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About This Course

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This one-day instructor-led clinic and hands-on lab introduces students to high-level information and facilitated discovery on the Microsoft Windows Vista platform, thereby maintaining and enhancing their productivity and driving them to further study and adoption of Windows Vista as their preferred application development platform.

Audience Profile

This clinic is intended for developers of applications for the Microsoft Windows platform. Familiarity with Microsoft .NET development is a plus.

Prerequites

Before attending this clinic, students must have:

• Some experience developing on the Windows platform.

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have:

• Some .NET development experience.

At Course Completion

After completing this clinic, students will be able to:

• Describe the Windows Vista user interface and how the new user interface will affect developers.
• Describe the characteristics of Windows Vista applications.
• Create applications that use Windows Sidebar and Gadgets.
• Describe how to test application compatibility and migrate applications to Windows Vista.
• Describe what User Account Control is and how to develop applications that are User Account Control compatible.
• Describe the .NET Framework 3.0 features.
• Create simple applications that use Windows Communication Foundation.
• Create simple applications that use Windows Workflow Foundation.
• Describe how to manage digital identities with CardSpace.
• Describe the Windows Presentation Foundation features.
• Describe some of new API features available in Windows Vista.