ASP.NET Using Visual Basic 2008: Volume 2 with Ken Getz and Don Kiely

Course Description: In this course you will be introduced to many exciting ASP.NET features that will help you get the most out of the .NET Framework and make you a better and more efficient Visual Studio 2008 developer. You will become familiar with the tracing features in Visual Studio that help you quickly troubleshoot issues. You will also learn how to read and write XML data using XML DOM, how to work with ASP.NET Profile features and ASP.NET Web Parts, and how to take advantage of creating your own user-defined control. You will also learn about caching issues that can help optimize your sites, and how to use Web parts to create dynamic Web sites. You will also learn about new features in Visual Studio 2008, including support for ASP.NET AJAX, the new ListView control, and ASP.NET extensions.

13+ hours of media runtime 

Tracing

Demo: Enable Page Tracing
Trace.Write / Trace.Warn
Demo: Trace.Write /.Warn
Interpret Trace Output
Page Tracing
Demo: Code Tracing
Application-Level Tracing
Configure Web.config
trace Attributes / Options
writeToDiagnosticsTrace
Demo:writeToDiagnosticsTrace
Using the Trace Viewer Tool
Demo: Trace Viewer Tool

Listeners

Using TraceListeners
TraceListener Methods
Pre-Defined TraceListeners
Trace Switches
TraceSwitch Class
Configuring Switches
Demo: Switches in Web.config
WebPageTraceListener
Demo: WebPageTraceListener
Demo: Diagnostics Tracing

Health Monitoring

TraceFinished Event
TraceContextRecord
Demo: Create Event Handler
Send Web Event Data
Demo: aspnetdb Database
Demo: SqlWebEventProvider
Providers and Rules
Event Mappings
Demo: View webconfig
Demo: View Event Data

User Controls

User-Defined Controls
Demo: Creating a User Control
A More Complex User Control
Providing States Data
User Control Properties
User Control Events
Demo: Investigate the Control
Demo: Providing States Data
Demo: User Control Properties
Demo: User Control Events
Demo: Test the User Control

Custom Controls

Demo: Create a Custom Control
StateDropDownList Control
Rendering the Control
HtmlTextWriter Class
Demo: Creating the Control
Adding Control Attributes
Demo: Adding Attributes
Rendering Control"s Contents
Demo: Rendering Control
Control Properties
Demo: Control Properties
Managing Property Behavior
Demo: Property Behavior
Working with Postback Data
IPostBackDataHandler
Demo: IPostBackDataHandler
PostBack Sequence
Loading Postback Data
Raising Postback Events
Demo: Postback Events
Review the Postback Events
Specifying a Toolbox Icon
Demo: Toolbox Icon
Finishing Touches
Demo: Ease-of-Use Features

Caching

Improvements
Types of Caching in ASP.NET
Page Output Caching
Caching Static Pages
Demo: Caching Example Pgs
Caching Multiple Pg Versions
Demo: Multiple Page Versions
Varying by Form Parameters
Demo: Form Parameters
Varying by HTTP Header
Demo: Vary by HTTP Header
Varying by Browser
Demo: Varying by Browser
Varying by a Custom String
Demo: Varying by String

Page Fragments

Demo: Cache Page Fragments
Using VaryByControl
Demo: Using VaryByControl
Multiple Versions of a Control
Demo: Multiple Ctrl Versions
Post-Cache Substitution
Call a Method to Insert HTML
Demo: WriteSubstitution
Caching Configuration
Demo: Caching Configuration

Advanced Caching

Declarative Output Caching
Demo: Declarative Output
Advanced Caching Features
Test Caching in VS 2008
Programmatic Page Caching
Setting Cacheability
Demo: Set Cacheability
Vary by Parameters, Headers
Demo: Vary by Parameters
Additional Options
Caching Data
Using Cache.Add/Cache.Insert
Controlling Expiration
Item Expiration Notification
Demo: Dependencies

Data Caching

SqlCacheDependency Object
Demo: Poll Changes to a Table
Steps for Poll-Based Caching
Data Source Controls
Demo: Data Source Controls
Source Control vs. Directive
Polling on Query Results
Demo: Polling
SQL Query Notifications
Demo: Enable Notifications
Rules for Query Notifications
Common Notification Rules
Demo: Query Notifications

AJAX

Web Form Processing
Traditional Page Processing
AJAX Processing
Two Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
Server-Side AJAX
Client-Side AJAX
AJAX and Visual Studio
Demo: Debug/Explore AJAX

Server Side AJAX

AJAX Server-Side Controls
ScriptManager Control
Demo: ScriptManager
UpdatePanel Control
Demo: UpdatePanel
UpdateProgress Control
Demo: UpdateProgress
Multiple UpdatePanel Controls
Demo: Two UpdatePanels
Timer Control
Demo: Timer Control
ScriptManagerProxy Control

AJAX Control Toolkit

AccordianPane
Demo: AccordianPane
AlwaysVisibleExtender
Demo: AlwaysVisibleExtender
AutoCompleteExtender
Demo: AutoCompleteExtender
FilteredTextBoxExtender
Demo: FilteredTextBoxExtndr
ListSearchExtender
Demo: ListSearchExtender
Validator Controls
Demo: MaskedEdit Extender
PagingBulletedListExtender
Demo: List Extender
TextBoxWatermarkExtender
Demo: TextBoxWtrmrkExtndr
PasswordStrength
Demo: PasswordStrength
Client-Side AJAX
Demo: AJAX Client Library
Demo: Call a Web Service
Server-Side Page Method
Demo: Server-Side Pg Method

