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Workshop Overview
Elements of this syllabus
are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the
knowledge and skills to develop Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Web
applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The workshop
focuses on user interfaces, Web site structure and functionality,
and implementation details.
Audience
This workshop is intended for corporate/ISV application
developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology
areas in Web application development.
At Workshop Completion
After completing this workshop, students will be able to:
• Create a Web application.
• Program a Web application.
• Add and configure server controls for a Web application.
• Use master pages to establish a common layout for a Web
application.
• Manage state data for a Web application.
• Access and display data in a Web application.
• Control access to a Web application.
• Deploy a Web application.
• Create a mobile Web application.
Prerequisites
Before attending this workshop, students must:
• Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio
2005 IDE and tools
• Understand Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language
Runtime
• Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0
compliant language
• Know how to make assemblies available to other applications
• Have a basic understanding of XML including XML declaration,
elements, attributes, and namespaces
• Have a basic understanding of client-side scripts
• Have a basic understanding of HTML
Workshop Outline
Unit 1: Creating a Web Application
This unit describes the different types of Web sites that you
can create with Visual Studio 2005. It introduces the concept of
event handling, and shows how to work with default event handlers
for an object. It also explains how to control a Web application
through the hierarchy of configuration files.
• Visual Studio Web Site Types
• Default Event Handling in Web Applications
• Web Configuration Files
Lab 1: Creating a Web Application
• Exercise 1. Creating a New Web Application
• Exercise 2. Configuring and Building a Web Application
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe the types of Web sites that they can create with
Visual Studio 2005.
• Describe the concept of a default event handler for an object.
• Explain how the Machine.Config and Web.Config files control the
settings for a Web application.
• Create a new Web application.
• Configure and build a Web application.
Unit 2: Programming a Web Application
This unit introduces the advanced event-handling capabilities of
ASP.NET 2.0 and describes how to work with events in Visual Studio
2005. It shows how to work with non-default event handlers and
centralized event handlers. It also addresses other common Web
programming concepts, including:
• Detecting the type, version, and capability of the browser being
used to view a Web site.
• Accessing information in an ASP.NET Web Page header.
• Using the HttpResponse.Write method to provide feedback to users.
• Handling page-level errors.
• Event Handling in Web Applications
• Browser Capability Detection
• Page Header Retrieval
• Page-Level and Application-Level Error Handling
Lab 2: Programming a Web Application
• Exercise 1. Implementing Non-Default Event Handlers
• Exercise 2. Detecting Browser Capabilities and Setting Page Header
Properties
• Exercise 3. Handling Page-Level Exceptions
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe various event-handling techniques.
• Explain how to detect browser types and capabilities.
• Explain how to access page headers.
• Describe how to handle page-level errors and application-level
errors.
• Implement advanced techniques for handling events.
• Implement browser-capability detection.
• Implement page-header manipulation.
• Implement page-level and application-level error handling.
Unit 3: Adding and Configuring Server Controls
This unit explains how to use the HTML controls and Web server
controls provided by Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0. It shows
how to design and build Web-based user interfaces, and it teaches
how to program Web server controls. This unit also describes how the
ASP.NET 2.0 postback model works and how it can be used.
• HTML Controls and Web Server Controls
• Types of Web Server Controls
• Working with Web Server Controls
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Page Postback Model
Lab 3: Adding and Configuring Server Controls
• Exercise 1. Building Graphical User Interfaces with HTML
Controls
• Exercise 2. Building Graphical User Interfaces with Web Server
Controls
• Exercise 3. Programming Web Server Controls and Working with
Postbacks
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Explain the differences between HTML controls and Web server
controls.
• Describe the different types of Web server controls.
• Explain how to use HTML controls and Web server controls.
• Explain how the postback model of ASP.NET 2.0 works.
• Create Web-based user interfaces with HTML controls and Web server
controls.
• Write code that interacts with Web server controls.
• Write code that interacts with the postback model of ASP.NET 2.0.
Unit 4: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages
This unit explains how to use master pages to define common
layouts for Web pages. Master pages provide developers with a new
set of features for ensuring consistent page layout. Students will
work with master pages and nested master pages in the lab to build a
Web application that has a consistent layout and functionality
across Web pages.
• What Are Master Pages?
• What Are Content Pages?
• Nested Master Pages
Lab 4: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master Pages
• Exercise 1. Designing a Master Page
• Exercise 2. Adding and Configuring Content Pages
• Exercise 3. Designing Nested Master Pages
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe the concept of a master page.
• Describe the concept of a content page.
• Describe nested master pages.
• Design master pages.
• Configure content pages.
• Design nested master pages.
Unit 5: Managing State for a Web Application
This unit describes the different state management technologies
that students can use in ASP.NET 2.0 Web applications. It discusses
how controls can retain state data over multiple requests, and then
explains how developers can work with this state data. This unit
then shows how to store state data in the Application and Session
objects provided by ASP.NET 2.0. It also discusses the different
session-data storage mechanisms. Finally, this unit explains how to
use the Cache object to cache and retrieve state data.
