Getting Started with Microsoft .NET for COBOL Programmers

Introduction
This three-day instructor-led course willintroduce COBOL programmers to Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET programming techniques.At the end of the course, students will be able to create simple Microsoft .NETWindows® Forms and Microsoft ASP.NET Web Forms using Microsoft Visual Studio®.NET.

Audience
This course is intended for existing COBOLprogrammers who understand and write COBOL code, but may have little or noknowledge of Windows and Windows development.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will beable to:

Explain the .NET vision.

Explain the .NET programming environment.

Create an application in Visual Basic .NET with Visual Studio .NET.

Create a Windows Form in Visual Basic .NET with Visual Studio .NET.

Access data using ADO.NET.

Read XML files

Create a DataSet

Explain the Web development environment.

Create an ASP.NET Web Form in Visual Basic .NET using Visual Studio .NET.

Consume an XML Web Service.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:

Experience programming with COBOL.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
No Microsoft Certified Professional exams areassociated with this course currently.

Course Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbookand other necessary materials for this class.

Course Outline
Module1: Introduction to the .NET Framework
In order to program for .NET, students areintroduced to the .NET programming environment and create simple Windowsprojects using Visual Studio .NET.
Lessons

The History of .NET Computing

Introduction to the .NET Vision

Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
Lab:Creating a .NET Application User Interface
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain the history of computing and trends that led to .NET.

Explain the Microsoft .NET vision and .NET Framework.

Explain what Visual Studio .NET is and create a .NET Windows application by using Visual Studio .NET.

Module2: Programming with the .NET Framework
In order to program for .NET, students areintroduced to programming, building, and debugging .NET applications usingVisual Studio .NET.
Lessons

Programming with Visual Studio .NET

Building and Debugging Applications with Visual Studio .NET

Introduction to the .NET Languages
Lab:Creating a Visual Basic .NET Application
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Write code in the Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment.

Build and debug code using Visual Studio .NET.

Explain the concepts of .NET languages and the Common Runtime Language.

Module3: Using .NET Object-Oriented Programming
In order to understand the fundamentals ofprogramming in .NET, students are taught the basics of using object-orientedprogramming practices.
Lessons

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

Programming with Classes
Lab:Programming with Objects
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain the principles of object-oriented programming.

Program using classes, methods, and properties.

Module4: Programming with Events and Exceptions
In order to understand the fundamentals ofprogramming in .NET, students are introduced to event-driven programming, withevents and exceptions.
Lessons

Programming with Events

Programming with Exceptions

Advanced Debugging in Visual Studio .NET
Lab:Event-Driven Programming in .NET
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain and use event driven programming

Explain and create exception handlers.

Debug applications by using the debug and trace classes and breakpoints.

Module5: Accessing Data Using ADO.NET
In order to build data-driven applications,students are taught how ADO.NET works and how to program data access usingADO.NET.
Lessons

Introduction to ADO.NET

ADO.NET Data Access Objects

Accessing Data with DataReaders

ADO.NET Error Handling
Lab:Accessing Data by Using ADO.NET
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain the ADO.NET object model and data access process

Explain how to access data with data readers

Handle Errors from a Data Request Object

Module6: Using DataSets
In order to build data-driven applications, studentsare taught how DataSets work and how to manipulate data.
Lessons

Introduction to DataAdapters and DataSets

Creating DataAdapters

Creating DataSets
Lab:Using DataSets
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain DataAdapters and DataSets.

Create and use a DataAdapter.

Create, fill, and use a DataSet.

Module7: Displaying Data
In order to build data-driven applications,students are taught to display data using list-bound controls.
Lessons

Displaying Data in List-Bound Controls
Lab:Accessing Data by Using ADO.NET
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Display DataSet Data in list-bound controls

Module8: Creating ASP.NET Web Forms
In order to understand how to create successfulWeb Forms, students are taught to create simple Web projects using VisualStudio .NET.
Lessons

Introduction to the Internet

Creating Static Web pages

Introduction to ASP.NET Web Forms

Creating ASP.NET Web Forms

Adding Server Controls to ASP.NET Web Forms

Adding Code to ASP.NET Web Forms

Using Advanced Controls
Lab:Creating an ASP.NET Web Form
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Explain in basic terms how the Web and Internet work.

Explain and create a static Web page.

Explain ASP.NET Web Forms.

Create an ASP.NET Web Form.

Add server controls to an ASP.NET Web Form.

Add code to an ASP.NET Web Form.

Add advanced server controls to an ASP.NET Web Form

Module9: Consuming XML Web Services
In order to leverage the distributed nature of the.NET Framework, students are taught to create applications that consume XML WebServices.
Lessons

Introduction to XML Web Services

Testing XML Web Services

Creating an XML Web Service Client
Lab:Consuming XML Web Services
After completing this module, students will be able to :

Explain what an XML Web service is, why XML Web services were developed and how they function.

Test an XML Web service using Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Create a Web reference proxy for an XML Web service Web method, and then call that Web method from a Web Form.

Module10: Using DataGrids
In order to leverage the distributed nature of the.NET Framework, students are taught to access data using ADO.NET and displaythe data in a list-bound DataGrid control.
Lessons

Displaying a DataSet in a List-Bound Control
Lab:Accessing Relational Data Using Visual Studio .NET
After completingthis module, students will be able to:

Display data in an ASP.NET Web Form by using a list-bound control.