Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET

Course 2640: Three days; Instructor-led

Introduction

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 and Web applications to Microsoft ASP.NET. This course also explains new features of ASP.NET that can then be leveraged to improve an existing Web application.

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, and Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO).

The Web developer is responsible for the design and implementation of a Web application or a Web solution. Typically, these individuals:

Assist with the creation of functional specifications.
Design and develop user interfaces.
Create ASP Pages.
Write Web Forms applications.
Create and test prototypes.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application user interface.
Use the Microsoft .NET-based programming languages for developing ASP.NET Web applications.
Use the trace feature of ASP.NET to get information about executed requests.
Use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.
Access databases in an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
Access and display Extensible Markup Language (XML) data in an ASP.NET Web application.
Create and call a COM object from an ASP.NET Web page.
Explain how XML Web Services is beneficial to distributed Internet computing.
Create an XML Web Service by using Visual Studio .NET.
Create client code that can create and call a remote XML Web Service.
List server- and client-side state management techniques and explain how ASP.NET improves state management.
Use the ASP.NET Application object to track data that is associated with an ASP.NET Web application.
Use the ASP.NET Session object to track data that is associated with an individual user session.
Use the ASP.NET HttpCookie object to store client-side data.
Explain what approach would be the best for migrating that ASP application to ASP.NET, given a specific ASP application scenario.
Implement Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
Prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

Exam 70-305: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Exam 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must meet the following prerequisites:

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 solutions.
Ability to retrieve data from relational databases by using ADO.

Course Materials
The student materials include a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET
This module describes the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET and introduces Visual Studio .NET.

Lessons
Comparing ASP to ASP.NET
Create ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET
.NET Programming Language Fundamentals

Lab: Create an ASP.NET Web Application
Students will create a simple ASP.NET Web Application based on a provided ASP Web application
Students will put a label and a button on the default form
Students will create an event procedure for the button that changes the text property of the label

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application by using Visual Studio .NET.
Use the .NET programming languages for developing ASP.NET Web applications.

Module 2: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
This module explains how to create Web Forms, using HTML controls, Web controls, and third-party controls. This module also introduces code-behind pages, event-handling, and input validation controls.

Lessons
Creating a Web Form
Creating Event Procedures
Validating User Input

Lab: Adding Functionality to a Web Application
Create a new ASP.NET Web Form with server controls, input validation controls, and event procedures

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create an ASP.NET Web application user interface.

Module 3: Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
This module explains the trace feature of ASP.NET, along with how to use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.

Lessons
Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications Using ASP.NET Tracing
Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger

Lab: Debug an ASP.NET Web Application Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger and ASP.NET Tracing
Students will be given a broken ASP.NET Web application and will be assigned the task of using the Visual Studio .NET debugger and the ASP.NET trace feature to debug the Web applications
Students will also make a list of the errors that they found

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use the trace feature of ASP.NET to get information about executed requests.
Use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web Applications.

Module 4: Accessing Database Data Using Microsoft ADO.NET
This module explains how to use ADO.NET to access data from a database. This module will focus on using stored procedures to access data.

Lessons
Overview of ADO.NET
Using Visual Studio .NET Data Features to Access and Display Database Data
Accessing Data Using ADO.NET DataSets
Accessing Data Using DataReaders

Lab: Accessing Database Data Using ADO.NET
Students will use a DataSet to access and display data
Students will use a DataReader to access and display data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Access databases in an ASP.NET Web application by using ADO.NET.

Module 5: Accessing XML Data
This module explains how accessing XML data has changed in ASP.NET, and it then presents best practices for migrating DOM-specific code into an ASP.NET Web application.

Lessons
Using XML in an ASP.NET Web Application
Displaying XML Data on a Web Form
XML and the DataSet Object

Lab: Accessing XML Data
Students will display XML Data by using the XML Server control
Students will display XML Data by using the XML DataSet object
Students will apply style sheets to XML data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Access and display XML data in an ASP.NET Web application.

Module 6: Managing State in a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
This module explains how state management has changed in ASP.NET.

Lessons
Introduction to State Management
Application State
Session State
Storing Data in Cookies

Lab: Managing Web Application State
Using the application state
Using the session state
Using cookies to store client side data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

List server- and client-side state management techniques and explain how ASP.NET improves state management.
Use the ASP.NET Web application object to track data that is associated with an ASP.NET Web application.
Use the ASP.NET session object to track data that is associated with an individual user session.
Use the ASP.NET HttpCookie object to store client-side data.

Module 7: 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
Authentication Methods Supported by ASP.NET
Implementing Windows-Based Authentication
Implementing Forms-Based Authentication

Lab: Implement Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application
Students will implement forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement Windows-based and Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.

Module 8: 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
Students will create an XML Web Service
Students will create a Web application that consumes an XML Web Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain how XML Web Services is beneficial to distributed Internet computing.
Create an XML Web Service by using Visual Studio .NET.
Create client code that can create and call a remote XML Web Service.

Module 9: Accessing COM Components
This module explains how to access existing COM components by using .NET COM Interop.

Lessons
The .NET COM Interop Architecture

Lab: Calling a COM Component
Importing a COM Component
Creating and Calling a COM Component

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and call a COM object from an ASP.NET Web Form.

Module 10: Migrating to Microsoft ASP.NET
This module explains how to examine an existing ASP application and apply strategies for migrating it to ASP.NET. This module also teaches a basic procedure for converting an ASP page to ASP.NET.

Lessons
Migrating an ASP Application

Lab: Migrating an ASP application to ASP.NET
Converting Web page controls
Converting ADO to ADO.NET

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain what approach would be best for migrating different ASP applications to ASP.NET.

Module 11: Preparing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application for Deployment
This module explains the advantages of using deployment to install files on a Web server.

Lessons
Planning for Deployment
Creating a Web Setup Project
Maintaining a Web Application

Lab: Preparing an ASP.NET Web Application for Deployment
Students will create a Web Setup project to deploy a Web application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment.

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