• Using Local and Remote Data in the Application
• Synchronizing Local and Remote Data
• Adding Bidirectional Synchronization
• Creating N-Tier Data Applications
• Separating the Business Logic and Data Access Layers
• Building Data Applications with LINQ to SQL
• Creating a Data Model
• Creating a Data Entry Form
• Calling Stored Procedures

Getting Started with WPF

• Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Graphics and Composition
• Important Questions
• Investigating a Reference Application
• An Inconvenient Truth (or Two)
• WPF and XAML
• Investigating XAML and the WPF Designer
• Your First WPF Application
• Investigating Routed Events
• Introducing Content and Grid Controls
• Working with Content Controls
• List Box as Container
• Working with the Grid Control
• Placing Controls onto the Grid

Revisiting WPF

• Lay Out the Application
• Create the Layout
• Lay Out the Form
• Create the MoviePlayer Control
• Create the User Control
• Add Code to the User Control
• Create a Data Source and Hook Up Data Binding
• Create the ThumbnailListClass
• Prepare the Window1 Class
• Hook up the Data Binding
• Display the Video
• Add a Data Converter and a Data Template
• Creating a Type Converter

Windows Communication Foundation

• What is Windows Communication Foundation?
• Monolithic Applications
• COM
• DCOM and COM+
• Web Services
• Enterprise Services and .NET Remoting
• Web Services Enhancements
• Windows Communication Foundation
• WCF Building Blocks
• Service Contracts
• Data Contracts
• Endpoints
• Bindings
• Hosting a WCF Service
• Create the WCF Service
• Host the Service on a Web Server
• Call the Service from a Windows Client Application
• Self-Hosting the WCF Service
• Call the Service from a Windows Client Application
• Defining Multiple Endpoints for a Service
• Configuring WCF Services
• Configure the Host
• Configure the Client

Windows Workflow Foundation

• What is Windows Workflow Foundation?
• What Types of Applications Might Benefit from Workflow Support?
• Creating Your First Workflow
• Create a Sequential Workflow Project
• Debug Your Workflow
• Examine the Startup Code
• Activities
• IfElse Activity
• While Activity
• Using Rules in Workflows
• Using a RuleSet
• Using the Policy Activity
• Calling Methods in Rules
• Hosting a Workflow in a Windows Application
• Explore the Solution
• Host the Workflow in a Form and Pass Parameters
• Host/Workflow Communication
• Create the Interface
• Call Methods in the Host from the Workflow
• Create the Interface Implementation
• Hook Up the Plumbing
• State Machine Workflows
• Handling Host Events in the Workflow
• Create the Solution
• Run the Application

Client Application Services

• Membership, Roles, and Profiles on the Web
• Introducing Membership Management in ASP.NET
• Introducing Role Management in ASP.NET
• Data Has to Go Somewhere
• Configuring Membership and Roles
• Working with Roles
• Client Application Services
• Configure Client Application Services
• Using the Authentication Service
• Using the Roles Service
• Using the Profiles Service
• Create Your Own Membership and Role Providers

Creating Office Applications Using Visual Studio 2008

• Introducing Office Projects in Visual Studio 2008
• What Can You Do with Office?
• Document vs. Application Customizations
• Ribbon Customizations and Custom Task Panes
• Creating Ribbon Customizations
• Create the Excel Add-In Demo
• An Important Tool: Office Ribbon IDs
• Lay Out the Tab and Group
• Adding the Data Source
• Adding Data and Hooking Events
• Creating a Custom Task Pane
• Managing the Task Pane Display
• Handle the Task Pane and ToggleButton
• Work with Word 2007’s Content Controls
• Creating a Form Using Content Controls
• Add a Data Source
• Adding the Content Controls
• Programming Content Controls
• Enhancing Data Binding
• Create an Outlook form Region
• Create the Add-In Project
• Create the Data Source
• Lay Out the Form Region’s Contents
• Add Code to Populate the Mail Message
• What’s Next?