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In this three-day instructor-led workshop, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 web applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The workshop focuses on user interfaces, web site structure and functionality, and implementation details.

This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 2543: Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Certification:

This course will help you prepare for the following certifications:

• MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications
• MCPD: Windows Developer on Visual Studio 2005
• MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer on Visual Studio 2005
• MCPD: Web Developer, Visual Studio 2005

What You'll Learn

• Create a web application
• Program a web application
• Add and configure server controls for a web application
• Use master pages to establish a common layout for a web application
• Manage state data for a web application
• Access and display data in a web application
• Control access to a web application
• Deploy a web application
• Create a mobile web application

Who Needs to Attend

Corporate/ISV application developers who want to learn more about specific technology areas in web application development.

Prerequisites

• Ability to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and tools
• Understanding of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language Runtime
• Ability to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language
• Ability to make assemblies available to other applications
• Basic understanding of XML including XML declaration, elements, attributes, and namespaces
• Basic understanding of client-side scripts
• Basic understanding of HTML

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Creating a Web Application

• Visual Studio Web Site Types
• Default Event Handling in Web Applications
• Web Configuration Files

2. Programming a Web Application

• Event Handling in Web Applications
• Browser Capability Detection
• Page Header Retrieval
• Page-Level and Application-Level Error Handling

3. Adding and Configuring Server Controls

• HTML Controls and Web Server Controls
• Types of Web Server Controls
• Working with Web Server Controls
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Page Postback Model

4. Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages

• Master Pages
• Content Pages
• Nested Master Pages

5. Managing State for a Web Application

• ViewState Properties and ControlState Data
• Application and Session Objects
• Strategies for Managing Session State Data
• The Cache Object

6. Accessing and Displaying Data

• Database Connections and the Web.Config File
• Relational Data and Data Source Controls
• XML Data and Data Source Controls
• Object Data and Data Source Controls

7. Controlling Access to a Web Application

• Configuring Authentication and Authorization for a Web Application
• Implementing a Membership Registration Page
• Implementing a Login Page and Adding Login Controls
• Creating a Membership Management Administrative User Interface

8. Deploying a Web Application

• The Copy Web Site Utility
• The Publish Web Site Utility
• Windows Installer Setup Packages

9. Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

• Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
• Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
• Mobile Web Forms
• Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms

Labs

Lab 1: Creating a Web Application

• Creating a New Web Application
• Configuring and Building a Web Application

Lab 2: Programming a Web Application

• Implementing Non-Default Event Handlers
• Detecting Browser Capabilities and Setting Page Header Properties
• Handling Page-Level Exceptions

Lab 3: Adding and Configuring Server Controls

• Building Graphical User Interfaces with HTML Controls
• Building Graphical User Interfaces with Web Server Controls
• Programming Web Server Controls and Working with Postbacks

Lab 4: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages

• Designing a Master Page
• Adding and Configuring Content Pages
• Designing Nested Master Pages

Lab 5: Managing State for a Web Application

• Configuring ViewState Properties for Web Server Controls
• Storing and Retrieving Application and Session State
• Implementing Out-of-Process Session State
• Storing and Managing State Data in the Cache Object

Lab 6: Accessing and Displaying Data

• Creating and Retrieving Database Connections
• Accessing Data by Using SqlDataSource Controls and Data Controls
• Accessing Objects as Data with ObjectDataSource Controls
• Accessing XML Data by Using XmlDataSource Controls

Lab 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application

• Configuring Authentication and Authorization for a Web Application
• Implementing a Membership Registration Page
• Implementing a Login Page and Adding Login Controls
• Creating a Membership Management Administrative User Interface

Lab 8: Deploying a Web Application

• Deploying a Web Application by Using the Copy Web Site Utility
• Precompiling and Deploying a Web Application by Using the Publish Web Site Utility
• Building a Windows Installer Package for Deploying a Web Application

Lab 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

• Managing Redirection for Mobile Devices
• Designing and Implementing a Mobile Web Form
• Designing Device-Specific Features for a Mobile Web Application
• Browsing a Mobile Web Application with Specific Device Emulators