VB.net Migration

AUDIENCE: This course is designed for those who have some experience in programming in Visual Basic,
particularly VB6 and are wishing to take advantage of the features available in VB.net 2003 and 2005
PREREQUISITES: Previous programming experience, ideally in VB6.
DURATION: 5 days. Hands on.
OBJECTIVES: This course aims to introduce the development environment, enhanced capabilities, concepts and syntax changes in VB.net
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction
System Requirements
Changes in VB.NET
Installation of VB.NET
Requirements of the Environment
Preparation for Installation
An Initial Program

.NET Framework
The NET Framework - An Overview
Key Design Goals
Multiple Language Integration and Support
A Common Type System
Namespaces
Structure of an Application in the NET
Framework
Deployment and Execution
.NET Class Framework?
Programmatic Interfaces

IDE and Language Features
A Tour of the IDE
Windows Form Designer Code
New IDE Features
Main Windows
Language and Syntax Changes

Windows UI Capabilities
Windows Forms Architecture
New Control Properties
Summary of Important Controls
Visual Inheritance in Windows Forms
GDI+
Custom Windows Forms Controls

Object-Oriented Capabilities
Merger of Object- and Component-Oriented
Concepts
Object Orientation Implementation
Object Lifecycle
Inheritance
Shared or Class Members
Events
Interfaces
Interacting with Objects
Early vs. Late Binding
Cross-Language Inheritance
Visual Inheritance

Web Capabilities
Interface Layer
Summary of Browser Features
Overview of Web Forms
ASP.NET as the Run-Time Engine
Server Controls
Custom Web Form Controls
An Application Using Web Forms
Overview of Web Services
SOAP Protocol

Data Access
ADO.NET
What is a DataSet?
Data Flow Overview for ADO.NET
Managed Providers
ADO Managed Provider
SQL Managed Provider
XML through ADO.NET
XML through the DOM

Advanced Topics
Middle-Tier Components
Class Libraries and DLLs
Web Services
Microsoft Message Queue (WSWQ)
.NET Threading
Printing Model
Deployment in .NET
Windows NT/Win2K Services
Monitoring the File System

Interoperability and Migration
COM/DCOM/COM+ Interoperability
Invoking COM Components from .NET
ADO from VB.NET
ActiveX Controls from Windows Forms
DCOM
Calling Windows APIs