Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET

Course 2310: Five days; Instructor-led

Introduction

This five-day, instructor-led course will teach Microsoft Visual Basic® programmers and beginning Web developers the fundamentals of Web application site implementation by using Microsoft ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. This course focuses on using the Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET environment and the Microsoft .NET platform to create an ASP.NET Web application that delivers dynamic content to a Web site.

Audience

This course is intended for beginning Web developers who have knowledge of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or dynamic HTML (DHTML), along with some knowledge of a scripting language, such as Visual Basic Scripting Edition or Microsoft JScript®. This course is also appropriate for Visual Basic 6.0 developers wanting to learn ASP.NET.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET
• Create a component in Visual Basic .NET or C#.
• Create an ASP.NET Web application project by using Visual Studio .NET.
• Add server controls to an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Create and populate ASP.NET Web Forms.
• Add functionality to server controls that are on an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Use the Trace and Debug objects that are provided with Visual Studio .NET.
• Use validation controls to validate user input.
• Create a user control.
• Access data by using the built-in data access tools that are available in Visual Studio .NET.
• Use Microsoft ADO.NET to access data in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Accomplish complex data access tasks from an ASP.NET Web application.
• Access Extensible Markup Language (XML) data and read it into a DataSet.
• Call an XML Web service from an ASP.NET Web application and incorporate the returned data into a Web application.
• Store application and session data by using a variety of methods.
• Configure and deploy an ASP.NET Web application.
• Secure an ASP.NET Web application by using a variety of technologies.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have the ability to create HTML or DHTML, including:

• Tables
• Images
• Forms

Programming experience using Visual Basic .NET, including:

• Declaring variables
• Using loops
• Using conditional statements

Students can satisfy the prerequisites for this course by completing Course 1912—Introduction to Web Development Technologies.

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework

This module introduces the conceptual framework of the.NET Framework and ASP.NET.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the advantages of using the .NET Framework.
• Understand the key functionality and purpose of using ASP.NET when developing Web applications.
• Understand the basic functionality of the Web application that you will build in the labs throughout the course.

Module 2: Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

This module explains how to create new projects, and how to use the primary features that are available in Visual Studio .NET.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Navigate the Visual Studio .NET IDE.
• Create, build, and view an ASP.NET Web application.

Module 3: Using Microsoft .NET-Based Languages

This module will introduce the various languages that support .NET. This module will focus on Visual Basic .NET and C#. Students will use Visual Studio .NET to create a class project and write code in either Visual Basic .NET or C#.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the languages that support ASP.NET.
• Choose an appropriate development language for their needs.
• Create a component by using Visual Studio .NET.

Module 4: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form

This module explains how to create and display an ASP.NET Web Form.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Add a Web Form to an ASP.NET Web Application project.
• Use the Visual Studio .NET toolbox to add server controls to a Web Form.

Module 5: Adding Code to a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form

This module explains how to add event procedures to an ASP.NET Web application and add server controls on an ASP.NET Web Form. Examples will be show in Visual Studio .NET.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use code-behind pages in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Create event procedures for Web server controls.
• Use Page events in an ASP.NET Web application.

Module 6: Tracing in Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications

This module explains how to use the Trace feature and the Debug object in Visual Studio .NET. Students will learn about the two tracing techniques in ASP.NET: page-level tracing and application-level tracing. Students will also learn how use the debugger to create breakpoints, set watch variables, and step between pages and components in a Web application.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Trace object to view runtime information about an ASP.NET Web application.
• Debug Web applications remotely.

Module 7: Validating User Input

This module explains how to use the client-side and server-side validation controls to screen data.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify when input validation is appropriate in Web Forms.
• Use input validation controls to verify user input on a Web Form.
• Verify that all validation controls on a page are valid.

Module 8: Creating User Controls

This module explains user controls and how to create them.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Add a user control to an ASP.NET Web Form.
• Create a user control.

Module 9: Accessing Relational Data Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

This module explains a conceptual overview of the objects in ADO.NET.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe ADO.NET.
• Create a connection to a database by using ADO.NET.
• Display data in a Web Form by using a list-bound control.

Module 10: Accessing Data with Microsoft ADO.NET

This module explains how to manually add data access tools to a Web application.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the ADO.NET object model that is used for accessing data.

• Create secure connections to a Microsoft SQL Server^TM database by using the SqlConnection and SqlDataAdapter objects.
• Use DataSet objects to support the local data storage and manipulation requirements of Web Forms.
• Store multiple tables of data in a DataSet object, and then display that data in DataGrid controls.
• Programmatically read data from a SQL Server database by using a SqlDataReader object.

Module 11: Calling Stored Procedures with Microsoft ADO.NET

This module covers the more advanced and complicated features of ADO.NET.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain what a stored procedure is and the reasons for using stored procedures when accessing a database.
• Call stored procedures.

Module 12: Reading and Writing XML Data

This module explains the methods that can be used for reading data from XML files.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe XML architecture in ASP.NET.
• Read and write XML data into a DataSet object.
• Identify how to store, retrieve, and transform XML data by using XMLDataDocument and XslTransform objects.
• Use the XML Web server control to display, load, and save XML data.

Module 13: Consuming and Creating XML Web Services

This module explains the steps that are necessary to access a Web service from an ASP.NET page and then incorporate that data into the Web application.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the purpose and process behind calling an XML Web service from a Web Form.
• Call an XML Web service directly from a browser by using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
• Create a Web reference proxy for an XML Web service Web method and call the method from a Web From.
• Use the templates in Visual Studio .NET to create an XML Web service.

Module 14: Managing State

This module explains the several methods that are available for storing application and session data, for both short- and long-term storage.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe state management and its different types of options that are available to manage state in an ASP.NET Web application.
• Use application and session variables to manage state in ASP.NET Web applications.
• Use cookie and cookieless sessions to manage state in ASP.NET Web applications

Module 15: Configuring, Optimizing, and Deploying a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application

This module explains how to configure and deploy an ASP.NET Web application.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Cache object to store information.
• Use ASP.NET output caching to store Web pages and Web page fragments.
• Configure an ASP.NET Web application by using the Machine.config and Web.config files.
• Deploy an ASP.NET Web application.

Module 16: Securing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application

This module explains how to secure a Web application by using a variety of technologies.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the ASP.NET and Internet Information Services (IIS) authentication methods.
• Use Microsoft Windows®-based authentication to secure ASP.NET Web applications.
• Use Forms-based authentication to secure ASP.NET Web applications.
• Use Microsoft Passport to secure ASP.NET Web applications.

Module 17: Review

This module reinforces the concepts that the students have learned throughout the course. Students will have an opportunity to implement knowledge gained by using an interactive game.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use their new knowledge to complete the tasks that are presented in the interactive game.