VB.NET ASAP

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Course Name: VB.NET ASAP

Brief Course Description: Focused object oriented fundamentals including the .NET development environment, language constructs, debugging

Duration: 1 Day

Format: Instructor-led, Seminar

Prerequisites: Knowledge of basic programming constructs, Object Oriented programming helpful.

Assumed Audience: Developers new to .NET along with experienced object oriented programmers looking for a head start in VB.NET.

Course Materials: 500+ pg. text on VB.NET, Resource Pack with CD

Course Description Summary: This is a fast paced course on development with the VB .NET language. The course focuses on the fundamentals of the VB.NET language, as well as important topics such as error handling and debugging, object oriented design and data access.

The Outline

1. The .NET Framework
   1. Overview of the .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime
   2. Class Library/ API
   3. Assemblies
   4. What’s new in the VB.NET Language
2. The Visual Studio .NET IDE
   1. Creating a new VB.NET project and choices of projects
   2. Development Environment windows
   3. Using controls from the Toolbox
   4. Using the MSDN Library Help Files
3. VB.NET Fundamentals
   1. Properties – read only, run-time only, and design-time properties discussed
   2. Events – discussion on the points of lifecycle of an object
   3. Methods – intrinsic behaviors of objects
   4. .NET Language Syntax – writing proper code
   5. Data Types and Casting
   6. Variable Scope
4. Understanding Classes in VB .NET
   1. Building blocks of all .NET applications
   2. Class Structure, Class definitions
   3. Name, access modifier, extending another class
   4. Implementing the interface of another class
   5. Class body, initialization and cleanup, use of Constructors
   6. Object Instances, Default Constructor, Overloading
   7. Methods in VB.NET – Signature, Body, Arguments, Return Type
   8. Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance, EXPLAINED
5. Error Handling and Debugging
   1. Understanding VB.NET’s integrated debugging environment
   2. Demonstrated use of debugging tools within IDE
   3. Errors – discussion of Compile, Run-Time and Logic Errors within code
   4. Error Handling – writing, creating and logging good exception handling in code
6. Data Access
   1. Overview of ADO .NET Object Model
   2. Accessing Data – Common methods for accessing and displaying data
   3. Data Binding
   4. Using the DataSet object
7. Forms Programming
   1. Forms Overview
   2. Forms as Objects
   3. Handling Form Events
   4. Using .Net ActiveX Controls
   5. Binding Objects to Forms
8. Compiling and Distributing a .NET Application
   1. Deployment Options
   2. Installing assemblies into the GAC

When the student leaves the course... the developer/student will confidently be able to develop within the ASP.NET Development Environment and compose sound ASP.NET syntax. The student will develop a basic understanding of object oriented design concepts and within a project, will be poised to take control of any ASP.NET code and manipulate objects at design-time.

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