Repeater Control

List-Bound Controls
Data Binding
Controls and Templates
What About ListView?
What About Templates?
Using the Repeater Control
Demo: Repeater Control
Demo: Displaying Data
Binding to Data
Demo: Binding to Data
Demo: CategoryDetail.aspx
Reviewing the Repeater Ctrl
Repeater Control Events
Demo: Item Command Event

DataList Control

Creating a DataList Control
DataList Templates
Demo: DataList Example
Formatting the DataList
Demo: Format the DataList
Binding Data to the DataList
Demo: Binding Data
Demo: Templates
Demo: Select a Row
Demo: Editing Data
Demo: EditCmd Event
Demo: CancelCmd Event
Demo: UpdateCmd Event

Web Services

Web Service Technologies
Creating a Web Service
Demo: HelloWorld
Demo: Example Web Service
Define Web Methods
Demo: Inventory Web Service
Testing the Web Service
Demo: Test Web Service
WSDL Document Details
Demo: WSDL Document
Define the Target Namespace
Designing XML Web Services

Web Service Consumers

Web References
Demo: Add Web Reference
Call a Web Service
Demo: Call Web Services
WCF
Define a WCF Service
Demo: Define a WCF Service
Demo: WCF Serv Consumer

ListView Control

Intro to ListView Control
Explore the ASP.NET ListView
Demo: ASP.NET ListView
Demo: Configuring ListView
ListView Control Templates
Demo: ListView Templates
Demo: Conf LV Templates
Grouping Items
Demo:Grouping Items
Modifying ListView Data
Demo: Modifying ListView Data

Static Page To ListView

Demo: A Static Page Version
Demo: Add a ListView Control
Demo: Add LINQ Data Source
Demo: Enable Data Editing
Sort Data in a ListView
Demo: Sort Data in a ListView
Adding Paging with DataPager
Demo: Add a DataPager
Demo: More Flexible Paging
Display the Paging Location
Demo: Paging Location
PagerCommand Event
Demo: PagerCommand Event

Reading XML

Working with XML
Tree-Based XML Handling
Non-Cached XML Handling
What is the XML DOM?
The Sample File
The Sample File in XML
Load XML Data
Demo: Load XML Data
Work with a Node"s Children
Iterate through All Nodes
Demo: Traverse Child Nodes
Retrieve Element Nodes
Demo: Retrive by Name
Demo: Retrieve Text Nodes
Match a Criterion
Get Started with XPath
Demo: Searching with XPath
What About Namespaces?
Demo: Searching Namespaces
Specific or Related Nodes
Node Attributes

Writing XML

Create XML Programmatically
Adding Nodes
Add or Delete Elements
Remove All Nodes/Attributes
Demo: Create XML
Demo: Modify Nodes
Demo: Remove All
Add or Delete Attributes
Modify the Element"s Value
Modify the Attribute"s Value
Demo: Work with Attributes
Dealing with Errors
Handle XML Loading Errors
Demo: XML Loading Errors

Intro to Profiles

Introducing Profiles
Strongly Typed Access
Demo: Profile Behavior
Storing Profile Data
Demo: Storing Profile Data
Considering Profiles
Configuring Profiles
Setting Up Web.config
Adding New Properties
Creating Property Groups
Using Custom Types
Demo: Using Custom Types
SQL Server for Profile Storage
Modifying Provider Behavior
Demo: Machine.config
Investigating the Sample Site
Demo: Sample Site

Anonymous Profiles

Work with Anonymous Profiles
Enabling Anonymous Profiles
Migrating Anonymous Users
Demo: Anonymous Users
Custom Profile Provider
Demo: A Provider Toolkit
Demo: Custom Provider
Profiles/Session State

Web Parts

Web Parts in Action
Demo: Personalization
Design and Edit Modes
Demo: Design and Edit Modes
Catalog Mode
Demo: Catalog Mode
Connect Mode
Demo: Connect Mode
Custom Properties and Menus
Demo: Properties and Menus
Web Part Server Controls
WebPartManager
ProxyWebPartManager
WebPartZone
CatalogZone
EditorZone
ConnectionsZone

Coding Web Parts

Page"s Display Mode
Demo: Control Display Mode
Demo: Personalization Scope
Resetting Personalization Data
Demo: Reset Data
Coding Connections
Demo: Web Part Connections
User Controls as Web Parts
Demo: User Controls
Custom Controls as Web Parts
Demo: Custom Controls

Web Deployment/History

Web Deployment Projects
Demo: Web Deployment Projs
ASP.NET AJAX History
Demo: AJAX History
Use AJAX History
Demo: Using AJAX History
Demo: Pg Using AJAX History

Dynamic Data

Dynamic Data Web Site
Demo: Dynamic Data Web Site
Demo: Run Dynamic Data Site
Dynamic Web Site Structure
Demo: Structure of the Site
Demo: Routing
Demo: Web Site Templates
Change Data Display
Demo: Change Data Display
Change Page Templates
Demo: Change Pg Templates