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Course Length:
5 Days
Course Description:
In this course, you'll learn how to use features of Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic 2008 to build ASP.NET 3.5 Web pages. You'll gain an understanding of the architecture behind ASP.NET and how to use the various ASP.NET server controls. You'll learn to create consistent web sites using Master Pages, add membership features and configure-deploy ASP.NET applications, to authenticate users and limit their access to resources, direct users using Site Navigation tools, debug .NET, and to display/edit data using ASP.NET and ADO.NET. In addition, you'll learn new ASP.NET 3.5 features, such as support for LINQ (Language Integrated Query), CSS tools, and will become familiar with the tracing features in Visual Studio that help you quickly troubleshoot issues. You will also learn how to work with ASP.NET Profile features, ASP.NET Web Parts, and how to take advantage of creating your own user-defined control. As you progress through the course you will learn about optimizing your sites, the new support ASP.NET AJAX, the new ListView control, and so much more.
Who Should Attend:
This course is for students who wish to use Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic 2008 to build ASP.NET 3.5 Web pages and XML Web services.
Benefits of Attendance:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Use ASP.NET server controls to generate HTML and to execute event procedures.
  • Configure and deploy ASP.NET applications.
  • Promote consistency within your Web site through the use of Master Pages.
  • Use Membership features to manage your Web users.
  • Use Site Navigation controls to direct users within your site.
  • Add scalability and reliability by setting up an out-of-process session state server.
  • Use ASP.NET's new CSS tools to create consistent and maintainable sites.
  • Debug .NET code that runs on the server to generate Web pages and interact with the user.
  • Find problems in JavaScript code and learn about other debugging tools in Visual Studio.
  • Use tracing to find problems in a Web site and monitor performance.
  • Cache all or portions of a Web page to enhance performance and lighten the load on Web and database servers.
  • Make Web pages more responsive to users and avoid unnecessary page flashing with AJAX.
  • Display and edit data using the databound DataList, Repeater, and ListView controls.
  • Read and write XML data using the XML Document Object Model.
  • Give users control over a page layout and behavior with Web parts.
  • Hook into browser history for AJAX pages.
  • Create deployment packages to handle complex setup issues for installing a Web site on test and production servers.
Prerequisites:
This course assumes that you are familiar with Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher, the Internet and building basic Web sites. Some prior experience with Visual Studio will be helpful.
Course Outline:
  • Introduction
    1. A Review of Classic ASP
    2. ASP.NET Web Applications
    3. Rendering HTML with Server Controls
    4. Data Binding in ASP.NET
    5. Web Development Using Visual Studio
  • Working with Controls
    1. Introduction to Web Controls
    2. Simple Input Controls
    3. HyperLink and Button Controls
    4. List Controls
    5. Controlling Focus
  • Using Rich Server Controls
    1. Introduction to Rich Controls
    2. The Calendar Control
    3. The AdRotator Control
    4. The XML Control
  • Accessing Data
    1. Overview of ADO.NET
    2. Connecting to Data
    3. Executing Commands
    4. Working with Data
    5. Choosing an ADO.NET Provider
  • LINQ
    1. Language Integrated Query
    2. LINQ Syntax
    3. LINQ to SQL
    4. LINQ to DataSets
    5. LINQ to XML
  • Configuration
    1. Configuration Overview
    2. Using the Web Site Administration Tool
    3. Programming Configuration Files
    4. Encrypting Configuration Sections
  • Data Binding
    1. Introducing Data Source Controls
    2. Reading and Write Data Using the SqlDataSource Control
    3. Displaying and Editing Middle-Tier Data using the ObjectDataSource Control
    4. Displaying XML Data Using the XmlDataSource Control
