MS 2640A - Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET
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Description: This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to successfully upgrade their existing Active Server Pages (ASP) skills, as well as upgrading their Web applications, to Microsoft ASP.NET. This course also explains the new features of ASP.NET that can then be leveraged to improve an existing Web application.
Days: 3
Prerequisites: Before attending this course, students must have:
• The ability to create HTML pages with tables, images, and forms.
• Experience using a scripting language, such as Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition or JavaScript.
• Experience using ASP to create Web applications.
• The ability to retrieve data from relational databases by using ADO.
• Familiarity with a Microsoft .NET-based programming language.
Audience: This course is intended for existing Web developers who are writing ASP solutions. This course assumes that the students are familiar with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), client-side and server-side scripting, ASP, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and a Microsoft .NET-based programming language.
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application Development
This module describes the ASP.NET architecture and how it relates to the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Lessons
· Introduction to ASP.NET
· Developing an ASP.NET Web Application Using
Visual Studio .NET
· .NET Programming Model Changes
Lab: Developing an ASP.NET Web Application Using Visual Studio .NET
Module 2: Developing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
This module explains how to create an ASP.NET Web application UI by using Web Forms, ASP.NET server controls, and event handlers. Students will also learn how to validate user input by using validation controls and how the page postback process works.
Lessons
· Creating an ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
· Validating User Input
· Creating and Using User Controls in an ASP.NET Web Form
· Processing ASP.NET Web Forms
Lab: Developing an ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
Module 3: Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
This module explains how to analyze the cause of logic errors in ASP.NET Web applications by using the ASP.NET trace functionality and the Visual Studio .NET debugger.
Lessons
· Tracing in ASP.NET Web Applications
· Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications
Lab: Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications
Module 4: Accessing Data Using Microsoft ADO.NET
This module explains how to use ADO.NET to access data from a database.
Lessons
· Overview of ADO.NET
· Reading Data Using DataReaders
· Programmatically Accessing Data Using DataSets
· Visually Generating DataSets
· Data-Bound Controls
· Best Practices for Secure and Reliable Data Access
Lab: ADO.NET
Module 5: Managing State in a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
This module explains how state management has evolved in ASP.NET.
Lessons
· Introduction to State Management
· Session State Management
· Client-Side State Management
Lab: Storing Application and Session Data
Module 6: Authenticating Users
This module explains the different types of authentication methods that are supported by ASP.NET and how to implement Microsoft Windows -based and Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
Lessons
· ASP.NET Authentication Model
· Implementing Windows-Based Authentication in ASP.NET
Web Applications
· Implementing Forms-Based Authentication in ASP.NET
Web Applications
Lab: Authenticating Users
Module 7: Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
This module explains how to create and consume XML Web services.
Lessons
· Introduction to XML Web Services
· Creating an XML Web Service
· Creating an XML Web Service Client
Lab: Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
Module 8: Calling COM Component
This module explains how to access existing COM components by using .NET COM interop.
Lessons
· ASP.NET and COM Interoperability
· Calling Com Objects from ASP.NET Web Forms
Lab: Calling COM Components
Module 9: Migrating ASP Web Applications to Microsoft ASP.NET
This module explains how to examine an existing ASP Web application and apply strategies for migrating it to ASP.NET.
Lessons
· Migrating an ASP Web Page
· Migrating an ASP Application
Lab: Migrating to ASP.NET
Module 10: Deploying Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
This module explains how to prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment.
Lessons
· ASP.NET Application Deployment Methods
· Maintaining a Deployed ASP.NET Web Application
Lab: Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application


