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Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

Type of course: Classroom | Premium series

Course details

Fee	£1085
Days	3
Course code	MSVS8NET

Course dates

Location	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Leeds Yorkshire	|-	|-	|15	|-	|-	|-

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Overview

This three day instructor led course introduces developers to Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.X. The course will provide developers with the opportunity to gain solid hands on experience in:

• LINQ
• Workflow Services
• Windows Presentation Foundation and ASP.NET AJAX Integration
• Key features of Visual Studio Team System 2008

Pre-requisites

Developer with experience of Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0

Course Outline

Day #1: Fundamentals: Framework and Language Enhancements

• Lap around Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
• What’s new in C# 3.0?
• What’s new in Visual Basic 9.0? (Optional, only if the audience has any VB developers)
• .NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
• Using LINQ with Relational Data
• Lab#1: Choose either C# 3.0 or VB 9 – language extensions Lab
• Lab#2: Choose either C# 3.0 or VB 9 – LINQ  Lab (Note: Choosing VB 9 is an objects LINQ Lab, Choosing C# is a SQL LINQ Lab)
• .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements
  

 

Day #2: Building Rich Client Experiences

• Introduction to Microsoft UX
• Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX
• Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008
• Lab#1: AJAX web
• Lab#2: Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008
• Windows Presentation Foundation 3.X
• Building Windows Presentation Foundation Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend
• Lab#3: Building WPF Applications with Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend

Day #3: Building Connected Applications and Visual Studio Team System 2008

• Introduction to WCF and WF in Visual Studio 2008
• WCF Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008
• Building Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation Enabled Windows Communication Foundation Services in .NET Framework 3.5
• LAB1#: Option to choose one of the following 6 labs:
• Developing Dynamic , Data-driven Web Sites
• Introduction to WCF
• Introduction to WWF
• Developing Workflow Services
• Building AJAX/JSON services using WCF
• Syndication using WCF
• Overview of Visual Studio Team System
•  What’s new in Visual Studio Team System 2008 
• Visual Studio Team System DB SKU in VS2008
• Team Build
• Version Control
• Testing using Visual Studio Team System; including demonstrations of
• Unit tests
• Web Tests
• Load Tests
• Analysis Tests