Exploring Visual Studio .Net Training Series

.NET is Microsoft's most revolutionary release of its developer tools since the introduction of Visual Basic. There are countless capabilities in the new Visual Studio, but how do you even begin to understand the impact they will have on your current and future projects? Furthermore, when should you move to .NET?

This course will help you discover the answers to your .NET questions and more as industry expert Ken Getz guides you through all of the hot .NET topics.

About the Trainer

Your instructor, Ken Getz, is a Senior Consultant with MCW Technologies and splits his time between programming, writing, and training. He specializes in tools and applications written in Visual Studio.NET and Visual Basic. Ken is co-author of several books including Access 2002 Developer’s Handbooks with Paul Litwin and Mike Gunderloy, Visual Basic Language Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert, and VBA Developer’s Handbook with Mike Gilbert (Sybex). He co-wrote the training materials for AppDev’s Access 97 and 2000, Visual Basic 5.0, and Visual Basic 6.0 classes. Ken is a frequent speaker at technical conferences including Microsoft Tech-Ed. He also a technical editor for Access-VB-SQL Advisor magazine and a contributing editor for Informant Publications’ MSOffice Pro magazine.

CD-ROM Features

AppDev's CD-based training is:

	Like training one-on-one with an expert -- full motion video allows you to see the steps, hear the explanations, and perform the critical tasks.
	A complete training solution, including printed books, sample code, and step-by-step, hands-on labs to reinforce key concepts.
	Convenient, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace, wherever and whenever it suits your schedule.
	CD-ROM is easy to use, with streamlined interface featuring one-click navigation.
	100% guaranteed.

Course Outlines

CD-ROM 1 (84 min)

Guided Tour of Visual Studio.NET

• Creating Your First VS.NET Application
• Investigating VS.NET Windows
• Debugging in VS.NET
• Using VS.NET Help

Investigating VB.NET Language Changes

• Investigating Major Language Changes
• Working with Classes
• Object-Oriented Additions to VB.NET
• Overloading, Overriding, Inheritance, and other New Techniques
• Working Through a Simple, Object-Based Application

CD-ROM 2 (91 min)

Investigating .NET System Classes

• Introduction to Namespaces
• What’s in the .NET System Class Libraries?
• Investigating Some Example Classes

Creating Windows Applications with Windows Forms

• Creating an MDI Application in VS.NET
• Working with Menus
• Using Visual Inheritance
• Adding New Controls
• Working with Forms Programmatically
• Creating Dialog Forms

CD-ROM 3 (86 min)

Handling Errors in VB.NET

• Introduction to Structured Exception Handling
• Catching Errors using Try/Catch
• Handling Invariant Code Using Finally
• Creating Your Own Exception Classes

Introduction to ADO.NET

• What’s Wrong with ADO?
• Filling a DataTable Manually
• Connecting to Data
• Reading Data using the DataReader Object
• Manipulating Data with the DataAdapter and DataSet Objects
• Using DataRelation Objects to Relate Data
• Updating Data and the CommandBuilder Object
• ADO.NET and XML

CD-ROM 4 (89 min)

Getting Started with ASP.NET

• Classic ASP vs. ASP.NET
• Introduction to Web Forms
• Controlling Page Layout
• Targeting a Browser
• Investigating Server Controls
• Validating Data with Validation Controls
• Data Binding with ASP.NET

Creating Web Services

• Introduction to Web Services
• Creating a Simple Web Service
• Investigating the WSDL
• Creating Web Service Consumers
• Handling Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Web Service Calls

CD-ROM 5 (73 min)

Creating Console Applications and Windows Services in .NET

• Investigating Console Applications
• Creating a Console Application
• Debugging Console Applications
• Investigating Windows Services
• Creating a Simple Windows Service
• Debugging Windows Services

Introduction to C# for Visual Basic Developers

• Basic Rules and C# Style
• Working with Classes in C#
• Creating Methods and Properties
• Managing Flow Control and Data