  • Validating User Input
    1. Overview of ASP.NET Validation Controls
    2. Using the Simple Validators
    3. Using the Complex Validators
    4. Summarizing Results with the ValidationSummary Control
    5. Separating Validation into Validation Groups
  • CSS
    1. Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
    2. Investigating Styles
    3. Using Visual Studio 2008's Tools for Working with Styles
  • Themes and Master Pages
    1. Creating a Consistent Web Site
    2. ASP.NET 2.0 Themes
    3. Master Pages
  • Site Navigation
    1. ASP.NET Web Site Navigation
    2. Creating an XML Site Map File
    3. Site Navigation Controls
    4. Using the Site Navigation API
    5. URL Mapping
    6. Security Trimming
  • Displaying Data with the GridView Control
    1. Introducing the GridView Control
    2. Filter Data in the GridView Control
    3. Allow Users to Select from a DropDownList in the Grid
    4. Add a Hyperlink to the Grid
    5. Deleting a Row and Handling Errors
  • Managing State
    1. Preserving State in Web Applications
    2. Page-Level State
    3. Using Cookies to Preserve State
    4. ASP.NET Session State
    5. Storing Objects in Session State
    6. Configuring Session State
    7. Setting Up an Out-of-Process State Server
    8. Storing Session State in SQL Server
    9. Using Cookieless Session IDs
    10. Application State
  • Managing Users with ASP.NET's Membership Features
    1. Introduction to Membership and Roles
    2. Using Membership Controls
    3. Writing Code to Interact with Membership and Roles
  • Server Debugging
    1. Server-Side Code Debugging in ASP.NET
    2. Using the Visual Debugger
    3. Debugging Exceptions and Handling Errors
    4. Debugging Stored Procedures
  • Client-Side and Advanced Debugging
    1. Client-side Code Debugging in ASP.NET
    2. Debugging Client-Side JavaScript
    3. Custom Data Visualizers
    4. Debugging .NET Framework Source Code
  • ASP.NET Tracing
    1. Page-level Tracing
    2. Programmatic Tracing
    3. Web.config
    4. System.Diagnostics.Trace
    5. Trace Viewer
    6. TraceListeners and TraceSwitches
    7. WebPageTraceListener
    8. Monitor Application Health
  • Creating New Controls
    1. User-defined Controls
    2. User Controls
    3. Custom Controls
  • Improving Performance with Output Caching
    1. Output Caching
    2. Declarative Output Caching
    3. Cache Page Fragments with User Controls
    4. Dynamic Content in Cached Pages
    5. Set Caching Configuration Options
  • Advanced Caching Techniques
    1. Caching Features in ASP.NET
    2. Configure Output Caching
    3. Expiration Policies
    4. Database Changes
    5. SQL Notifications for Cache Expiration
  • AJAX
    1. Introduction to AJAX
    2. Server-side AJAX Works
    3. Controls in the AJAX Control Toolkit
    4. Explore Client-Side AJAX
  • Using Data List and Repeater Controls
    1. Repeater and DataList Controls
    2. Templates and Styles
    3. Bind Data to the Repeater and DataList Controls
  • Creating and Consuming Web Services
    1. XML Web Service in Visual Studio
    2. Test and Run Your Web Service
    3. Web Service From a .NET Client
    4. Explore the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
  • Using the List View and Database Controls
    1. ListView Features
    2. ListView Design Support in Visual Studio
    3. Convert Static Pages to Dynamic Pages
    4. Implementing Paging in the ListView Control
  • Reading and Writing XML Using the XML DOM
    1. Reading and Writing XML Programmatically
    2. Important Classes in the System.Xml Namespace
    3. Create XML Documents
  • ASP.NET Profile Features
    1. Introduction to ASP.NET's Profile Features
    2. Create Profile Schema in Web.config
    3. Work With ASP.NET's Profile Object Programmatically
    4. Manage Anonymous Users and Their Profiles
    5. Build and Use a Custom Profile Provider
  • Empowering User With Web Parts
    1. Personalization Features
    2. Web Part Server Controls
    3. Code to Control Web Parts
    4. Create Web Parts Controls
  • ASP.NET Extensions
    1. Features of ASP.NET Extensions
    2. Deploy Web Applications
    3. Enable the Browser's Back Button With AJAX Pages
    4. ASP.NET Dynamic Data