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This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to become a Visual Basic .NET programmer using VS.NET 2005. Visual Basic is one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. It is also one of the easiest programming languages to learn, so it is a good choice as a first language. Visual Basic.NET can create any type of .NET application just like any other .NET language. In this course you will be introduced to the VB.NET language. This course is an excellent tutorial if you are considering moving from a previous version of Visual Basic into the .NET Platform. You will see that moving to VB.NET is not that hard, just an extension of what you already know.

By the end of this course you will have learned several very useful techniques that will allow you to create a simple VB.NET application and have a good foundation on which to continue on with more advanced courses.

Course Topics

1. Overview of Visual Studio .NET
2. Introduction to the VB.NET language
3. Object Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
4. Creating classes with methods and properties
5. Creating Windows Forms
6. Creating Web Forms
7. Basics of ADO.NET

Course Length: 1 day.
Experience Level: Beginner

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There are many ways to architect an N-Tier application. There have been many books, articles and whitepapers published on the subject. At PDSA, Inc. we have been doing N-Tier applications since Visual Basic 4.0 hit the streets. In the years since, we have learned a lot of techniques, and have used a couple of different N-Tier methodologies for our application development. This course shows you one method our company uses to create a logical and physical N-Tier application using VS.NET 2005. You will learn N-Tier techniques using both C# and VB.NET. You will also learn how to physically separate tiers using an ASP.NET Web Service.

Course Topics

1. Building a data handler class
2. Using the Provider Model
3. Creating data classes
4. Creating business rule classes
5. Creating Windows Forms applications
6. Creating Web services using N-Tier techniques

If you started from scratch it would probably take you over 60 hours to develop all the .NET classes that are included in the courseware!

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Intermediate

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There are many new technologies that you can utilize in .NET 2.0, but how do you know which way to go? This course will show you how to take advantage of the Provider Model and how to build your own providers. By taking this approach you make it easier to add on new functionality to your applications later, and you isolate your code from future changes in the .NET Framework as well. In addition to learning about providers you will learn about CSS, Themes, Skins and Master Pages. You will also learn to create a base page class that allow you to add functionality onto every web page by changing code in just one place.

Course Topics

1. Using the .NET 2.0 Provider Model
2. Creating a data layer class using the Provider Model
3. Creating a web configuration provider
4. Creating an exception management provider
5. Using Cascading Style Sheets
6. Using Themes and Skins
7. Using Master Pages

By the end of this course you will have learned how to use the Provider Model to build a complete ASP.NET application. If you started from scratch it would take you over 40 hours to develop all the .NET classes that are included in the courseware!

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Intermediate

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This course is designed for anyone that wants to learn how to use the .NET Framework to create business applications. This course focuses on the Framework classes, how to use Visual Studio, how to handle exceptions and how to debug applications. It also emphasizes good programming standards and practices.

By the end of the course you will have learned the basics of .NET Programming in both VB.NET and C#.

Course Topics

1. What is .NET?
2. How to effectively use VS.NET
3. Some of the most commonly used Framework classes
4. VB.NET language introduction
5. C# language introduction
6. Exception handling
7. Using the VS.NET debugger

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Beginner

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This course is designed for anyone that wants to learn how to use the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) features of the .NET Framework. This course focuses on the various aspects of OOP as it relates to the C# and the VB.NET programming languages. You will learn about Inheritance, Overloading, Overriding, Properties, and Methods. You will also lean to create a class library (DLL) in order to get good reuse of your classes. The course emphasizes good programming standards and practices.

By the end of the course you will have learned several very useful techniques that will allow you to build good object-oriented applications.

Course Topics

1. Benefits of OOP
2. Creating Classes
3. Creating Properties and Methods
4. Overloading Methods
5. Using Inheritance
6. Overriding Methods
7. Creating Class Library Projects

By the end of this course, you will have a good understanding of OOP concepts as they apply to the .NET Framework.

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Intermediate

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If you have been tasked with developing ASP.NET applications, then you must take this course on how to secure those applications. Security is very important in these days of worms, mail bombs, SQL injection attacks and other potential security risks. This course gives you a good overview of how to secure your ASP.NET applications to avoid these potential security holes. It teaches you several useful techniques that will allow you to build a good solid security framework for your ASP.NET applications.

NOTE: Although this course was developed for .NET 1.1, the concepts still apply to .NET 2.0 applications.

Course Topics

1. General terms and security concepts
2. How to use forms-based authentication & authorization
3. How to use Windows authentication & authorization
4. Cryptography basics
5. How and where to securely store connection strings

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Intermediate

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Delivering business intelligence to decision makers is a key feature for the majority of business applications. SQL Server Reporting Services provides a platform and a complete set of tools for creation, management, and delivery of reports, integrated with the development environment for developers working with Visual Studio 2005.

You will learn:

• How to install & configure Reporting Services for development
• How to create, design and deploy reports
• How to design reports to take advantage of advanced features
• How to use report server URL access
• How to use the Web Forms report viewer
• How to use the Windows Forms report viewer
• How to use the Reporting Services web service
• How to administer Reporting Services

Course Length: 1 day
Experience Level: Beginner

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By the end of this course you will have learned several very useful techniques that will allow you to create C# applications and have a good foundation on which to continue on with more advanced courses. You will learn many fundamentals such as:

• An overview of Visual Studio .NET
• An introduction to the C# language
• Object Oriented Programming principles
• Using Controls
• Event Programming Basics
• Variables and Operators
• Controlling flow using if statements and loops
• Creating classes with methods and properties

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This course is a practical, no nonsense guide to using SQL Server 2005. SQL Server is a great database and is used by many businesses for their database applications. If you are an application developer or aspiring DBA you should take this course. You will learn what you need to know to write effective SQL including:

• Relational Database Theory and Normalization Techniques
• How to create databases and tables
• Using Indexes and Constraints
• How to use SQL to retrieve data, modify data, and join tables
• Using System Functions and user-defined functions
• Taking advantage of Stored Procedures, Views and Triggers

 

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This course is designed for anyone that wants to learn how to use ASP.NET to build web applications. Throughout this course you will be introduced to the concepts of web site creation using the Microsoft .NET Framework with ASP.NET, C# and VB.NET. Emphasis will be on good programming standards and practices. You will learn the following skills in this course:

• How the Internet Works
• HTML versus ASP.NET
• Using the Validation Controls
• Effective use of the GridView control
• How to use the DataList control
• State Management
• The proper use of User Controls
• Deploying Web Applications

 

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This course is designed for anyone that wants to learn how to use ADO.NET to access data in databases. Throughout this course you will be introduced to the concepts of the data handling using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Emphasis will be on good programming standards and practices. You will learn the following:

• Using the Connection Class
• Using the Command Class
• Using DataSets
• Using DataTables
• Using Parameters
• Using Stored Procedures

 

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