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Learning Tree International
Topic(s):
Computers & Software > Systems Development
Who Should Attend?
Web designers, administrators, power users and others who are unfamiliar with object-oriented programming and want an introduction to programming applications using .NET. No prior programming experience is required.
Full Seminar Description
You will learn how to: Design and program modern applications using Microsoft .NET, Visual Basic and C#; Write variables, IF statements, loops, functions, error handlers and custom classes; Analyze user requirements and design programs and databases; Leverage Visual Studio 2005 tools for rapid application development; Build Windows, Web and console user interface applications; Create SQL Server databases, tables, indexes and relationships. REMOTE TRAINING: Attend live, instructor-led Learning Tree classes via your computer from wherever you want with NEW Learning Tree AnyWare™. Now you can learn from the world's best instructors and gain the management, leadership or IT skills you need to become even more effective in your job... from wherever you are! You participate in every aspect of the live course exactly as if you were in the physical classroom! With our groundbreaking Learning Tree AnyWare user portal, you can attend from anywhere with live video streaming over the Internet. Click on a 'REMOTE TRAINING' date above to enroll online as a Learning Tree AnyWare participant. See below for more details. Fee per person: $2890You will learn how to
- Design and program modern applications using Microsoft .NET, Visual Basic and C#
- Write variables, IF statements, loops, functions, error handlers and custom classes
- Analyze user requirements and design programs and databases
- Leverage Visual Studio 2005 tools for rapid application development
- Build Windows, Web and console user interface applications
- Create SQL Server databases, tables, indexes and relationships
Course benefits
Microsoft .NET is a suite of tools for developing any type of modern software application. Its advanced features, productivity tools and modern languages allow aspiring programmers to quickly gain practical skills that can generate immediate results.In this course, you acquire the fundamental knowledge and hands-on experience to write applications using Visual Basic 2005 and C#. Introductory topics include language syntax, application design, database concepts, Visual Studio 2005 features, Windows Forms and ASP.NET.
Who should attend
This course is valuable for Web designers, administrators, power users and others who are unfamiliar with object-oriented programming and want an introduction to programming applications using .NET. No prior programming experience is required.Hands-on training
You develop a complete application with Visual Basic 2005 or C# and the .NET Framework. Exercises include:- Writing applications using Visual Basic or C# language constructs
- Testing and debugging using console applications
- Planning and modeling applications and database structures
- Leveraging Visual Studio 2005 tools for rapid application development
- Programming Windows user interfaces
- Saving data to the file system and relational databases
- Programming ASP.NET Web applications
Course content
VB AND C# LANGUAGE FUNDAMENTALS- Programming logic and concepts
- Straight line
- Branch
- Loop
- Declaring variables
- Statements
- Working with data types and conversions
- Strings
- Dates and time
- Integers
- Floating point numbers
- Performing data type conversions
PROGRAMMING LOGIC AND STRUCTURED CODE
- Decision-making statements
- Changing program flow with IF statements
- Simplifying complex logic with CASE statements
- Modularizing code with functions
- Calling functions from an application
- Passing arguments to functions
- Retrieving data from functions
- Repeating statements with loops
- For...Next loops
- Top and bottom evaluation Do...Loops
- Storing multiple values with arrays
- Testing and debugging
- Try...Catch...Finally error handling
- Documenting your code
ANALYZING USER REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGNING APPLICATIONS
- Mapping application features to programming code
- Building applications using an iterative programming process
- Translating requirements into design
- Constructing the three logical layers
- Presentation
- Business
- Data
- Modeling Windows and Web application user interfaces
- Planning data storage requirements
CRAFTING CUSTOM DATA TYPES AND BUSINESS CLASSES
- Coding classes
- Programming fields, methods and property procedures
- Initializing objects with constructors
- Allocating memory: the Stack vs. the Heap
- The role of the business class
- Encapsulating functionality with methods
- Self validation and object persistence
SIMPLIFYING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITH VISUAL STUDIO 2005
- Managing business solutions
- Visual Studio projects and solutions
- Setting project properties and references
- Adding files, folders and code
- Exploiting Visual Studio 2005 tools
- Solution Explorer
- Toolbox
- Server Explorer
- Properties window
- Code editor/IntelliSense
- Help system
CONSTRUCTING THE WINDOWS USER INTERFACE
- Windows application basics
- Creating forms and positioning controls
- Navigating with menus
- Handling events
- Displaying data on a Windows Form
- Specifying and retrieving property values
- Managing collections of objects
DESIGNING ASP.NET WEB USER INTERFACES
- Creating the Web site
- Virtual directories
- Web applications
- Web pages
- HTML
- Hyperlinks
- Processing ASP.NET Web Forms
- Displaying data and gathering user input
- Activating Web Forms with events
- Maintaining variables with Sessions
- Validating and saving user changes
- Controlling Web site access
- Activating Web Forms security
- Creating a user login page
- Adding user accounts
INCORPORATING RELATIONAL DATABASES
- Relational database concepts
- Employing databases for fast, efficient storage
- Select, insert, update and delete query syntax
- Creating a SQL Server database
- Adding tables, fields and indexes
- Defining primary and foreign key relationships
- Accessing the database with ADO.NET
- Connecting to the database and running SQL commands
- Storing user changes
- Displaying existing records
Are You Ready to Learn... Anywhere?
Attend live, instructor-led Learning Tree classes via your computer from wherever you want with NEW Learning Tree AnyWare™. Now you can learn from the world's best instructors and gain the management, leadership or IT skills you need to become even more effective in your job... from wherever you are!
You participate in every aspect of the live course exactly as if you were in the physical classroom! With our groundbreaking Learning Tree AnyWare user portal, you can attend from anywhere with live video streaming over the Internet.
- See and hear your instructor live, presenting and annotating the course materials on the in-class dual-screen MagnaLearn™ course content delivery system.
- Communicate in real-time directly with the instructor and your classmates both by voice and through the use of a Chat pod. Ask questions. Provide comments. Participate in the class discussions. Engage in collaborative "breakout" sessions.
- Perform the same hands-on exercises, with live assistance from your expert instructor, using the same in-class computers and software as the participants in the classroom, except that you perform them from anywhere!
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Click on a "REMOTE TRAINING" date above to enroll online as a Learning Tree AnyWare participant.
Sponsor Background:
About Learning TreeLearning Tree International is a world leader in Hands-on training for Management and Technology Professionals. Since 1974, over 1,700,000 course participants from over 13,000 organizations around the world have enhanced their skills through intensive hands-on exercises under the guidance of expert instructors with real-world experience.
Virtually every major company and government agency has relied on Learning Tree to provide its managers and employees with the skills they need to succeed in their job functions.
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