.NET short course (3 days) training course

Get Started with C# or VB.NET

What you will learn

At the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Utilise Visual Studio .NET 2012/2013 to develop and debug applications
2. Understand the role of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and .NET Framework
3. Create Reusable Objects using Object Oriented Programming
4. Create .NET Assemblies
5. Create simple ASP.NET and Console Applications
6. Provides grounding to pursue more advanced topics

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

.NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET 2013/ 2012 / 2010
Creating .NET Solutions and Projects
Role of the Common Language Runtime
.NET Framework APIs for creating Applications
Discussion of alternative APIs for creating Applications with the .NET Framework
Visual Studio .NET 2013 / 2012 / 2010 tools
Console IO
Lab: Create simple Project and use of Visual Studio .NET Features

Fundamentals

Introduction to C#/VB.NET
.NET Framework Class Library
Namespaces
Value and Reference types
Standard Types
Methods
Labs: Provide Input and Output functionality for common types; Create Methods to partition functionality

Flow of Control

Loop Constructs (for, while, do/while)
Conditional Code (if, switch/Select Case)
Lab: Add flow of control statements to conditionally execute code

Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Structures and Classes
Methods/Properties/Constructors
Class Diagrams/Class Details
Refactoring
Inheritance and Polymorphism
Lab: Create Classes to provide templates for types; Implement Polymorphism
Role of Generics in .NET
Type Safety
Generics and Generic Collections
Lab: Use generic collection to store objects

Interfaces

Introduction to Interfaces
Creating an Interface
Implementing an Interface
Standard Interfaces
Lab: Use interfaces in to work with Generic Collections

Error Handling

Creating Robust Applications
Exception Handling
Try/catch/finally
Lab: Add exception handling

Class Libraries

Creating a Class Library Assemblies
Strong Named Assemblies
Lab: Create a Class Library for later reuse

ASP.NET

This section considers the basics of creating a Web Application using ASP.NET MVC.
ASP.NET MVC 4 (Model View Controller)
Creating Model, View and Controller
Creating of Razor views
Validating user input
Lab: Create an ASP.NET MVC Application to allow user input and presentation of data