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.NET Best Practices and Design Patterns: Hands-On - Building Successful Applications with Proven Techniques
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Learning Tree International
Topic(s):
Computers & Software > Systems Development
Who Should Attend?
Programmers, system architects and anyone developing .NET applications. Programming experience at the level of Course 419, "C# Programming," or Course 503, "Visual Basic 2005 Programming," is assumed.
Full Seminar Description
You will learn how to: Apply proven methods to build adaptable, secure and efficient .NET Web and smart client applications; Solve complex programming problems with industry-standard design patterns; Deliver bug-free code using test-driven development, NUnit and Visual Studio 2005; Increase team productivity by building a scalable business application framework; Protect applications and data with code-based and role-based security and encryption; Simplify complex and repetitive tasks using .NET reflection and custom attributes. 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: $2890.You will learn how to
- Apply proven methods to build adaptable, secure and efficient .NET Web and smart client applications
- Solve complex programming problems with industry-standard design patterns
- Deliver bug-free code using test-driven development, NUnit and Visual Studio 2005
- Increase team productivity by building a scalable business application framework
- Protect applications and data with code-based and role-based security and encryption
- Simplify complex and repetitive tasks using .NET reflection and custom attributes
Course benefits
Microsoft .NET provides developers with a vast array of tools and technologies. Knowledge of the languages and libraries alone is not enough to develop robust applications. Proven design patterns and best practices, distilled from the wisdom of experts, support you in building applications upon a solid foundation.This course provides the skills needed to solve real-world software development problems and deliver fast, reliable applications.
Who should attend
This course is valuable for programmers, system architects and anyone developing .NET applications. Programming experience at the level of Course 419, "C# Programming," or Course 503, "Visual Basic 2005 Programming," is assumed.Hands-on training
In this course, you gain extensive hands-on experience implementing .NET best practices and design patterns using Visual Studio 2005. Exercises, completed in either C# or Visual Basic 2005, include:- Reconciling diverse processing problems with the Strategy pattern
- Simplifying a complex system with the Façade pattern
- Employing best practices to prevent SQL injection attacks
- Creating a business application framework
- Building automated test cases
- Structuring a flexible user interface with the Model View Presenter pattern
- Securing your application with encryption
- Capturing and reusing tests with NUnit
Course content
INTRODUCTION- Coding with best practices
- Simplifying software with design patterns
- Best practices in class design and inheritance
- Designing by contract
SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX PROGRAMMING WITH PROVEN DESIGN PATTERNS
- Applying simple interfaces to intricate algorithms
- Unifying interfaces from subsystems for ease of use
- Implementing the Façade pattern
- Varying functionality by programming to interfaces
- Enhancing the adaptability and flexibility of your application
- Exploiting the Strategy pattern
- Extending object behavior dynamically
- Increasing functionality without impacting existing code
- Invoking the Decorator pattern
- Achieving reuse and flexibility
- Outlining a basis for an algorithm
- Employing the Template Method pattern
- Interfacing incompatible classes
- Transforming an interface to add value to existing code
- Harnessing the Adapter pattern
APPLYING TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
- Automating unit testing
- Shortening development cycles with automated tests
- Improving quality with consistent test coverage
- Eliminating errors with reusable tests
- Integrating testing and coding
- Applying the test-first programming principle
- Generating immediate green-light feedback for code quality
- Employing NUnit for organizing, coordinating and running of test cases
ARCHITECTING AN N-TIER APPLICATION
- Designing the application architecture
- Layering architectures for reusability, durability and scalability
- Accessing data from the business tier
- Decoupling object creation with the Factory pattern
- Programming application tiers
- Structuring a Web or rich client application with the Observer pattern
- Constructing reusable business base classes and interfaces
- Reducing code with Microsoft Application Blocks
IMPLEMENTING SECURITY BEST PRACTICES
- Configuring code-access security
- Authorizing code
- Permission sets
- Trust levels
- Code groups
- Evidence
- Demanding permissions
- Accessing isolated storage
- Role-based security
- Authentication and authorization
- Identities
- Principals
- Roles
- Ensuring safe data access
- Preventing SQL injection attacks
- Best practices for connecting to the database
AUTOMATING REPETITIVE TASKS AND OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE
- Employing reflection and custom attributes
- Examining objects at runtime
- Programming and detecting custom attributes
- Enhancing application code
- Enforcing best practices with FxCop
- Coding techniques for faster applications
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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