Microsoft .NET is an advance in programming technology that greatly simplifies application development, both for traditional, proprietary applications and for the emerging paradigm of Web-based services. .NET is a complete restructuring of Microsoft’s whole system infrastructure and represents a major learning challenge for programmers developing applications on Microsoft platforms. NET 2.0 includes C++/CLI, which enables the popular Visual C++ language to fully participate in the new .NET Framework. But learning the new programming language is only part of the challenge. The much greater challenge is learning the .NET Framework and all its capabilities.

This three-day course is designed to provide a sound introduction to the .NET Framework for programmers who already know the C++/CLI language and the fundamentals of Windows Forms. It is current to .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. The course focuses on core portions of the .NET Framework that are common across many application areas.

The course starts with an introduction to the architecture and key concepts of .NET. It then discusses class libraries, assemblies, versioning, and deployment, which constitute a major advance in the simplicity and robustness of deploying Windows applications, ending the notorious “DLL hell.” The next two chapters discuss important topics in the .NET programming model, including metadata, reflection, I/O, and serialization. The following chapter continues the discussion of the .NET programming model, including memory management, threading, and application domains.

.NET Security is introduced in some detail, with an emphasis on code access. The next chapter covers interoperability of .NET with COM and with Win32 applications, as well as C++ interop, exploiting the capability of C++/CLI applications to contain both managed and unmanaged code. The course concludes with an introduction to database programming using ADO.NET. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is used in database examples.

The course is practical, with many examples. The goal is to equip you to begin building significant applications using the .NET Framework. The student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

.NET Training Training Learning Objectives

• Gain a thorough understanding of the philosophy and architecture of .NET
• Acquire a working knowledge of the .NET programming model and .NET Security
• Learn how to implement database applications using .NET