.NET For Beginners
For career minded developers who want to begin enterprise development, Bruce Landry's .NET for Beginners is a perfect starting point!
Learning
Install .NET Development Environment
Navigate .NET Development Environment
Adjust master project settings
How to properly close a project
How to create a multi-solution project
How to add forms to your project
Be able to navigate the project with the solution explorer
Switch between the code view and GUI view in Visual Studio
Learn to use the properties window to adjust settings within project elements
How to use the toolbox window
How to add toolbox elements to your project
Understand different .NET project types
Be able to run the code you are developing
Understand strategies to organize your code within the Visual Studio environment
Be able to discuss the function of libraries in .net
Be able to assign specific libraries to your .net projects
Understand how to reference other screens and utilities
Understand how to work with a SQL database in Visual Studio
How to create your own database using SQL server
Be able to add tables to your database
Be able to write a basic stored procedure and execute it
Understand how to create, recall and display SQL queries
Identify additional data sources supported by dot net
Identify the differences between C# and Visual Basic
Learn how to execute C# code in Visual Studio
Apply standards to keep your code neat and orderly
How to write fundamental C# structures
Identify the difference between Windows Forms and Web projects
Create complete Windows Forms projects with Visual Studio
Create complete Web based projects with Visual Studio
Apply standard naming conventions within your work
Understand how to apply the concept of referencing in your project
Apply basic debugging techniques to your work
Understand how to bundle your project and send it to the end user
How to add and remove components from a web based project
How to apply CSS styles within a web page
How to apply a consistent lay out across pages
How to interact with Crystal Reports
How to interact with the Windows registry
How to deploy a an application on the web
About
Have you wanted to start working in the lucrative world of enterprise development? Do you have projects that require you use the .net framework of the C# programming language? Do you want to excel in Windows development? Do you have an idea for a Windows based application? Do you want a development job at a company that "runs on Windows"?
This course is for you! This course provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the .net space and .net coding using C#. This course provides a primer on the major aspects of .net development including the Visual Studio Environment, data connections, the C# language, and winform and webforms projects. In short, once you complete this course you'll be able to independently create .net projects and be positioned to learn advanced techniques and procedures.
Course Introduction
Course Introduction
Course Preparation
A Tour of the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Introduction
What is an IDE, and what is it used for?
What is Visual Studio?
Project Types supported in VS
The Solution Explorer
The Properties Window
The Toolbox
Summary
The Visual Studio IDE in Action
Introduction
Winforms, WPF, and Web Projects
IDE interaction with Projects
Running your Project while building
Methods, Functions and Routines
Libraries
Calling other Project Components
Summary
Using the Visual Studio IDE to connect to data
Introduction
Data Connections in Visual Studio
Simple SQL Server Database
Tables in SQL Server
Stored Procedures
Getting SQL Data into my Project
Other Data Sources
Summary
A Starting Primer for the C# Programming Language
Introduction
C# versus Visual Basic
Programming Structures in C#
Writing Good Code
Basic Coding Techniques, Part 1
Basic Coding Techniques, Part 2
Applying what we've learned
Summary
Starting a Winforms Project
Introduction
Winforms versus ASP Web Pages
Opening and Exploring our Project
Visual Studio Objects, Part 1
Visual Studio Objects, Part 2
Visual Studio Objects, Part 3
Writing Clean Organized Forms
Summary
Making your Winforms Project become a usable software application
Introduction
Naming Conventions
Referencing
Building Project Components
The Inevitable "Gotcha's"
Building your Application
Distributables
Summary
A Web Development with Visual Studio Primer
Introduction
Revisiting Winforms versus Web Forms
Form Controls, Custom Controls & A Microsoft Office Project
ASP.NET Development, Part 1
ASP.NET Development, Part 2
Starting an ASP.NET Web site
Project Layout in ASP Web Development
Summary
Creating a Working Web site with Visual Studio
Introduction
Revisiting Winforms
Revisiting Winforms versus Web Forms
Reports
Tapping into our Data
How a Web Form is different
How to Build and Publish our Web
Summary
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