ASP.NET Using Visual C# 2005

Course AD106: Five days; Instructor-Led

Introduction

In this course, you’ll learn how to use Visual Studio 2005 and Visual C# 2005 to build ASP.NET 2.0 Web pages and XML Web services. You’ll gain an understanding of the new architecture behind ASP.NET 2.0 and how to use the new server controls. You’ll learn to create consistent web sites using Master Pages, to improve performance with output caching, add membership features, configure and deploy ASP.NET applications, to authenticate users and limit their access to resources, direct users using new Site Navigation tools and to handle multi-user data access conflicts. You will also become familiar with the debugging and tracing features in Visual Studio 2005 that help you quickly troubleshoot issues and you will learn how to take advantage of creating your own user-defined controls.

Audience

This course is intended for:

•         Developers who intend on building Web applications using Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0.

Objectives

After completing this workshop, students will be able to:

•         Use ASP.NET server controls to generate HTML and to execute event procedures

•         Promote consistency within your web site through Master Pages

•         Retrieve and manipulate data using ADO.NET

•         Display and edit data quickly and easily using new data binding features

•         Use Membership features to manage your Web users

•         Use new Site Navigation controls to direct users within your site

•         Redirect users on unhandled errors

•         Debug client-side script

•         Debug SQL Server stored procedures

•         Use the Trace object for page-level monitoring

•         Use Web Events to provide programmatic health monitoring

•         Create new user-defined controls

•         Create and consume XML Web Services

•         Take advantage of ASP.NET’s versatile output caching to increase performance

•         Add scalability and reliability by setting up an out-of-process session state server

•         Create a Web Setup project in Visual Studio to build a deployment package that takes advantage of Windows Installer

Prerequisites

This course assumes that you are familiar with Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher, the Internet and building basic Web sites. Some prior experience with Visual Studio will be helpful.

Course Outline

Introduction to ASP.NET

·          A Review of Classic ASP

·          ASP.NET Web Applications

·          Rendering HTML with Server Controls

·          Data Binding in ASP.NET 2.0

What's New in ASP.NET 2.0

·          New Features in ASP.NET 2.0

·          Designer Features

·          Deployment and Configuration Tools

·          Increasing Productivity

Working with Controls

·          Introduction to Web Controls

·          Simple Input Controls

·          HyperLink and Button Controls

·          List Controls

·          Controlling Focus

Using Rich Server Controls

·          Introduction to Rich Controls

·          The Calendar Control

·          The AdRotator Control

·          The XML Control

Accessing Data

·          Overview of ADO.NET

·          Connecting to Data

·          Executing Commands

·          Working with Data

·          Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

Configuration

·          Configuration Overview

·          Using the Web Site Administration Tool

·          Programming Configuration Files

·          Encrypting Configuration Sections

Data Binding

·          Introducing Data Source Controls

·          Reading and Write Data Using the SqlDataSource Control

·          Displaying and Editing Middle-Tier Data using the ObjectDataSource Control

·          Displaying XML Data Using the XmlDataSource Control

Validating User Input

·          Overview of ASP.NET Validation Controls

·          Using the Simple Validators

·          Using the Complex Validators

·          Summarizing Results with the ValidationSummary Control

·          Separating Validation into Validation Groups

Themes and Master Pages

·          Creating a Consistent Web Site

·          ASP.NET 2.0 Themes

·          Master Pages

Site Navigation

·          Providers and Data Sources

·          Creating an XML Site Map File

·          Site Navigation Controls

·          Using the Site Navigation API

·          URL Mapping

·          Security Trimming

Displaying Data with the GridView Control

·          Introducing the GridView Control

·          Filter Data in the GridView Control

·          Allow Users to Select from a DropDownList in the Grid

·          Add a Hyperlink to the Grid

·          Deleting a Row and Handling Errors

Managing State

·          Preserving State in Web Applications

·          Page-Level State

·          Using Cookies to Preserve State

·          ASP.NET Session State

·          Storing Objects in Session State

·          Configuring Session State

·          Setting Up an Out-of-Process State Server

·          Storing Session State in SQL Server

·          Using Cookieless Session IDs

·          Application State

Managing Users with ASP.NET's Membership Features

·          Introduction to Membership and Roles

·          Using Membership Controls

·          Writing Code to Interact with Membership and Roles

Debugging ASP.NET Applications

·          Using the Visual Studio Debugging Features

·          Handling Errors and Redirecting Users

·          Debugging Client-Side Script

·          Debugging SQL Server Code

Tracing

·          Using Page-Level Tracing

·          Using Application-Level Tracing

·          Using Web Events

·          Viewing Information With the Web Development Helper

Creating New Controls

·          Two Kinds of User-Defined Controls

·          Creating a User Control

·          A More Complex User Control

·          Creating a Custom Control

·          Investigating the StateDropDownList Control

Improving Performance with Output Caching

·          The Importance of Caching

·          Declarative Page Output Caching

·          Caching Page Fragments

·          Post-Cache Substitution

·          Caching Configuration

Advanced Caching

·          A Review of Basic ASP.NET Caching

·          Using Code to Implement Caching

·          Caching Data Rather Than Output

·          Using Database Dependencies for Cache Expiration

·          DataSource Control Caching

Using the DataList and Repeater Controls

·          Overview of List-Bound Controls

·          Creating a Repeater Control

·          Creating a DataList Control

Creating and Consuming Web Services

·          The Motivation for XML Web Services

·          Creating an XML Web Service with Visual Studio

·          Designing XML Web Services

·          Creating Web Service Consumers

·          Discovering Web Services Using UDDI