MCSD 2364 - What is New in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for Existing Visual Studio .NET Developers

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This three-day instructor-led workshop will provide the student with a focused, hands-on environment to experience the new features and functionality of the Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 product. Students will spend 70%–80% of their time writing code using the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 release.

Audience

This workshop is intended for experienced, professional software developers who are already skilled in building software using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, including those employed by independent software vendors or those who work on corporate enterprise development teams.

At Workshop Completion

Apply knowledge of new productivity features and functionality in Visual Studio 2005 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to develop software more efficiently
Write applications that use the Microsoft Visual Basic® and Microsoft Visual C#® programming language enhancements
Build managed code to run inside SQL Server 2005 (codename "Yukon")
Write data access code using the improved functionality in ADO.NET
Build Microsoft Windows® Forms applications using new controls and new functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE designers
Deploy rich client applications using the new ClickOnce application deployment functionality
Build ASP.NET Web applications using new controls and new functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE designers
Use the improved enterprise development tools to aid in the design, build and deployment of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications

Prerequisites

Experience (at least 1 year) as a full-time developer using Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio .NET 2003
Experience in developing applications in one or more of the following fields:
Web Application
Windows Forms Application
Server Component
XML Web Services

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Unit 1: Introduction to Visual Studio 2005

This unit provides a hands-on, fast-paced opportunity for experienced developers to learn how to use some of the new productivity features in Visual Studio 2005. It provides an introduction to the code refactoring features, the use of some language enhancements such as generics, and the use of code snippets. This unit is also designed as an introduction to the workshop learning format.

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Build collections using generics

• Use existing code snippets in code and create new code snippets

Visual Basic developers will be able to:

• Use My classes to access system and application resources

Visual C# developers will be able to

• Refactor code using the refactoring features

Lab: Programming using the productivity enhancements and language improvements in Visual Studio 2005

Unit 2: Building Managed Code for SQL Server 2005

This unit teaches students how to use Visual Studio 2005 to create managed code that runs inside SQL Server 2005.

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Write a managed assembly to run inside SQL Server 2005

• Write a managed trigger

• Write and access a managed stored procedure

• Write a managed code user defined type (UDT), store it in a SQL Server table and use it in a program

• Store XML documents in the XML type supported by SQL Server 2005, and validate XML in the database using an XML Schema

• Create an XML Schema using the Visual Studio 2005 XML Designer

• Query and update XML data using XmlDocument

Lab: Writing Managed Code for SQL Server 2005

Lab: Working with XML in Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005

Unit 3: Building Data Components in Visual Studio 2005

This unit provides an opportunity for experienced developers to create data access code using new features in Visual Studio 2005.

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Create data components using Visual Studio 2005

• Edit components with the Data Component Designer

• Access multiple ADO.NET result sets concurrently

• Write asynchronous ADO.NET code

Lab: Accessing Data with ADO.NET

Unit 4: Building Presentation Layer Applications with Windows Forms

This unit provides an opportunity for experienced developers to build rich client applications using the new productivity features in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE, and the new controls in the .NET Framework. It also gives students an introduction to the new ClickOnce deployment technology for Windows Forms applications. ClickOnce makes it easy to deploy Windows Forms applications to multiple clients via a Web server, including the ability to automatically update clients when application changes occur.

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Build Windows Forms applications using Visual Studio 2005

• Create databound forms using the RAD databinding features of the IDE

• Generate Master-Detail forms using Visual Studio 2005 SmartTags

• Create databound forms that bind to data components

• Deploy a Windows Forms application to a Web server

• Write an application that automatically updates on multiple clients when a new version is deployed

Lab: RAD databinding in Windows Forms Applications

Lab: Databinding to Components and Web Services in Windows Forms

Lab: Deploying Windows Forms applications with ClickOnce

Unit 5: Building Presentation Layer Applications withASP.NET 2.0

This unit provides an opportunity for experienced developers to build Web applications using the new productivity features in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and the new controls in the .NET Framework.

After completing this unit, students will be able to:

• Create databound forms that bind to data components

• Write code using the Web Applications (ASP.NET 2.0) enhancements

• Program the new ASP.NET data source controls: SqlDataSource, ObjectDataSource, AccessDataSource, DataSetDataSource, SiteMapDataSource, XmlDataSource

• Create a common Web page layout with Master Pages

• Manage Web application users with the login controls

Lab: RAD databinding in ASP.NET 2.0

Lab: Programming Master Pages, Site Navigation, and Themes

Lab: Membership and Role Management in ASP.NET 2.0

Course Schedule


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