Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0: Planning a Web Application

Course Code NGE72575

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This is the first course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to plan a Web site; analyze the planning guidelines and the performance and maintenance factors that need to be considered while developing a web application; and identify the basic concepts related to Web application design.

Audience

This course series is designed for site developers who perform architectural planning, technology selection, or Web site programming tasks. This series will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Examine the key concepts involved in planning a Web site.
• Identify the features of the various Microsoft products that can be used to develop a Web application.
• Identify the guidelines to follow while planning a Web application.
• Identify the basic concepts related to Web application design.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Web Site Planning

• Identify the features of Web-based architecture.
• Match the database models with their advantages.
• Match the Microsoft client products that are used to build and deploy Web solutions with their features.
• Match the Microsoft server products that are used to build and deploy Web solutions with their features.
• Match the development products that are used to build and deploy Web solutions with their features.
• Identify the content authoring products that are used to build and deploy Web solutions.
• Identify the benefits of using the services model to develop Web applications.
• Identify the type of application model that is suitable in a given scenario.
• Match the roles in the Web site development teams with their responsibilities.
• Sequence the activities in the Web life cycle.
• Identify the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) design principles.
• Match the security threats with their examples.
• Identify the considerations for implementing security in a Web application.
• Match the Microsoft security solutions for client products with their features.
• Identify the security features of Microsoft security solutions for server products.
• Match the Microsoft security solutions for shared products with their features.

Unit 2: Web Application Requirements

• Identify the guidelines to finalize the scope of a project.
• Identify the type of Web application required in a given situation.
• Identify the guidelines used for analyzing the support required to meet the business requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the guidelines to meet the security requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the guidelines to determine the requirements related to human factors.
• Identify the guidelines to test the feasibility of a technical architecture.
• Identify the factors that impact the performance requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the requirements that have an impact on the network bandwidth of a Web site.
• Identify the response time requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the barriers to the performance of a Web application.
• Identify the benefits of analyzing the maintenance requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the maintainability attributes of a Web application.
• Identify the factors that impact the maintainability of a Web application.
• Identify the factors affecting the distribution scope of a Web application.
• Identify the Web maintenance expectations of customers in a given scenario.
• Identify the terms of the third-party maintenance agreements for a Web application.
• Identify the extensibility requirements of a Web application in a given scenario.
• Identify the guidelines for integrating a Visual InterDev solution with existing applications.
• Identify the availability levels for a Web application.
• Identify the geographic scope requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the downtime requirements of a Web application.
• Identify the availability requirements of a Web application.

Unit 3: Web Application Design

• Identify the purpose of using scenarios in conceptual design.
• Match the key information models for scenarios with their contents.
• Identify the elements contained in the context model.
• Identify the elements contained in the workflow process model.
• Identify the components of the task sequence model.
• Identify the elements of the physical environment model.
• Identify the benefits of using scenarios.
• Identify the purpose of logical design.
• Identify the key principles of modular design.
• Identify the benefits of abstraction in classification.
• Identify the functions of encapsulation.
• Match the types of cohesion with their characteristics.
• Identify the characteristics of good coupling.
• Identify the definition of replaceable implementation.
• Identify the characteristics of composition.
• Identify the benefits provided by logical design.
• Match the core requirements of the logical design of an application with the factors affecting them.
• Identify the impact of the core requirements of the logical design on the physical design of an application.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

CDROM