• ViewState Properties and ControlState Data
• Application and Session Objects
• Strategies for Managing Session State Data
• The Cache Object
Lab 5: Managing State for a Web Application
• Exercise 1. Configuring ViewState Properties for Web Server
Controls
• Exercise 2. Storing and Retrieving Application and Session State
• Exercise 3. Implementing Out-of-Process Session State
• Exercise 4. Storing and Managing State Data in the Cache Object
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe the ViewState and ControlState data models for Web
pages.
• Describe the Application and Session objects and explain how state
data is stored and retrieved in these objects.
• Describe various session-state data-storage strategies.
• Describe the Cache object and explain how you can use it to store
and manage state data.
• Configure ViewState properties and ControlState properties for Web
server controls.
• Store and retrieve Application and Session state.
• Implement out-of-process session state.
• Store and manage state data in the Cache object.
Unit 6: Accessing and Displaying Data
This unit describes how to add database connections to the
Web.Config file and the benefits that this approach adds when
building manageable Web applications. This unit then describes the
new data controls for accessing data in a variety of formats. It
includes details about using the SqlDataSource control, the
XmlDataSource control, and the ObjectDataSource control. This unit
also describes how user interface data controls are bound to the
data source controls, and it includes a discussion about binding
data-aware standard controls to data.
• Database Connections and the Web.Config File
• Relational Data and Data Source Controls
• XML Data and Data Source Controls
• Object Data and Data Source Controls
Lab 6: Accessing and Displaying Data
• Exercise 1: Creating and Retrieving Database Connections
• Exercise 2: Accessing Data by Using SqlDataSource Controls and
Data Controls
• Exercise 3: Accessing Objects as Data with ObjectDataSource
Controls
• Exercise 4: Accessing XML Data by Using XmlDataSource Controls
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Explain how to store and retrieve database connections by
using the Web.Config file.
• Explain how to use data source controls to access relational data.
• Explain how to use data source controls to access XML data.
• Explain how to use data source controls to access object data.
• Create and retrieve database connections by using the Web.Config
file.
• Access relational data by using the SqlDataSource control and data
controls.
• Access XML data by using the XmlDataSource control and data
controls.
• Access objects as data by using the ObjectDataSource control and
data controls.
Unit 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application
This unit describes authentication and authorization for Web
applications. It also shows how to develop login, sign-up, and other
membership pages for Web applications based on the ASP.NET 2.0
Membership system.
• Authentication for Web Applications
• Authorization for Web Applications
• Site Membership Systems Using the Membership Class
• Web Site Security Administration Using the Roles Class
Lab 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application
• Exercise 1: Configuring Authentication and Authorization for a
Web Application
• Exercise 2: Implementing a Membership Registration Page
• Exercise 3: Implementing a Login Page and Adding Login Controls
• Exercise 4: Creating a Membership Management Administrative User
Interface
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe the authentication methods for Web applications.
• Describe the authorization methods for Web applications.
• Describe the main components of a membership system.
• Describe how to build a security administration interface.
• Configure authentication and authorization for a Web application.
• Implement a membership registration page.
• Implement a login page.
• Create a membership management administrative user interface.
Unit 8: Deploying a Web Application
This unit describes three different ways to deploy Web
applications:
• Using the Copy Web Site utility to deploy a Web application in a
non-compiled state
• Using the Publish Web Site utility to deploy a precompiled version
of the Web application
• Building Microsoft Windows( Installer packages to create a
redistributable application with full setup logic
• The Copy Web Site Utility
• The Publish Web Site Utility
• Windows Installer Setup Packages
Lab 8: Deploying a Web Application
• Exercise 1. Deploying a Web Application by Using the Copy Web
Site Utility
• Exercise 2. Precompiling and Deploying a Web Application by Using
the Publish Web Site Utility
• Exercise 3. Building a Windows Installer Package for Deploying a
Web Application
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Describe how to use the Copy Web Site utility to deploy a Web
application.
• Describe how to use the Publish Web Site utility to precompile and
deploy a Web application.
• Describe how to build Windows Installer packages for deploying a
Web application.
• Deploy a Web application by using the Copy Web Site utility.
• Precompile and deploy a Web application by using the Publish Web
Site utility.
• Build and run a Windows Installer setup application for deploying
a Web application.
Unit 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices
This unit explains how to enable browsers running on mobile
devices, such as Pocket PCs and mobile phones, to access pages
within your application.
• Device Emulators for Mobile Web Forms
• Mobile Device Detection and Redirection
• Mobile Web Forms
• Device-Specific Features in Mobile Web Forms
Lab 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices
• Exercise 1. Managing Redirection for Mobile Devices
• Exercise 2. Designing and Implementing a Mobile Web Form
• Exercise 3. Designing Device-Specific Features for a Mobile Web
Application
• Exercise 4. Browsing a Mobile Web Application with Specific Device
Emulators
After completing this unit, students will be able to:
• Explain how to detect mobile devices and redirect them to an
appropriate page in a Web application.
• Describe mobile Web pages, forms, and mobile controls.
• Explain how to use device-specific features in mobile Web pages to
respond to the different capabilities of mobile devices.
• Explain how to use device emulators in Visual Studio 2005 to test
mobile Web pages.
• Design and implement mobile Web forms.
• Design device-specific features for mobile Web pages. |