ASP.Net 3.5 Training


Advanced ASP.Net (VB or C#) - 3 days

In this course you will be introduced to many exciting ASP.NET features that will help you get the most out of the .NET Framework and make you a better and more efficient Visual Studio 2008 developer. You will become familiar with the tracing features in Visual Studio that help you quickly troubleshoot issues. You will also learn how to read and write XML data using XML DOM, how to work with ASP.NET Profile features and ASP.NET Web Parts, and how to take advantage of creating your own user-defined control. You’ll also learn about caching issues that can help optimize your sites, and how to use Web parts to create dynamic Web sites. You’ll also learn about new features in Visual Studio 2008, including support for ASP.NET AJAX, the new ListView control, and ASP.NET extensions.

Course Outline

Tracing

  • ASP.NET Trace
  • Health Monitoring with Web Events

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 Output Caching
  • Caching Page Fragments
  • Post-Cache Substitution
  • Caching Configuration

Advanced Caching Techniques

  • ASP.NET Caching Review
  • Programmatic Page Caching
  • Cache Data
  • Expiring a Cached Item when Data Changes
  • SQL Notifications for Cache Expiration

AJAX

  • Introduction to AJAX
  • Server-side AJAX
  • ASP.NET AJAXControl Toolkit
  • Client-Side AJAX

Using Data List and Repeater Controls

  • Overview of List-Bound Controls
  • Using the Repeater Control
  • Creating a DataList Control

Creating and Consuming Web Services

  • The Motivation for XML Web Services
  • Creating a Web Service with Visual Studio
  • Designing XML Web Services
  • Creating Web Service Consumers
  • Windows Communication Foundation

Using the ListView and Datapager Controls

  • Introduction to the ListView Control
  • Exploring the ASP.NET ListView
  • Convert a Static Page to Use a ListView
  • Adding Paging with the DataPager Control

Reading and Writing XML Using the XML DOM

  • Getting Started
  • Reading XML Data
  • Working with Nodes
  • Creating and Modifying XML
  • Dealing with Errors

ASP.NET Profile Features

  • Introducing Profiles
  • Configuring Profiles
  • Work with Anonymous Profiles
  • Creating a Custom Profile Provider
  • Comparing Profiles and Session State

Empowering User with Web Parts

  • The Evolution of Web Parts
  • Web Parts in Action
  • Web Part Server Controls
  • Coding Web Parts

ASP.NET Extensions

  • ASP.NET Extensions
  • Web Deployment Projects
  • ASP.NET AJAX History Feature
  • ASP.NET Dynamic Data