Course 2349—Five days—Instructor-led
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Introduction
The goal of this course is to help application developers understand the Microsoft .NET Framework. In addition to offering an overview of the .NET Framework and an introduction to key concepts and terminology, the course provides a series of labs, which introduce and explain .NET Framework features that are used to code, debug, tune, and deploy applications.
Audience
This course is intended for experienced, professional software developers including those employed by independent software vendors or those who work on corporate enterprise development teams. Most students will be Microsoft Visual C++ (or C++) and Java developers.
At Course Completion
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
&bull List the major elements of the .NET Framework and explain how they fit into the .NET platform.
&bull Explain the main concepts behind the common language runtime and use the features of the .NET Framework to create a simple application.
&bull Create and use components in Windows Forms-based and ASP.NET-based applications.
&bull Use the deployment and versioning features of the .NET runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component.
&bull Create, use, and extend types by understanding the Common Type System architecture.
&bull Create classes and interfaces that are functionally efficient and appropriate for given programming scenarios.
&bull Use the .NET Framework class library to efficiently create and manage strings, arrays, collections, and enumerators.
&bull Use delegates and events to make an event-sender object signal the occurrence of an action to an event-receiver object.
&bull Describe and control how memory and other resources are managed in the .NET Framework.
&bull Read from and write to data streams and files.
&bull Use the basic request/response model to send and receive data over the Internet.
&bull Serialize and deserialize an object graph.
&bull Create distributed applications by means of XML Web services and Object Remoting.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should be experienced professional software developers and have a basic understanding of the C# language.
Students can meet the C# language prerequisite by taking
Course 2124, Introduction to C# Programming for the Microsoft .NET Platform.
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
There is no MCP exam associated with this course.
Course Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.
Course Outline
Module 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
Take a closer look: Download Sample Module 1 (Portable Document Format, 870 KB).
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
&bull Overview of Namespaces
After completing this module, you will be able to list the major elements of the .NET Framework. This includes:
&bull Describing the .NET Framework and its components.
&bull Explaining the relationship between the .NET Framework class library and namespaces.
Module 2: Introduction to a Managed Execution Environment
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&bull Writing a .NET Application
&bull Compiling and Running a .NET Application
After completing this module, you will be able to explain the main concepts behind the common language runtime and use the features of the common language runtime to create a simple application. This includes:
&bull Creating simple console applications in C#.
&bull Explaining how code is compiled and executed in a managed execution environment.
&bull Explaining the concept of garbage collection.
Module 3: Working with Components
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull An Introduction to Key .NET Framework Development Technologies
&bull Creating a Simple .NET Framework Component
&bull Creating a Simple Console Client
&bull Creating an ASP.NET Client
After completing this module, you will be able to create and use components in Windows Form-based and ASP.NET-based applications. This includes:
&bull Creating a simple .NET Framework component in C#.
&bull Implementing structured exception handling.
&bull Creating a simple .NET Framework console application that calls a component.
&bull Creating a .NET Framework client application by using the Windows Forms library.
&bull Creating an ASP.NET page that uses the previously developed .NET Framework component to create an ASP.NET application.
Module 4: Deployment and Versioning
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Introduction to Application Deployment
&bull Application Deployment Scenarios
&bull Related Topics and Tools
After completing this module, you will be able to use the deployment and versioning features of the .NET common language runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component. This includes:
&bull Packaging and deploying simple and componentized applications.
&bull Creating strong-named assemblies.
&bull Installing and removing assemblies from the global assembly cache.
&bull Configuring applications to control binding based on assembly location and version data.
Module 5: Common Type System
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull An Introduction to the Common Type System
&bull Elements of the Common Type System
&bull Object-Oriented Characteristics
After completing this module, you will be able to create, use, and extend types. This includes:
&bull Describing the difference between value types and reference types.
&bull Explaining the purpose of each element in the type system, including values, objects, and interfaces.
&bull Explaining how object-oriented programming concepts, such as abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism, are implemented in the Common Type System.
