This course moves your development skills even further beyond the basics, starting with learning how to extend Visual Studio 2008 and handling issues youll encounter with multiple versions of assemblies and applications. Youll learn to create and debug Windows services, and how to create and test applications for Windows Mobile devices. Youll become expert working with XML, reading and writing data using the XML DOM and the XML reader/writer classes. Visual Studio 2008 adds new data-related featuresyoull learn about these new features, and also how to create new custom controls, secure applications, and create setup applications so you can deploy your solutions. Youll finish by learning how to analyze code at runtime using attributes and reflection, and how to use the new Visual Studio 2008 client application services.
Pre-requisites:
The course assumes that students have some programming background. No specific experience with Visual Studio 2008 or the .NET Framework is required, although this course does not focus on programming languages, but rather, on building Windows applications. You may find that it's easier for you to follow the examples in this course if you have some prior experience working with the .NET Framework using Visual C#, or have taken a beginning programming course using Visual C#.
At Course Completion:
• Extend the functionality of Visual Studio 2008. • Handle versioning issues with multiple assemblies or applications. • Create and debug Windows services. • Build and test mobile applications. • Read and write XML data using the Document Object Model, and XML readers and writers. • Perform cascading updates in joined data. • Easily convert data projects to n-tier distributed applications. • Create custom and user controls. • Correctly secure Windows applications. • Build setup applications. • Examine existing code using reflection. • Use distributed client settings in a Windows application.
Handling Versioning Issues • CLR Locates Assemblies • CLR Enforces Versioning • Strong Name an Assembly • Private and Shared Assemblies • Techniques of Sharing Assemblies
Creating Windows Services • Windows Service • FileSystemWatcher Class • Debug Windows Service Applications
Building Mobile Applications • Applications for Pocket PCs and Smartphones • Device Emulators • SQL Server Compact 3.5 Databases
Reading and Writing XML Using the XML DOM • Reading and Writing XML, Programmatically • Important Classes in the System.XML Namespace • Read and Write XML Nodes and Attributes
Expert XML • Contents of an XML Document • Write an XML Document • Query using XPath Expressions
Data Improvements • Enforce Referential Integrity in Applications • Maintain Data • Separate DataSet from TableAdapter Code • LINQ to SQL
Creating Custom Controls • Create New Controls for Forms • Create a Control from an Existing Control and Add Functionality • Control Base Class and Drawing GDI+ • Composite Control from the UserControl Base Class
Building Setup Applications • Installation Package • Customize a Setup Project • Control Installation of an Application • Specify Conditions of an Install • Custom Actions for after an Installation
Attributes and Reflection • Built-In Attributes • Custom Attributes • Use Reflection to take Advantage of Attributes • Reflection's Capabilities
Client Application Services • Membership and Roles in ASP.NET • Client Application Services to Add Remote Login, Roles, and Profiles
