ASP.NET Course Description.

Course Objectives:

Gain in depth knowledge of the ASP.NET framework and architecture.
Learn how to build a fully functional dynamic web application using ASP.NET 3.5 and C#.
Learn how to use Visual Studio 2008 to create, debug and manage your ASP.NET web application.
Learn how to build a multi-tiered web applications using SqlServer 2008 as a data store.
Knowledge gained from this course will help in passing the Microsoft certification 70-562: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development

Students should have programming experience in a language such as C#, VB.NET, Java, or C++. Code samples for this course are in C#.
Students should have working knowledge of HTML and understanding of Web concepts.

An ASP.NET textbook: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008. Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta, Apress
A set of course notes and tutorial.

ASP.NET Page
Embedded Code Blocks
Server-side Scripts
Code Behind
Directory structure of an ASP.NET application
Shadow Copying
Dynamic Compilation

Server Controls
HTTP
Using Visual Studio
Page Lifecycle and Events
Viewstate

Validation Controls
Client-side validation
Server-side validation

web.config
machine.config
Configuration UI

Processing HTTP Request
ASP.NET Worker Process
Application Pool
HttpApplication
HttpHandler

Application state
Session State
Cookie State
url paramaters
View State

Fiddler, IE Developer Tools, FireBug
Debugging with Visual Studio 2008
Exceptions
Event Viewer
Health Monitoring
IIS Log

Master Pages
Content Pages

CSS
Themes and Skins
Using Fiddler to inspect CSS

Adding Javascript to ASP.NET page

ADO.NET Intro
DataReader vs. DataSet
Databinding Controls (GridView)
DataSource Controls

Output caching
Data caching

Authentication
Authorization
Members API
Login Control