2957 - Advanced Foundations of Microsoft .NET 2.0 Development
Thanks for your interest!
There are currently no dates scheduled for this course.
Please feel free to register your interest and we'll be sure to let you know once a date is available.
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST
Human Test:
5 + 4 =
Overview:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to program Microsoft .NET Framework applications by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 development system.
Target Audience:
The audience for this course consists of full-time application developers who have professional experience with Visual Studio 2005 and either Microsoft Visual Basic development system or Microsoft Visual C# development tool.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
Understand the purpose and components of the .NET Framework 2.0 and the common language runtime.
Understand and use the .NET Framework 2.0 common type system (CTS).
Understand basic language syntax for decision structures, loop structures, and variables.
Write code by using language-specific functionality such as the My. classes for Visual Basic.
Understand and use classes, objects, methods, properties, and functions.
Write code to implement overridden methods, static (Visual C#) or Shared (Visual Basic) methods, and properties.
Use type conversions and text conversions.
Create and use solutions and projects by using Visual Studio 2005.
Use the Visual Studio 2005 object browser and the Visual Studio help system.
Module 1: Enhancing User Interfaces by Using System.Drawing
This module describes the key features of the System.Drawing namespace that the .NET Framework provides. It also explains how to create and modify your own custom drawings.
Lessons
Drawing Fundamentals
Drawing Lines and Shapes
Rendering Bitmaps and Icons
Lab : Drawing to a Windows Form
Drawing a Feedback Bar
Drawing a Feedback Pie Chart
Implementing an Automatic Double Buffer
Adding Fonts to Your Application
Saving Your Scaled Image
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use points, sizes, brushes, pens, colors, and fonts.
Draw lines and shapes.
Create and use images, bitmaps, and icons.
Module 2: Working with Cultures by Using System.Globalization
This module describes how to use the System.Globalization namespace to work with culture information and perform culture-sensitive string comparisons. It also describes how to create a custom culture.
Lessons
Working with Culture Information
Formatting and Sorting Culture-Sensitive Data
Creating a Custom Culture
Lab : Working with Cultures by Using System.Globalization
Managing Culture Information
Creating a Custom Culture
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the purpose of the System.Globalization namespace and describe how to access culture information by using the CultureInfo class.
Format values by using the supporting classes in the System.Globalization namespace and explain how to perform culture-sensitive string comparisons.
Create a custom culture by using the CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder class.
Module 3: Processing Text by Using Regular Expressions and Encodings
This module describes the key features of the System.Text namespace that the .NET Framework provides. It explains how to store and manipulate strings, how and when to implement regular expressions, and how to customize encodings to produce the correct results when you process text
Lessons
Handling Text and Large Strings
Using Regular Expressions
Encoding Text
Lab : Processing Text by Using Regular Expressions and Encodings
Handling Text and Strings
Creating and Using Regular Expressions
Working with Encoding
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the purpose of and use the StringBuilder class.
Describe the purpose of and create regular expressions by using the classes in the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace.
Describe text encoding and how to encode and decode text by using the encoding classes.
Module 4: Encrypting and Hashing Data by Using Cryptography
This module describes when to use data encryption and hashing and explains how to use the classes in the .NET Framework 2.0 to perform these cryptographic tasks. It also discusses how to customize the implementation of specific algorithms by extending base classes in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.
Lessons
Working with Encryption and Hashing
Encrypting and Decrypting Data
Hashing Data
Extending Cryptography
Lab : Creating a Cryptographic Application
Creating an Asymmetric Key
Encrypting a File
Decrypting a File
Exporting and Importing a Public Key
Getting a Private Key
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain the purpose of encryption and hashing algorithms.
Describe the algorithms available for hashing and encryption.
Describe the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical algorithms.
Encrypt and decrypt data by using the classes in the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.
Create custom classes that extend the .NET Framework cryptography model.
Module 5: Securing Code Execution and Resources
This module describes how code access security (CAS) works, how to make CAS permission checks in code, and how to configure CAS security policy. It also introduces Windows operating system access checks and explains how to use the .NET Framework base class library to read and modify Windows access control lists (ACLs). This module also describes how .NET Framework security performs authorization checks and how to customize the mechanism.
Lessons
Using Code Access Security
Securing Code Execution by Using Policy
Securing Resources by Using Access Control
Customizing Authentication and Authorization
Lab : Custom Authentication by Using Principal Objects
Viewing the Starter Solution
Adding Role-Based Security
Testing the Application
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe and implement CAS by using the System.Security and System.Security.Permissions namespaces.
Explain how to control code privileges by using the System.Security.Policy namespace, and describe how to use the utilities provided with the .NET Framework to manage computer, user, and enterprise-level policy.
Describe and use access control by using the classes in the System.Security.AccessControl namespace.
Explain how to authenticate and authorize users by using the System.Security.Principal namespace.
Module 6: Application Interoperability
This module describes how to invoke functions that are implemented in unmanaged DLLs, and how to use various techniques for integrating Component Object Model (COM) components into managed applications. It also explains how to make managed components that are built by using the .NET Framework available to unmanaged COM client applications
Lessons
Using the Platform Invoke Service
Integrating COM Components into a .NET Framework Application
Integrating Managed Components into an Unmanaged Application
Lab : Application Interoperability
Integrating Unmanaged Functions into a Managed Application
Integrating a COM Component into a Managed Application by Creating an Interop Assembly
Integrating a COM Component into a Managed Application by Using Late Binding
Manually Creating an Interop Assembly for a COM Component
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use the Platform Invoke service to incorporate unmanaged functions into a .NET Framework application.
Integrate unmanaged COM components into a .NET Framework application.
Incorporate components that are built by using the.NET Framework into unmanaged applications.
Module 7: Reflection, Metadata, and Emitting Objects
This module describes how to use the classes in the .NET Framework 2.0 class library to examine a program, alter the behavior or structure of the program as it runs, and create and run new code.
Lessons
Reflecting on Objects
Adding Assembly Metadata
Emitting Objects by Using Builder Classes
Lab : Creating an Add-in Framework by Using Reflection
Creating a Custom Attribute to Decorate Add-in Classes
Using Reflection to Discover the Add-in Classes
Creating a Mapping from Columns to Properties
Creating a Dynamic Method to Set a Property Value
Invoking the Row Handler
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain and use reflection in .NET Framework applications by using the System.Reflection namespace.
Describe and create application metadata.
Describe and create Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) and portable executable (PE) files by using the System.Reflection.Emit namespace.
Module 8: Services, Threading, and Application Domains
This module describes how to use the Microsoft .NET Framework classes to write Windows services and classes to install services. It also explains how to use the .NET Framework classes to create thread objects to execute code and to synchronize execution between threads. Finally, this module describes how to access and configure application domains.
Lessons
Creating and Installing Windows Services
Creating Multithreaded Applications
Manually Working with Application Domains
Lab : Creating a Windows Service Application
Creating a Service Project
Creating the Installation Project
Creating a Client Application
Writing the Service Code
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain how to create, install, and control a Windows service by using the System.ServiceProcess namespace.
Describe and implement multithreaded applications by using the System.Threading namespace.
Describe and create application domains.
Course Ratings
Averaged from 6 responses.
Overall Satisfaction
CODE:0-0-MSM2957C-ILT
Choose your nearest New Horizons location below to view our EOCY offers:
