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.NET 3.5 Courseware

.NET 3.5 Courseware
.NET 3.5 Courseware
Item# net-35-courseware
$60.00


Overview
Authored and field tested by Andrew Troelsen, Best-Selling .NET author, this two day instructor led course delivers comprehensive coverage of the differences between .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5.

Contents
Course Manual, Lab Manual, Lab Exercises, Lab Solutions, and Slides

Length
2 days

Target Audience
Engineers, Developers, Programmers, and Software Development Professionals

Course Abstract
.NET 3.0 introduced three new major APIs which augment the 2.0 base class libraries. The first part of this course will examine the role of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). The later part of this class will examine the numerous language changes which will be found within C# 3.0 / VB 9.0 with the forthcoming release of .NET 3.5. As well, you will come to understand the use of LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and the surrounding LINQ-centric programming models.

Learning Objectives
  • Build WPF applications using XAML, code files and Visual Studio
  • Build WCF services, hosts and clients
  • Build workflow enabled applications using WF
  • Understand the .NET 3.5 language changes to C# and VB
  • Create and manipulate LINQ query expressions


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Details

Introducing WPF
  • Understand the motivation behind WPF
  • Examine the various "flavors" of WPF applications
  • Understand the role of XAML
  • Examine the control content model
  • Introduce the graphical rendering servcies of WPF


Introducing WCF
  • Understand the motivation behind Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
  • Learn the "A, B, Cs" of WCF Development
  • Build WCF services, hosts and clients
  • Know the role of Metadata Exchange (MEX)
  • Define complex data types
  • Use the WCF Service Configuration Editor


Introducing WF
  • Know the role of Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Learn the building blocks of a WF enabled application
  • Understand the use of WF "activities"
  • Host workflows using the WF runtime engine
  • Work with the WF designers of Visual Studio


Core .NET 3.5 Language Changes
  • Understand the role of implicitly typed local variables
  • Understand the role of extension methods
  • Understand object initialization syntax
  • Understand the role of anonymous types
  • Understand the role of lambda expressions


Introducing LINQ
  • Introducing the motivation behind LINQ
  • Work with query operators and query expressions
  • Know the Role of LINQ to Objects
  • Know the Role of LINQ to SQL
  • Know the Role of LINQ to XML


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