Course Description

This 4-day Visual Basic Programming Advanced training course focuses on core portions of the .NET Framework that are common across many application areas. Separate courses are available in specific areas, such as ADO.NET, XML Programming, Windows Presentation Framework, Windows Communications Framework and ASP.NET. This course is practical, with many examples and a case study.

While this course is current to Visual Studio® 2010 and .NET 4.0, it is also relevant for users of earlier or more recent versions of .NET and Visual Studio.

Pre-requisites

Attendance at our Visual Basic Programming Introduction training course, or equivalent experience.

Who is this course for?

For experienced applications developers and system architects with a working knowledge of Visual Basic and Microsoft.NET, including building simple GUIs with Windows Forms.

Further Training

Course content

.NET Fundamentals
What Is Microsoft .NET?
Common Language Runtime
Attribute-Based Programming
Interface-Based Programming
Metadata
Common Type System
Framework Class Library
Language Interoperability
Managed Code
Assemblies and Deployment
Web Services
ASP.NET
Class Libraries
Components in .NET
Building Class Libraries at the Command Line
Class Libraries Using Visual Studio 2010
Using References
Assemblies, Deployment and Configuration
Assemblies
Private Assembly Deployment
Shared Assembly Deployment
Configuration Overview
Configuration Files
Programmatic Access to Configuration
Using SDK Tools for Signing and Deployment
Application Settings
Metadata & Reflection
Metadata
Reflection
Late Binding
I/O & Serialization
Directories
Files
Serialization
Attributes
.NET Programming Model
Memory Management & Garbage Collection
Threading and Synchronization
Asynchronous Delegates
BackgroundWorker
Application Domains
Marshal by Value
Marshal by Reference
.NET Security
Authentication & Authorization
Code Access Security
Sandboxing
Permissions
Role-Based Security
Principals & Identities
Interoperating with COM & Win32
.NET Client Calling a COM Server
PInvoke
ADO.NET & LINQ
ADO.NET Overview
.NET Data Providers
Connections
Commands
DataReaders & Connected Access
Data Sets & Disconnected Access
Language Integrated Query
Debugging Fundamentals
Compile-time Errors & Run-time Errors
Configuring Debug, Release, and Special Builds
Visual Studio 2010 Debugger
Just-In-Time Debugging
Tracing
Tracing
Event Logs
More about Tracing
Using the BooleanSwitch and
TraceSwitch Classess
Print Debugging Information with the Debug Class
Instrumenting Release Builds with the Trace Class
Using Listeners
Implementing Custom Listeners