MS VB .NET: Web Development Part 5: Web Applications

This course is designed for beginning Web developers and Microsoft Visual Basic developers who want to learn Visual Studio .NET and ASP.NET. Beginner Web developers have minimal experience with programming. However they know the basic constructs of programming such as loops and conditional statements. Participants in this course possibly work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer Edition.

This course is suitable for Web developers who have knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or dynamic HTML (DHTML) along with some knowledge of a scripting language such as Visual Basic Scripting Edition or Microsoft JScript.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• identify features of the Cache object.
• identify the syntax for using the Cache object.
• match output cache types with their functions.
• identify features of authentication methods.
• match Internet Information Services (IIS) authentication methods with their features.
• identify functions of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Unit 1: Configuring and Deploying

• Identify features of the Cache object.
• Identify the syntax for using the Cache object.
• Match output cache types with their functions.
• Identify the syntax for using a page output cache.
• Identify the syntax for using fragment caching.
• Identify functions of Machine.config.
• Match Web.config file sections with their features.
• Identify the syntax for storing and retrieving application settings in Web.config.
• Configure an application to use a dynamic property.
• Identify features of configuration inheritance.
• Enable FrontPage Server Extensions.
• Sequence the steps for deploying Web applications.
• Identify reasons for installing an assembly into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC).
• Identify features of Web farm deployment.
• Sequence the steps for creating a setup program.
• Identify guidelines for designing an accessible Web site.
• Identify methods of supporting online user assistance.
• Identify guidelines for implementing globalization.
• Match globalization classes with their functions.
• Sequence the steps to create a resource file for localization.
• Sequence the steps in the resource fallback process.
• Identify the command line syntax for compiling a satellite assembly.
• Identify guidelines for developing a globalized user interface (UI).
• Identify language considerations for developing a global application.
• Identify attributes of the section of the Web.config file to validate non-Latin user input.

Unit 2: ASP.NET Web Application Security

• Identify features of authentication methods.
• Match Internet Information Services (IIS) authentication methods with their features.
• Identify functions of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
• Identify the syntax to enable Windows-based authentication within Web.config.
• Identify the syntax for reading user-authentication information from a Web application.
• Sequence the steps that take place during Forms-based authentication.
• Sequence the steps in the Passport authentication process.
• Match security options of an XML Web service with their characteristics.
• Identify the syntax for accessing a secure XML Web service by using Windows-based authentication.
• Identify the syntax for enabling Forms-based authentication within Web.config.
• Identify the syntax for retrieving user information stored in Passport.
• Identify the syntax for creating a logon page.
• Identify the syntax for enabling Microsoft Passport authentication in Web.config.

8 Hours

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).