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About This Course

This five-day, instructor-led course provides an introduction to developing n-tier applications for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 environment using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Both this course and the 6367A

course prepare students for the 646x series of Technology Specialist courses.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for software development professionals that have a minimum of six months experience developing applications in an object-oriented environment using Microsoft Visual C#, Microsoft Visual Basic, or Java. Delegates should have completed course 6367.

Delegates attending this course are planning to use the .NET Framework for future business application development. This course is intended for developers who wish to expand their understanding of application development in the .NET Framework, and it provides an initial foundation in .NET that can be built upon with more advanced .NET training. Programmers attending this course should ensure that they are familiar with the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

Object-oriented programming and the .NET Framework are the basic building blocks that all professional developers need to acquire before moving on to the more advanced courses and TS Certification.

Prerequites

Before attending this course, students must have: An understanding of problem-solving techniques that apply to software development.A basic understanding of Web, Macro, and Microsoft Windows scripting techniques, and some experience writing scripts.A general understanding of the purpose, function, and features of the .NET Framework.Experience using Visual Studio 2008.Experience in object-oriented design and development.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Manage a software development process
• Create classes in Visual Studio 2008
• Add data validation to ASP.NET and Windows Form applications
• Debug and profile applications
• Monitor and log .NET Framework applications
• Test .NET Framework applications
• Use the new language features in VB.NET and C# that support Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Use LINQ to Datasets, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML, LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to SQL
• Implement security in .NET applications
• Create and send a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail message
• Create and set network credentials
• Configure .NET Framework applications
• Deploy a .NET Framework application
• Create a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application