ASP.NET 1.1

You will learn how to

• Develop Web applications rapidly using ASP.NET 1.1 and Web Forms
• Implement Web-based navigation models
• Build browser-independent user interfaces with Visual Studio .NET and Web Forms
• Ensure data integrity with Validator controls
• Implement reusable code by creating your own Web Form controls
• Create applications that manage state through the transaction
• Bind data-aware controls to any data source
• Deploy and update ASP.NET 1.1 applications

Course benefits
ASP.NET 1.1 is a platform for creating high-performance Web-based applications in any .NET-compatible language. With ASP.NET 1.1, developers can rapidly create applications with rich user interfaces.

In this hands-on course, you learn to use the Visual Studio .NET environment to create ASP.NET 1.1 applications rapidly. You gain practical experience using Web Forms to create data-bound applications for any database.

Who should attend
This course is valuable for anyone beginning to develop Web-based applications or considering using ASP.NET 1.1. Some experience with HTML and a programming language is assumed.

Hands-on training
Hands-on exercises in developing Web applications using Visual Basic .NET or C# include:

• Creating and configuring Web sites with Visual Studio .NET
• Building stateful applications
• Implementing the navigation structure for a Web application
• Integrating CSS with ASP.NET pages to let users choose their own interface
• Displaying and updating data
• Exploiting the DataList and DataGrid controls
• Validating data with ASP.NET controls
• Incorporating third-party components and Web services
• Deploying ASP.NET applications

Course content

Introduction to Web Applications Unique challenges of the Web Three-tier client/server vs. Web development Developing with Visual Studio .NET Generating HTML from Web Form controls The ASP.NET object model Managing the request-response cycle Building user interfaces with asp: controls Site Navigation Navigation with code Intrasite navigation with Server.Transfer Intersite navigation with Response.Redirect Integrating client and server-side navigation Implementing links with controls Connecting pages with Hyperlink controls Integrating code with Button, ImageButton and LinkButton controls Implementing the User Interface (UI) with Web Forms Creating the UI with Visual Studio .NET Populating Web Forms with ASP.NET controls: TextBoxes, ListBoxes, Dropdowns, CheckBoxes, RadioButtons Interacting with the fundamental controls Controlling formats with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Grouping and organising controls Dynamically adding controls at runtime Designing dynamic pages with templates Managing controls using panels Validating data using Validator controls Developing validation strategies Client- vs. server-side validation Validator controls: Required, Range, Comparison, Summary, Regular Expression Implementing business rules with the Custom Validator Programming Web Form controls Manipulating ListBoxes, DropDownLists, CheckBoxLists, RadioButtonLists Adding new client-side attributes Configuring controls from code Integrating TreeViews into your UI Exploiting ASP.NET Objects and Controls Strategies for maintaining state Building on the ViewState for page state management Employing the Session object for user-based state management Building custom controls Encapsulating code into reusable controls Inheriting from existing controls in Visual Basic .NET and C# Adding new functionality Developing Web applications with the ASP.NET Page object Processing page events Integrating with client-side triggered events Initiating processing with AutoPostBack Creating cross-browser solutions Diagnosing and catching errors Advanced Web Form controls Working with XML Dynamically building tables Inserting HTML Connecting to Databases Binding data to Web Form controls Working with your database from within Visual Studio .NET Updating, deleting and inserting records Building the UI with the DataList Binding the DataList with drag-and-drop Building templated forms Rapid development with the DataGrid Extending the DataGrid with templates Supporting sorting and paging for data Accessing data from the DataGrid in Visual Basic .NET and C# Packaging ASP.NET Applications Windows Installer vs. XCOPY Deploying the application