Advanced Foundations of .NET 2.0 Development
Course Outline

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Duration: 3 Days

Objectives

Audience
The audience for this course consists of Application Developers with the skills to develop business applications by using Visual Studio 2005 with either Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#.

Prerequisites
Before attending this clinic, delegates must have:

• Understand the purpose and components of the .NET 2.0 Framework and the Common Language Runtime.
• Understand the components of typical .NET 2.0 applications.
• Understand and use .NET Framework 2.0 Common Type System (CTS) and how to use variable types including dates/times, numbers, strings, objects and arrays.
• Use basic file IO classes from the Framework such as StreamReader, StreamWriter, Directory, DirectoryInfo, File and FileInfo.
• Use basic Framework provided type conversions.
• Use basic Framework provided text conversion and manipulations including StringBuilder.
• Use classes with the System.Collections namespace.
• Use the System.Math class.
• Basic language syntax for decision structures, loop structures, declaring and using variables.
• Write code using language specific functionality such as the My. classes for Visual Basic.
• Understand classes and objects, methods, properties and functions.
• Write code to implement overridden methods.
• Understand the class hierarchy present in the .NET Framework 2.0.
• Write code to declare a class.
• Write code to create an instance of a class.
• Write code to compare if an object is equal to an
other object.
• Write code to dispose of an object.
• Understand the lifecycle of an object.
• Write code to handle exceptions via a try-catch block
• Write code to implement static methods and properties.
• Opening and closing solutions.
• Opening and closing projects.
• Adding projects to a solution.
• Removing projects from a solution.
• Creating new project types.
• Adding new and existing files to a project.
• Compile a project.
• Carry out basic project debugging.
• Use the object browser.
• Use the help system especially provided to help VB6.0 developers migrate to .NET.
• Understand assemblies and how they relate to deployment.
• Understand and create a deployment project.
• Be able to create deployment wizards using the Deployment Setup wizard.
• Select an appropriate deployment project based on the application.

Module 1. Creating Globalized Applications

• Culture Information by Using Globalization Classes
• Creating a Custom Culture
• Working with Primary Encoding Classes
• Working with Advanced Encoding Classes

Module 2. Working with GDI+ in Windows-based Applications

• Working with Graphics, Brushes, Pens, Colors, and Fonts
• Manipulating the Shapes and Sizes of Graphical Objects
• Working with Images, Bitmaps, and Icons

Module 3. Implementing Code Access Security

• Configuring Code Access Security
• Managing Security Policy
• Managing Permissions
• Managing Access Control
• Managing User Identity Information

Module 4. Implementing Cryptography

• Encrypting Data
• Hashing Data
• Extending the Cryptographic Behavior

Module 5. Interoperating Between COM Components and Assemblies

• Accessing COM Components by Using Interop Services
• Exposing an Assembly to COM Components by Using Interop Services
• Accessing COM Components by Using Platform Invocation Services

Module 6: Working with Service Applications and E-mail Messages

• Working with a Windows Service Application
• Working with E-mail Messages

Module 7: Working with Type Metadata

• Working with Type Metadata by Using Pre-defined Assembly Classes
• Working with Assemblies Dynamically by Using Custom Classes

Module 8: Creating Multithreaded Applications and Application Domains

• Managing Threads in a Synchronous Environment
• Synchronizing Threads
• Managing Threads in an Asynchronous Environment
• Working with Application Domains

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