.NET: Enterprise Web Development UK Classes & Lessons (Microsoft)

About this class

In today's Internet-dependent world, organisations require enterprise Web applications on which they can rely. Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0/3.0 expedite the development of scalable, secure and reliable Web applications.

This course provides the skills to plan and create multitier applications. You learn to write business logic using C# and VB 2005, access data with ADO.NET, and present Web content with ASP.NET. You also learn to exploit Web services and message queuing to implement service-oriented architectures.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is valuable for those programming robust business Web applications. OO programming experience at the level of Course 419, " C# Programming ", or Course 503, " Visual Basic 2005 Programming ", is assumed.

What delegates will learn

Design and create scalable Web applications with Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET
Construct a high-performance, well-isolated data layer using ADO.NET
Program business components with transactional .NET components and stored procedures
Optimise performance using the ASP.NET Cache and Session objects
Distribute applications using Web services, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Message Queuing
Implement the optimum UI by selecting from Web Forms, Ajax/Atlas, Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Contents of this class

Architecture and Design

Characteristics of enterprise application architectures
Driving Web design with use cases
Representing user interactions with UML

Building the Data Layer

Persisting data with ADO.NET

Connection
Command
DataReader
Executing SQL commands with parameters

Architecting a scalable data layer

Adapting data tables into business objects
Hiding ADO.NET implementation code

Caching data with DataSets

Optimising data performance with caching
Implementing write-through and delayed-write cache architectures
Synchronising data with DataAdapters

Implementing the Business Layer

Programming the middle tier

Mapping behavioural designs onto control classes
Encapsulating and deploying business logic in .NET assemblies

Managing logical transactions

Supporting ADO.NET transactions
Distributed transactions with .NET

Offloading application logic to stored procedures

Executing stored procedures with ADO.NET Command objects
Programming SQL Server 2005 stored procedures in C# or VB 2005

Constructing the Presentation Layer

Crafting ASP.NET UIs

Designing consistent page layout with Master Pages and Themes
Building pages with Web Forms controls
Processing user requests with Web Forms

Automating Web page generation

Exploiting simple and complex data binding
Displaying business object data
Binding business components with ObjectDataSource
Handling events from controls

Applying .NET 3.0 UI technologies

Constructing XML/WPF UIs
Connecting WPF clients to the business tier
Optimising Web responsiveness using Ajax/Atlas controls

Optimising State Management

Maintaining per user and shared state

Stateful vs. stateless pages
Programming user state with cookies
Retaining user information in the Session and Application objects

Boosting performance with caching

Accelerating access to shared data with the cache object
Setting cache dependencies against database tables
Reducing page processing with the output page cache

Achieving Role-Based Web Security

Employing IIS integrated security

Configuring IIS authentication
Authenticating anonymous Internet use

Integrating ASP.NET security

Enforcing Web Forms authentication
Securing business logic with the Membership API
Avoiding interception with SSL/HTTPS

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Web services and WCF

Migrating to WCF technologies
Creating Web service facades
Invoking Web services with client proxies

Offline processing with message queues

Configuring message queues
The System.Messaging namespace
Creating offline message queue clients

Network Load Balancing

Choosing a parallel server architecture
Distributing session state with ASP.NET state server and SQL Server

Interfacing Smart Clients to Web Applications

Web-enabling Windows applications
Configuring Click-Once deployment