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2543: Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
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.

Prerequisites:
Experience with XML and .NET

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, 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

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating a Web Application

• 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

Lesson 2: Programming a Web Application

• 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

Lesson 3: Adding and Configuring Server Controls

• 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

Lesson 4: Creating a Common Layout by Using Master 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

Lesson 5: Managing State for a Web Application

• 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

Lesson 6: Accessing and Displaying 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

Lesson 7: Controlling Access to a Web Application

• 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

Lesson 8: Deploying a Web Application

• 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

Lesson 9: Making Web Applications Available to Mobile Devices

• 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

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