Introduction

This five-day instructor-led course enables developers who are migrating from a different development language, an earlier version of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#, or who have completed entry-level training and experience using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, to gain indepth guidance on programming the Microsoft .NET Framework versions 2.0 and 3.0 with Visual Studio 2005.

Pre-Requisites

Before attending this course, students must:

• Professional experience with programming in C, C++, earlier versions of Visual Basic or C#, Java, or another programming language.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft .NET Framework strategy as described on the Microsoft .NET Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/net.
• Familiarity with the .NET Framework versions 2.0 and 3.0 as described on the MSDN Developer Center site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/fundamentals/default.aspx
  

Outcomes

After completing this course, students will gain the skills to:

• Describe the .NET Framework.
• Create applications with Visual Studio 2005.
• Describe Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# language and syntax features.
• Use essential object-oriented programming features.
• Use advanced object-oriented programming features.
• Explain security in the .NET Framework.
• Access data by using ADO.NET.
• Build Windows Presentation Foundation applications.
• Describe distributed applications, and create distributed applications with Windows Communication Foundation.
• Monitor .NET Framework applications by using instrumentation.
• Compile, test, and deploy .NET Framework applications.
• Interoperate with unmanaged code (optional).
• Describe software design and development (optional).