Advanced ASP.NET Application Development Using VB.NET and AJAX

Price: $2495 | Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites: Attendance at ASP.NET 3.5 Programming Using VB.NET or equivalent experience.

Description: This course provides experienced ASP.NET developers with knowledge required to effectively architect complex web-enabled applications. Upon completion students will be able to optimize their use of ASP.NET technologies to build efficient and flexible systems. This class extends the students knowledge by examining how to:

  • create a flexibile security infrastructure
  • create custom controls
  • personalize ASP.NET sites using themes, skins, and profiles
  • generate images using GDI+
  • work with the HTTP runtime
  • use server-side and client-side ASP.NET AJAX
  • work with the ASP.NET AJAX control toolkit
  • build portal applications using ASP.NET
  • localize applications for multiple languages
  • implement caching to improve web application performance
  • configure and tune ASP.NET web applications

Advanced ASP.NET Application Development Using VB.NET and AJAX Course Overview

Working with Site Personalization
  • Working with Themes and Skins
    • Creating a Theme
    • Adding Skins to Themes
    • Using CSS with Themes
    • Assigning Themes
    • Applying Themes Dynamically
  • Using Profiles
    • Configuring Profiles
    • Creating Custom Profiles
    • Supporting Anonymous Users
    • Migrating Anonymous Profiles
    • Using the Profile API
  Building Custom Controls
  • Building Fully-Rendered Custom Controls
  • Building Composite Controls
  • Building Hybrid Controls
  • Building Templated Data-Bound Controls
Working with Web Parts
  • Designing Portal Sites
  • Using the WebPartManager
  • Understanding Web Part Zones
  • Building Web Parts
    • Using User Controls as Web Parts
  • Sharing Data Between Web Parts
  ASP.NET AJAX Support
  • AJAX Capabilities
  • Using Server-Side ASP.NET AJAX
    • Using Update Panels
    • Using Update Progress Panels
    • Using Timers
  • Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
    • Using Auto-Complete
    • Implementing Dragging
    • Using Filtering
  • Building AJAX-Enabled Web Services
  • Using Client-Side ASP.NET AJAX
    • Making Javascript Look Like .NET
    • Calling Web Services
Working with the HTTP Runtime
  • Creating HTTP Handlers
    • Creating a Generic Handler
    • Creating an Asynchronous HTTP Handler
    • Using GDI+ with HTTP Handlers
  • Working with HTTP Applications
  • Creating HTTP Modules
    • Building a URL Remapper
  Building ASP.NET Web Sites using Localization and Globalization
  • Working with Culture
    • Detecting the Culture
    • Setting the Culture
    • Working with CultureInfo
  • Creating Local Resources
  • Creating Global Resources
  • Using the Localize Control
Ensuring Accessibility
  • Creating Accessible Applications
  • Testing for Accessibility
Configuring an ASP.NET Web Site
  • Using ASP.NET Configuration Tools
  • Using the Configuration API
  • Working with Encrypted Configuration Sections
  Building Secure ASP.NET Application
  • Managing Authentication
    • Working with the SQLMembershipProvider
    • Working with the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider
    • Creating a Custom Membership Provider
  • Managing Authorization
    • Authorizing by Role or Location
    • Using Authorization with Non-Page Files
    • Working with the SQLRoleProvider
    • Working with the WindowsTokenRoleProvider
  • Working with the Membership API
  • Working with the Role API
Managing Performance and Monitoring ASP.NET Web Sites
  • Using Caching
    • Using Page Output Caching
    • Using Partial Page Caching
    • Using Data Caching
    • Working with SQL Cache Dependencies
  • Using the Health Monitoring API