5 Day Course
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 Profile
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:
•
List the major elements of the .NET Framework
and explain how they fit into the .NET platform.
•
Explain the main concepts behind the common language
runtime and use the features of the .NET Framework to create a simple
application.
•
Create and use components in Windows Forms-based
and ASP.NET-based applications.
•
Use the deployment and versioning features of
the .NET runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component.
•
Create, use, and extend types by understanding
the Common Type System architecture.
•
Create classes and interfaces that are
functionally efficient and appropriate for given programming scenarios.
•
Use the .NET Framework class library to efficiently
create and manage strings, arrays, collections, and enumerators.
•
Use delegates and events to make an event-sender
object signal the occurrence of an action to an event-receiver object.
•
Describe and control how memory and other
resources are managed in the .NET Framework.
•
Read from and write to data streams and files.
•
Use the basic request/response model to send and
receive data over the Internet.
•
Serialize and deserialize an object graph.
•
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.
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:
Lessons
- Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Overview of Namespaces
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
- Describing the .NET Framework and its components.
- Explaining the relationship between the .NET Framework class library
and namespaces.
Module 2: Introduction to a Managed Execution Environment
Take a closer look: Download
Sample Module 2 (Portable Document Format, 935 KB).
- Writing a .NET Application
- 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:
- Creating simple console applications in C#.
- Explaining how code is compiled and executed in a managed execution
environment.
- Explaining the concept of garbage collection.
Module 3: Working with Components
The following topics are covered
in this module:
Lessons
- An Introduction to Key .NET Framework Development Technologies
- Creating a Simple .NET Framework Component
- Creating a Simple Console Client
- 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:
- Creating a simple .NET Framework component in C#.
- Implementing structured exception handling.
- Creating a simple .NET Framework console application that calls a
component.
- Creating a .NET Framework client application by using the Windows
Forms library.
- 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:
Lessons
- Introduction to Application Deployment
- Application Deployment Scenarios
- 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:
- Packaging and deploying simple and componentized applications.
- Creating strong-named assemblies.
- Installing and removing assemblies from the global assembly cache.
- 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:
Lessons
- An Introduction to the Common Type
System
- Elements of the Common Type System
- Object-Oriented Characteristics
After completing this module, you
will be able to create, use, and extend types. This includes:
- Describing the difference between value types and reference types.
- Explaining the purpose of each element in the type system, including
values, objects, and interfaces.
- 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:
Lessons
- System.Object Class Functionality
- Specialized Constructors
- Type Operations
- Interfaces
- 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:
- Applying attributes to control visibility and inheritance in classes
and interfaces.
- Creating and using interfaces that define methods and properties.
- Explaining how boxing and unboxing work and when boxing and unboxing
occur.
- Using operators to determine types at run time and to cast values to
different types.
- 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:
Lessons
- Strings
- Terminology - Collections
- .NET Framework Arrays
- .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:
- Parsing, formatting, manipulating, and
comparing strings.
- Using the classes in the System.Array
and System.Collections namespaces.
- 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:
Lessons
- Delegates
- Multicast Delegates
- Events
- 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:
- Using the delegate class to create
type-safe callback functions and event-handling methods.
- Using the event keyword to simplify and
improve the implementation of a class that raises events.
- Implementing events that conform to the
.NET Framework guidelines.
Module 9: Memory and resource Management
The following topics are covered
in this module:
Lessons
- Memory Management Basics
- Non-Memory Resource Management
- Implicit Resource Management
- Explicit Resource Management
- 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:
- Describing how garbage collection manages
object memory.
- Implicitly managing non-memory resources
by using a destructor's finalize code.
- Explicitly managing non-memory resources
by using client-controlled deterministic release of resources.
- Writing code by using the temporary
resource usage design pattern.
- Programmatically controlling the
behavior of the garbage collection.
- Describing advanced garbage collection
features.
Module 10: Data Streams and Files
The following topics are covered
in this module:
Lessons
- Streams
- Readers and Writers
- 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:
- Using Stream objects to read and write
bytes to backing stores, such as strings and files.
- Using BinaryReader and BinaryWriter
objects to read and write primitive types as binary values.
- Using StreamReader and StreamWriter
objects to read and write characters to a stream.
- Using StringReader and StringWriter
objects to read and write characters to strings.
- Using Directory and DirectoryInfo
objects to create, move, and enumerate through directories and
subdirectories.
- Using FileSystemWatcher objects to
monitor and react to changes in the file system.
- Explaining the key features of the.NET
Framework's isolated storage mechanism.
Module 11: Internet Access
The following topics are covered
in this module:
Lessons
- Internet Application Scenarios
- The WebRequest and WebResponse Model
- Application Protocols
- Handling Errors
- Security
- 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:
- Using the basic request/response model to send and receive data over
the Internet.
- 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:
Lessons
- Serialization Scenarios
- Serialization Attributes
- Object Graph
- Serialization Process
- Serialization Example
- Deserialization Example
- Custom Serialization
- Custom Serialization Example
- Security Issues
After completing this module, you
will be able to serialize and deserialize an object graph. This includes:
- 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:
Lessons
- Remoting
- Remoting Configuration Files
- 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:
- Writing and configuring distributed applications that use .NET
Remoting.
- Creating an XML Web service by using Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET.
- Consuming an XML Web service by using the Web Services Description
Language tool (Wsdl.exe).
