Description

Course Outline
Microsoft’s .NET framework is a platform for building, deploying, and running Web services and applications. In the ATS course .NET: What It Means to You, expert instructor John Durant shows you .NET in action via functional examples and code, and helps you visualize .NET possibilities for your own development efforts. At the conclusion of this course, you’ll have a clear understanding of .NET, its origin, architecture, applicability, and its probable impact on the development world.

Module 1
Section A: Early Concepts • Beginnings • Main Frame • Shift in Computing Power • Hardware, People & Software • Tier Technology

Section B: Distributed Application Strategies • Strategies • DDE/Net DDE • CORBA • Java & Java Architecture • Java Language • Java Compiler & RMI • Java Challenges • OLE • COM • ActiveX • DCOM • Windows DNA Rationale

Section C: MS Distributed Application Strategies • TCP/IP • HTTP • XML • Meaningful vs. Not Meaningful Data • SOAP (XML-RPC) • Web Services • Building Web Services

Section D: The Rise of Internet Standards • Market Demand • Device Diversity • Web Services are the Answer • Passport.net

Section E: The .net Framework & Its Core • Microsoft’s .net Framework • The Basic Framework • The .net Core • Common Language Runtime • The CLR at Work • JIT Compiler • Programming Libraries (Base Classes) • Built-in XML Support

Section F: ASP Advantages & Architecture • Languages • VB.net • Structure Error Handling • C# & C++ • ASP+ Introduction • ASP+ Architecture, Compiling & .net • Server Controls • Creating a Web Service • Build & Access • Web Service XML File • Executive Web Service Method

Module 2
Section A: The .net Servers • .net & .net Servers • Windows 2000 • SQL Server 2000 • Exchange 2000 Server • Commerce Server 2000 • BizTalk Server 2000 • Host Integration Server 2000 • Application Center 2000 • Mobile Information Server 2001 • Share Point Portal Server 2001 • ISA Server 2000

Section B: The Need for .net • The Need for .net • .net Report Card • The Learning Curve • Jump to .net

Section C: Looking at .net • ASP Application Written in VB • HTML Elements • Scripting • Event Usage • Posting • Rudimentary Web Service with Client • Web Service • Client