Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to successfully upgrade their existing Active Server Pages (ASP) skills and Web applications to Microsoft ASP.NET. This course also explains new features of ASP.NET that can then be leveraged to improve an existing Web application.
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Audience
This course is intended for existing Web developers who are writing ASP solutions. This course assumes that the students are familiar with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), client-side and server-side scripting, ASP, and Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO).
The Web developer is responsible for the design and implementation of a Web application or a Web solution. Typically, these individuals:
Assist with the creation of functional specifications.
Design and develop user interfaces.
Create ASP Pages.
Write Web Forms applications.
Create and test prototypes.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application user interface.
Use the Microsoft .NET-based programming languages for developing ASP.NET Web applications.
Use the trace feature of ASP.NET to get information about executed requests.
Use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.
Access databases in an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
Access and display Extensible Markup Language (XML) data in an ASP.NET Web application.
Create and call a COM object from an ASP.NET Web page.
Explain how XML Web Services is beneficial to distributed Internet computing.
Create an XML Web Service by using Visual Studio .NET.
Create client code that can create and call a remote XML Web Service.
List server- and client-side state management techniques and explain how ASP.NET improves state management.
Use the ASP.NET Application object to track data that is associated with an ASP.NET Web application.
Use the ASP.NET Session object to track data that is associated with an individual user session.
Use the ASP.NET HttpCookie object to store client-side data.
Explain what approach would be the best for migrating that ASP application to ASP.NET, given a specific ASP application scenario.
Implement Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
Prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must meet the following prerequisites:
Ability to create HTML pages with tables, images, and forms.
Experience using a scripting language such as Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition or JavaScript.
Experience using ASP to create Web solutions.
Ability to retrieve data from relational databases by using ADO.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET
This module describes the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET and introduces Visual Studio .NET.
Comparing ASP to ASP.NET
Create ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET
.NET Programming Language Fundamentals
Module 2: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
This module explains how to create Web Forms, using HTML controls, Web controls, and third-party controls. This module also introduces code-behind pages, event-handling, and input validation controls.
Creating a Web Form
Creating Event Procedures
Validating User Input
Module 3: Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
This module explains the trace feature of ASP.NET, along with how to use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.
Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications Using ASP.NET Tracing
Debugging ASP.NET Web Applications Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger
Module 4: Accessing Database Data Using Microsoft ADO.NET
This module explains how to use ADO.NET to access data from a database. This module will focus on using stored procedures to access data.
Overview of ADO.NET
Using Visual Studio .NET Data Features to Access and Display Database Data
Accessing Data Using ADO.NET DataSets
Accessing Data Using DataReaders
Module 5: Managing State in a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
This module explains how state management has changed in ASP.NET.
Introduction to State Management
Application State
Session State
Storing Data in Cookies
Module 6: Authenticating Users
This module explains the different types of authentication methods that are supported by ASP.NET and how to implement Microsoft Windows®-based and forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
Authentication Methods Supported by ASP.NET
Implementing Windows-Based Authentication
Implementing Forms-Based Authentication
Module 7: Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
This module explains how to create and consume XML Web Services.
Introduction to XML Web Services
Creating an XML Web Service
Creating an XML Web Service Client
Module 8: Calling COM Components
This module explains how to access existing COM components by using .NET COM Interop.
The .NET COM Interop Architecture
Module 9: Migrating to Microsoft ASP.NET
This module explains how to examine an existing ASP application and apply strategies for migrating it to ASP.NET. This module also teaches a basic procedure for converting an ASP page to ASP.NET.
Migrating an ASP Application
Module 10: Deploying a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
This module explains the advantages of using deployment to install files on a Web server.
Planning for Deployment
Creating a Web Setup Project
Maintaining a Web Application