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
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:
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List the major
elements of the .NET Framework and explain how they
fit into the .NET platform. |
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Explain the main
concepts behind the common language runtime and use
the features of the .NET Framework to create a
simple application. |
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Create and use
components in Windows Forms-based and ASP.NET-based
applications. |
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Use the
deployment and versioning features of the .NET
runtime to deploy multiple versions of a component. |
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Create, use, and
extend types by understanding the Common Type System
architecture. |
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Create classes
and interfaces that are functionally efficient and
appropriate for given programming scenarios. |
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Use the .NET
Framework class library to efficiently create and
manage strings, arrays, collections, and
enumerators. |
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Use delegates
and events to make an event-sender object signal the
occurrence of an action to an event-receiver object. |
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Describe and
control how memory and other resources are managed
in the .NET Framework. |
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Read from and
write to data streams and files. |
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Use the basic
request/response model to send and receive data over
the Internet. |
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Serialize and
deserialize an object graph. |
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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.
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
There is no MCP exam associated with this
course.
Student Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive
workbook and other necessary materials for this class.
Course Outline
Module 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET
Framework
The following topics are covered in this
module:
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Overview of the
Microsoft .NET Framework |
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Overview of
Namespaces |
After completing this module, you will be
able to list the major elements of the .NET Framework. This
includes:
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Describing the
.NET Framework and its components. |
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Explaining the
relationship between the .NET Framework class
library and namespaces. |
Module 2: Introduction to a Managed
Execution Environment
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Writing a .NET
Application |
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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:
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Creating simple
console applications in C#. |
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Explaining how
code is compiled and executed in a managed execution
environment. |
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Explaining the
concept of garbage collection. |
Module 3: Working with Components
The following topics are covered in this
module:
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An Introduction
to Key .NET Framework Development Technologies |
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Creating a
Simple .NET Framework Component |
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Creating a
Simple Console Client |
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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:
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Creating a
simple .NET Framework component in C#. |
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Implementing
structured exception handling. |
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Creating a
simple .NET Framework console application that calls
a component. |
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Creating a .NET
Framework client application by using the Windows
Forms library. |
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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:
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Introduction to
Application Deployment |
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Application
Deployment Scenarios |
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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:
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Packaging and
deploying simple and componentized applications. |
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Creating
strong-named assemblies. |
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Installing and
removing assemblies from the global assembly cache. |
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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:
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An Introduction
to the Common Type System |
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Elements of the
Common Type System |
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Object-Oriented
Characteristics |
After completing this module, you will be
able to create, use, and extend types. This includes:
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Describing the
difference between value types and reference types. |
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Explaining the
purpose of each element in the type system,
including values, objects, and interfaces. |
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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:
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System.Object
Class Functionality |
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Specialized
Constructors |
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Type Operations |
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Interfaces |
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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:
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Applying
attributes to control visibility and inheritance in
classes and interfaces. |
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Creating and
using interfaces that define methods and properties. |
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Explaining how
boxing and unboxing work and when boxing and
unboxing occur. |
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Using operators
to determine types at run time and to cast values to
different types. |
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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:
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Strings |
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Terminology -
Collections |
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.NET Framework
Arrays |
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.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:
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Parsing,
formatting, manipulating, and comparing strings. |
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Using the
classes in the System.Array and System.Collections
namespaces. |
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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:
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Delegates |
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Multicast
Delegates |
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Events |
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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:
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Using the
delegate class to create type-safe callback
functions and event-handling methods. |
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Using the event
keyword to simplify and improve the implementation
of a class that raises events. |
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Implementing
events that conform to the .NET Framework
guidelines. |
Module 9: Memory and resource
Management
The following topics are covered in this
module:
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Memory
Management Basics |
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Non-Memory
Resource Management |
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Implicit
Resource Management |
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Explicit
Resource Management |
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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:
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Describing how
garbage collection manages object memory. |
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Implicitly
managing non-memory resources by using a
destructor's finalize code. |
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Explicitly
managing non-memory resources by using
client-controlled deterministic release of
resources. |
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Writing code by
using the temporary resource usage design pattern. |
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Programmatically
controlling the behavior of the garbage collection. |
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Describing
advanced garbage collection features. |
Module 10: Data Streams and Files
The following topics are covered in this
module:
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Streams |
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Readers and
Writers |
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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:
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Using Stream
objects to read and write bytes to backing stores,
such as strings and files. |
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Using
BinaryReader and BinaryWriter objects to read and
write primitive types as binary values. |
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Using
StreamReader and StreamWriter objects to read and
write characters to a stream. |
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Using
StringReader and StringWriter objects to read and
write characters to strings. |
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Using Directory
and DirectoryInfo objects to create, move, and
enumerate through directories and subdirectories. |
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Using
FileSystemWatcher objects to monitor and react to
changes in the file system. |
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Explaining the
key features of the.NET Framework's isolated storage
mechanism. |
Module 11: Internet Access
The following topics are covered in this
module:
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Internet
Application Scenarios |
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The WebRequest
and WebResponse Model |
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Application
Protocols |
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Handling Errors |
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Security |
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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:
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Using the basic
request/response model to send and receive data over
the Internet. |
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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:
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Serialization
Scenarios |
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Serialization
Attributes |
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Object Graph |
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Serialization
Process |
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Serialization
Example |
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Deserialization
Example |
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Custom
Serialization |
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Custom
Serialization Example |
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Security Issues |
After completing this module, you will be
able to serialize and deserialize an object graph. This
includes:
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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:
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Remoting |
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Remoting
Configuration Files |
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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:
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Writing and
configuring distributed applications that use .NET
Remoting. |
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Creating an XML
Web service by using Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET. |
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Consuming an XML
Web service by using the Web Services Description
Language tool (Wsdl.exe). |
