In this course you will be introduced to many exciting ASP.NET 2.0 features that will help you get the most out of the .NET Framework and make you a better and more efficient Visual Basic 2005 developer. You will become familiar with the debugging and tracing features in Visual Studio 2005 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. And finally, you will learn how you to build mobile applications using Visual Basic 2005 so your clients can get information on their PDAs and smartphones.

In this course, you will learn to:

• Read and write XML using the XML DOM
• Redirect users on unhandled errors
• Debug client-side script
• Work with ASP.NET Profile features
• Use the Trace object for page-level monitoring
• Use Web Events to provide programmatic health monitoring
• Create new user-defined controls
• Debug SQL Server stored procedures
• Enhance your site with ASP.NET Web Parts
• Understand how Web Parts can communicate with each other
• Create mobile Web applications
• Improve performance with caching
• Use cached data in code

Ken Getz is a nationally renowned speaker and best-selling author who specializes in programming with Visual C# and Visual Basic. He is the author and presenter of some of most popular courses Ken is also a senior consultant with MCW Technologies and the author or co-author of several best-selling books including Access 2002 Developer's Handbooks (with Paul Litwin and Mike Gunderloy (Sybex)), Access Cookbook (with Andy Baron and Paul Litwin (O'Reilly)), VBA Developer's Handbook (with Mike Gilbert (Sybex)), and ASP.NET Developer's JumpStart (with Paul D. Sheriff (Addison-Wesley)). Since the inception of the program, Ken has been selected each year as a Microsoft Support MVP and is a member of the INETA speaker's bureau, traveling to speak at .NET user groups throughout the country. Ken is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, including Microsoft's Tech-Ed, as well as VSLive and DevConnections. Ken is also a technical editor for Advisor Guide to Microsoft Access and Advisor Guide to Microsoft Visual Basic and is a columnist for both CoDe Magazine and MSDN Magazine.

Andy Baron, is a nationally recognized industry expert specializing in Visual Basic, Visual C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SQL Server and SQL Server Business Intelligence. He has authored and presented more than 15 Visual Studio and SQL Server courses . Andy is also Senior Consultant with MCW Technologies, as well as a contributing editor for Advisor Media and Pinnacle Publications, a writer for SQL Server Magazine, and co-author of the Microsoft Access Developer's Guide to SQL Server. Since 1995, Andy has been selected each year as a Microsoft MVP for his contributions to Microsoft's online support. Andy also speaks regularly at industry conferences.