Introduction

This five day, instructor-led course provides an introduction to developing n-tier applications for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 environment usingMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Both this course and the 6367Acourse prepare students for the 646x series of Technology Specialist courses.

Pre-Requisites

Before attending this course, studentsmust have:

• An understanding of problem-solving techniques that apply to software development.
• A basic understanding of Web, Macro, and MicrosoftWindows scripting techniques, and some experience writing scripts.
• A general understanding of the purpose, function, and features of the .NET Framework.
• Experience using Visual Studio 2008.
• Experience in object-oriented design and development.

Outcomes

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

• Manage a software development process
• Create classes in Visual Studio 2008
• Add data validation to ASP.NET and Windows Form applications
• Debug and profile applications
• Monitor and log .NET Framework applications
• Test .NET Framework applications
• Use the new language features in VB.NET and C# that support Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Use LINQ to Datasets, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML,LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to SQL
• Implement security in .NET applications
• Create and send a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mailmessage
• Create and set network credentials
• Configure .NET Framework applications
• Deploy a .NET Framework application
• Create a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application