Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET

Aims and Objectives
Describe the key differences between ASP and ASP.NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET.
Create an ASP.NET Web Application UI.
Use the trace feature of ASP.NET to obtain information about executed requests.
Use the Visual Studio .NET debugger to debug ASP.NET Web applications.
Access databases in an ASP.NET Web application by using Microsoft ADO.NET.
Create and call a COM object from an ASP.NET Web page.
Explain how XML Web services is beneficial to distributed Internet computing.
Create an XML Web service by using Visual Studio .NET.
Create client code that can create and call a remote XML Web service.
List server and client-side state management techniques and explain how ASP.NET improves state management.
Use the ASP.NET Application object to track data that is associated with an ASP.NET Web application.
Use the ASP.NET Session object to track data that is associated with an individual user session.
Use the ASP.NET HttpCookie object to store client-side data.
Explain what approach would be the best for migrating a ASP Web application to ASP.NET. given a specific ASP Web application scenario.
Implement Forms-based authentication in an ASP.NET Web application.
Prepare an ASP.NET Web application for deployment.
Access and display Extensible Markup Language (XML) data in an ASP.NET Web application.
Use caching to improve Web application performance.

Target Audiences
This course is intended for web developers intending to upgrade from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course students must have:
The ability to create HTML pages with tables, images and forms. Experience using a scripting language such as Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition or JavaScript.
Experience using ASP to create Web applications.
The ability to retrieve data from relational databases by using ADO.
Familiarity with a Microsoft .NET-based programming language.

Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application Development
Module 2: Developing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application User Interface
Module 3: Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
Module 4: Accessing Data Using Microsoft ADO.NET
Module 5: Managing State in a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
Module 6: Authenticating Users

Creating and Consuming XML Web Services

Calling COM Component

Migrating ASP Web Applications to Microsoft ASP.NET

Deploying Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications

Appendix A: Accessing XML Data

Appendix B: Improving Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application Performance Using Caching

Appendix C: Job Aid: Migrating ASP Web Applications to Microsoft ASP.NET

Appendix D: Review Game