C# Training Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial.

• JavaScript or Java

• General Programming Experience

C# Training Course Outline

• Intro to .NET

  • Why .NET?

  • The .NET Framework

  • Creating a Simple .NET Application

• Working with the Visual Studio IDE

  • Introducing Visual Studio 2005

  • Starting Visual Studio 2005

  • Changing Options

  • Windows and Tabs

  • Creating a New Project

• Introduction to Windows Forms

  • .NET Does Windows

  • Adding Controls to a Form

  • A Peek behind the Scenes

  • Adding Event Handling Code

  • Adding a Menu to the Form

  • Adding Non-Graphical Components

• Taking Advantage of the Form Event Model

  • Handling Events

  • Displaying Forms

  • Creating Dialog Forms

  • Form Events

  • Keyboard Events

  • Mouse Events

  • Validating User Input

• Common Windows Forms Controls

  • Investigating Windows Forms Controls

  • Label, TextBox, and Button

  • CheckBox and RadioButton

  • ComboBox, ListBox, and CheckedListBox

  • LinkLabel, NumericUpdown, PIctureBox and ProgressBar

• Exception Handling

  • Perspectives on Exception Handling

  • Getting Started with Exception Handling

  • Adding a Simple Try/Catch Block

  • Unhandled Exceptions

  • Using an Exception Object

  • Catching Specific Exceptions

  • Raising Errors

  • Running Code Unconditionally

• Working with Strings and Dates

  • Basic .NET Data Types

  • Working with Text: The String Class

  • Working with Dates and Times

• Accessing Data

  • Overview of ADO.NET

  • Connecting to Data

  • Executing Commands

  • Working with Data

  • Choosing an ADO.NET Provider

• Data Binding Techniques

  • Data Binding Basics

  • Creating a Data Source

  • Creating Data-Bound Forms

  • Data Binding Components and Controls

  • Displaying Data from Related Tables

  • Displaying Data from Lookup Tables

  • Adding Search Capabilities to a Form

  • Filtering by Values from a Lookup Table

  • Working with Local Data

• Using the Data Controls

  • Display Data using the DataGridView Control

  • Make the Most of the DataGridView Control

  • Understand the BindingSource and BindingNavigator Controls

• Handling Input/Output Tasks

  • Introducing the System.IO Namespace

  • Selecting Files

  • Browsing for Folders

  • Handling Path Information

  • Working with Directories and Files

  • Using Stream-Based Objects to Read and Write File Contents

• Project Settings in Visual Studio 2005

  • Understand the Project Properties Window

  • Controlling the Build Process

  • Debug Settings

  • Managing References

  • A Quick Introduction to Security Settings

• Editing application resources and settings

  • Introducing Resources and Settings

  • Adding Resources

  • Configuring Settings

  • Interact with Resources and Settings in Code

• Debugging Your Applications

  • Configuring the Debugging Environment

  • Debugging Syntax Errors

  • Configuring Debugging in Visual Studio

  • Setting Breakpoints and Stepping through Code

  • Exploring the Debugging Windows

  • Using New Visual Studio 2005 Debugging Features

  • Writing to the Windows Event Log

• Container Controls

  • Working with Containers

  • Panel and GroupBox

  • Tab Control

  • SplitContainer

  • TableLayoutPanel and FlowLayoutPanel

• Menus and Toolbars

  • Not Your Father’s Menus and Toolbars

  • Introducing the ToolStrip Control

  • Working with the MenuStrip Control

  • Moving and Docking: the ToolStripContainer Control

  • Modifying Menus and Toolbars

  • Working with Menus and Toolbars in Code

• Creating MDI Applications

  • Working with MDI Parents and Children

  • Managing Menus and Toolbars in MDI Applications

  • Detecting Which Child is Active

  • Handling Shutdown of MDI Applications

• Complex Windows Forms Controls

  • Digging Deeper into Windows Forms Controls

  • DateTimePicker, ListView

  • MaskedTextBox

  • MonthCalendar, RichTextBox,

  • NotifyIcon, ToolTip,

  • TreeView, WebBrowser

• Creating Custom Controls

  • Control Creation in Windows Forms

  • Inheriting from an Existing Control

  • Drawing Your Own Custom Controls

  • Creating Composite Controls

• Windows Forms Components

  • Working with Windows Forms Components

  • BackgroundWorker Component

  • FileSystemWatcher Component

  • PerformanceCounter Component

  • Process Component

  • ServiceController Component

  • Timer Component

• Interoperability

  • Calling COM Components

  • You Still Can Call the Win32API

  • Introducing Creating and Consuming Web Services

• Deploying Applications using Click-Once

  • Publishing an Application

  • Setting Publish Options

  • Updating a Deployed Application

  • Rolling Back an Update

  • What Happens When You Publish an Application?

  • What Happens When You Publish an Update to an Application?

  • ClickOnce and Security

  • Using the Deployment API to Manage Updates

Student Feedback

Bronwyn Lindgren : Joseph was a really great trainer. His knowledge was really a benefit for me. He was also able to identify what areas we needed to spend more time on. The facilities in general were good and I would definitely come back here for another course.(July 2009)

Andreas Wackernagel : I was very happy that 2ko was able to radically change the course content to allow us insight into some (specific) relevant concepts. Thanks!!! (September 2009)