IT Certification
(MCSE, A+, CCIE, etc)

Exploring Visual Studio.NET

Video Instructor-Led Format

Audience	Application developers, programmers, project leaders and other technical individuals that need to acquire the necessary skills for building applications using the Visual Studio.NET IDE tool from Microsoft.
Duration	6 CDs
Course Abstract	.NET is Microsoft's most revolutionary release of its developer tools since the introduction of Visual Basic. There are countless capabilities in the new Visual Studio, but how do you even begin to understand the impact they will have on your current and future projects. Furthermore, when should you move to .NET? This course will help you discover the answers to your .NET questions and more as industry expert Richard Hundhausen guides you through all of the hot .NET topics.
Price	Single User (CDROM) $595.00 Singe User (eLearning Portal) $425.00 Multi-User LAN (2-5 users) $1019.00 more than 5 users Call for Pricing
Program Includes	The following components are included in this course: 6 CD-ROMs featuring live instructor-led classroom sessions with full audio, video and demonstration components with over 12 hours of instruction by Richard Hundhausen Sample codes on CD-ROM Printable Courseware (500+ Pages) Focused on practical solutions to real-world development problems Comprehensive, understandable, and reusable as reference material
Course Experts	Richard Hundhausen, Microsoft Regional Director MCT, CTT+, MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA Richard Hundhausen is the founder of the Idaho Delphi and the Boise Visual Developers User Group (now the Boise Software Developer's Group) . He has been a technical editor and has collaborated on numerous .NET developer study guides for Wiley Gearhead Press, Pinnacle Publishing and New Riders. He has been working in IT for about 20 years, the last 10 as an independent consultant. Richard is currently a Microsoft Regional Director. He has been the Key Note Speaker and trainer for Microsoft Corp. He presented a series of of Windows 2003 Server and .NET 1.1 training seminars for Microsoft Asia. He has also presented Visual Studio .NET and the .NET architecture to academic audiences in Cambridge, MA (MIT, Harvard, and Boston University) and Houston, TX (Rice, University of Houston, University of Texas, Texas A&M).
Course Topics	The following list represents the sections and topics discussed in this virtual instructor-led course offering.
	Introductions   Quick History of Visual Studio Timeline Versions & Editions Platforms Audience Taking a Tour of VS. NET Project Templates Navigating the IDE Solutions and Projects Code Window IntelliSense Debugger Help System Visual Studio .NET Languages Overview of Visual Studio .NET Overview of Visual Basic .NET Overview of Visual C# Other Languages Patterns and Practices Visual Basic .NET Syntax Differences from VB 6.0 Variables & Data Types Statements & Flow Control Working with Classes Creating Classes Handling Exceptions Visual C# .NET Syntax Variables & Data Types Statements & Flow Control Working with Classes Creating Classes Handling Exceptions Base Class Library System Namespaces Using the Object Browser System.Collections System.Data System.IO System.Net System.Reflection System.Xml Other Popular Base Classes Using IMPORTS or USING Creating Web Applications Walkthrough - Creating a Web Application Architecture of ASP.NET Comparison to Classic ASP DataGrid Control Validating Data Sending Email Redirecting Creating Web Services Applications Walkthrough - Creating a Web Service Testing the Web Service using IE Exploring the WSDL Consuming a Web Service from ASP.NET Creating Windows Applications Walkthrough - Creating a Web Application Using Menus, Toolbars, and Status Bars Docking and Anchoring Using ADO.NET in Applications Brief History Namespaces Connecting to a Data Source The DataSet Selecting Data Inserting, Updating and Deleting Data Handling Exceptions Persisting data to XML