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Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Windows Apps MCSD/MCAD 70-306 Online Course Tutorial Details

Total Lessons: 6
Total Time: 14 hour(s)
Subscription Term: 12 month(s)

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Summary:

This series, in an effort to help a learner prepare for the MCSD/MCAD 70-306 exam, covers creating forms, handling exceptions, developing .NET components and assemblies, and consuming and manipulating data. It also covers using web services, managing globalization, working with legacy code, implementing user assistance and accessibility, and working with components and controls. The series also details topics such as application testing, debugging, deployment, maintenance, support, and configuration.

Features and Benefits of our Tutorial:
* Exercises that allow users to practice the application
* A file containing the text of the exercises
* Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
* Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
* A glossary
* A Skill Assessment

Lesson 1 Windows Forms and Control - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Create a form and edit its properties within the form's code and using the Properties window
* Differentiate the two types of event handling (overriding protected methods and attaching delegates)
* Describe the use of the Draw and Fill methods
* Utilize the z-order to properly sort overlapping controls
* Configure the TabIndex and TabStop values in order to determine the order in which controls will gain focus
* Explain how to add controls to container objects using the Forms Designer and through programmatic code

Lesson 2 Exceptions, Components, and Assemblies - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Explain the use of Try, Catch, and Finally code blocks.
* List the four techniques of user input validation: control choice, control state, keystroke validation, and full control validation.
* Create a component extending from the Component, Control, and UserControl classes
* Create single-file, multifile, static, dynamic, private, shared, satellite, and resource-only .NET assemblies
* Use and create Web services (SOAP, Disco, UDDI, and WSDL)
* Convert ActiveX controls to use within .NET applications

Lesson 3 Binding and Manipulating Data - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Differentiate simple and complex data binding
* List common members of the CurrencyManager class
* Filter data within the client application and at the server
* Distinguish ad-hoc queries from stored procedures
* Construct basic SQL statements using the T-SQL dialect supported by Microsoft SQL Server
* Use the DataSet object to make data available within your application
* Explain how to use the Framework Class Library to view a DataSet as XML

Lesson 4 Globalization and User Services - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Obtain a listing of available cultures from an application
* Perform application localization at runtime
* Explain the purpose of user assistance and accessibility planning within your application
* Create and consume an HTML Help file project
* Configure the common PageSettings and PrinterSettings properties
* Use the four standard Windows printing components
* (PageSetupDialog, PrintPreviewDialog, PrintPreviewControl, and PrintDialog)

Lesson 5 Testing, Deploying, and Maintaining Windows Applications - 3 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Explain the use of the bottom-up, top-down, umbrella, and regression testing methods
* Configure your application for conditional compilation
* Differentiate the four primary types of deployment templates available within Visual Studio .NET
* Use various editors to customize a Setup project
* Explain the use of the Start, Kill, and CloseMainWindow methods to start and stop processes
* Configure code groups to manage user permissions

Lesson 6 Practice Exams - 2 hours

Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
*Practice for and evaluate thier current skill level for the Visual Basic .NET Windows Apps 70-306 Exam