Developing Web Applications Using Visual Studio 2008

About this workshop
This introductory workshop provides Web developers the fundamentals of Web application development and best practices for web development technologies, including ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, and Silverlight. This workshop focuses on using the Visual Studio 2008 development environment to create a dynamic web application.

Duration
5 days

Upon completion
Participants will be able to:
· Describe the key features of the Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET.
· Create a component by using Visual Basic or Visual C#.
· Create a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form that contains server controls.
· Add functionality to server controls that are on an ASP.NET Web form.
· View runtime information about a Web application by using the Trace and Debug objects.
· Validate user input by using validation controls.
· Create and implement a user control.
· Access data by using Microsoft ADO.NET 3.5 and the built-in data access tools available in Visual Studio 2008.
· Accomplish complex data access tasks from an ASP.NET Web application.
· Access and manipulate data that was stored by using Extensible Markup Language (XML).
· Create and extend an ASP.NET AJAX application.
· Create a Microsoft Silverlight-based application that delivers dynamic content.
· Call a Web service from an ASP.NET Web application and incorporate the returned data into a Web application.
· Store ASP.NET Web application and session data by using a variety of methods.
· Configure and deploy an ASP.NET Web application.
· Secure an ASP.NET Web application by using a variety of technologies, including authentication and authorization.

Workshop Agenda

1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
· Introduction to the .NET Framework
· Overview of ASP.NET
· Overview of the Lab Application
· Resources

2: Creating Web Applications by Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft .NET-Based Languages
· Overview of Visual Studio 2008
· Creating an ASP.NET Web Application Project
· Overview of the Microsoft .NET-Based Languages
· Creating a Component by Using Visual Studio 2008

3: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form

· Creating Web Forms
· Adding Server Controls to a Web Form
· Creating Master Pages

4: Adding Code to a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form
· Implementing Code-Behind Pages
· Adding Event Procedures to Web Server Controls
· Handling Page Events

5: Tracing in Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
· Tracing and the Trace Object
· Remote Debugging

6: Validating User Input
· Overview of User Input Validation
· Validation Controls
· Page Validation

7: Creating and Implementing User Controls
· Adding User Controls to an ASP.NET Web Form
· Creating User Controls

8: Accessing Data with Microsoft ADO.NET and Visual Studio 2008
· Overview of ADO.NET
· Connecting to a Database
· Accessing Data
· Accessing Multiple Tables

9: Accomplishing Complex Data Access Tasks
· Overview of Stored Procedures
· Calling Stored Procedures
· Data Access with LINQ to SQL

10: Reading and Writing XML Data
· Overview of XML Architecture in ASP.NET
· XML and the DataSet Object
· Managing XML Data
· Accessing XML Data by Using the XML Web Server Control

11: Creating an ASP.NET AJAX Application
· Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX
· Creating an ASP.NET AJAX Application by Using the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions
· Extending an Application by Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

12: Delivering Dynamic Content with Microsoft Silverlight
· Overview of Microsoft Silverlight
· Creating Silverlight-Based Applications with Visual Studio 2008

13: Consuming and Creating XML Web Services
· Overview of Using XML Web Services
· Calling an XML Web Service
· Creating an XML Web Service

14: Managing State
· State Management
· Application and Session Variables
· Cookies and Cookieless Sessions

15: Configuring, Optimizing, and Deploying a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
· Implementing the Cache Object
· ASP.NET Output Caching
· Configuring an ASP.NET Web Application
· Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application

16: Securing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
· Web Application Security Overview
· Windows-Based Authentication
· Forms-Based Authentication