Module 6: Working with Types
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull System.Object Class Functionality
&bull Specialized Constructors
&bull Type Operations
&bull Interfaces
&bull Managing External Types
After completing this module, you will be able to create classes and interfaces that are functionally efficient and appropriate for given programming scenarios. This includes:
&bull Applying attributes to control visibility and inheritance in classes and interfaces.
&bull Creating and using interfaces that define methods and properties.
&bull Explaining how boxing and unboxing work and when boxing and unboxing occur.
&bull Using operators to determine types at run time and to cast values to different types.
&bull Explaining what features are available to work with unmanaged types, such as COM types.
Module 7: Strings, Arrays, and Collections
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Strings
&bull Terminology - Collections
&bull .NET Framework Arrays
&bull .NET Framework Collections
After completing this module, you will be able to use the .NET Framework class library to create and manage strings, arrays, collections, and enumerators. This includes:
&bull Parsing, formatting, manipulating, and comparing strings.
&bull Using the classes in the System.Array and System.Collections namespaces.
&bull Improving the type safety and performance of collections by using specialized collections and class-specific code.
Module 8: Delegates and Events
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Delegates
&bull Multicast Delegates
&bull Events
&bull When to Use Delegates, Events, and Interfaces
After completing this module, you will be able to use delegates and events to have an event sender object signal the occurrence of an action to an event receiver object. This includes:
&bull Using the delegate class to create type-safe callback functions and event-handling methods.
&bull Using the event keyword to simplify and improve the implementation of a class that raises events.
&bull Implementing events that conform to the .NET Framework guidelines.
Module 9: Memory and resource Management
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Memory Management Basics
&bull Non-Memory Resource Management
&bull Implicit Resource Management
&bull Explicit Resource Management
&bull Optimizing Garbage Collection
After completing this module, you will be able to describe and control how memory and other resources are managed in the .NET Framework. This includes:
&bull Describing how garbage collection manages object memory.
&bull Implicitly managing non-memory resources by using a destructor's finalize code.
&bull Explicitly managing non-memory resources by using client-controlled deterministic release of resources.
&bull Writing code by using the temporary resource usage design pattern.
&bull Programmatically controlling the behavior of the garbage collection.
&bull Describing advanced garbage collection features.
Module 10: Data Streams and Files
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Streams
&bull Readers and Writers
&bull Basic File I/O
After completing this module, you will be able to read from and write to data streams, files, and the Internet. This includes:
&bull Using Stream objects to read and write bytes to backing stores, such as strings and files.
&bull Using BinaryReader and BinaryWriter objects to read and write primitive types as binary values.
&bull Using StreamReader and StreamWriter objects to read and write characters to a stream.
&bull Using StringReader and StringWriter objects to read and write characters to strings.
&bull Using Directory and DirectoryInfo objects to create, move, and enumerate through directories and subdirectories.
&bull Using FileSystemWatcher objects to monitor and react to changes in the file system.
&bull Explaining the key features of the.NET Framework's isolated storage mechanism.
Module 11: Internet Access
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Internet Application Scenarios
&bull The WebRequest and WebResponse Model
&bull Application Protocols
&bull Handling Errors
&bull Security
&bull Best Practices
After completing this module, you will be able to use the .NET Framework classes to work with data over the Internet. This includes:
&bull Using the basic request/response model to send and receive data over the Internet.
&bull Using the System.Net classes to communicate with other applications by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Socket Internet protocols.
Module 12: Serialization
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Serialization Scenarios
&bull Serialization Attributes
&bull Object Graph
&bull Serialization Process
&bull Serialization Example
&bull Deserialization Example
&bull Custom Serialization
&bull Custom Serialization Example
&bull Security Issues
After completing this module, you will be able to serialize and deserialize an object graph. This includes:
&bull Writing an application that serializes and deserializes an object graph by using either a binary or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) XML format.
Module 13: Remoting and XML Web Services
The following topics are covered in this module:
&bull Remoting
&bull Remoting Configuration Files
&bull XML Web Services
After completing this module, you will be able to create distributed applications by means of XML Web services and Object Remoting. This includes:
&bull Writing and configuring distributed applications that use .NET Remoting.
&bull Creating an XML Web service by using Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET.
&bull Consuming an XML Web service by using the Web Services Description Language tool (Wsdl.exe). |
