Developing Applications Using Visual Basic 2008: What’s New

Visual Studio 2008 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual C# developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query) to new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications.

Course includes 33+ hours of total training time...

8 modules of training

Over 11 hours of media run tim

Over 350 pages of printable courseware

Step-by-step hands-on-labs

Sample code

Format

Modules

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Developing Applications Using VB 2008: What's New

CD-ROM

8 CD-ROMs

$495.00

CD-ROM & Books

8 CD-ROMs + Printed Books

$567.00

DVD-ROM

1 DVD-ROM

$495.00

DVD-ROM & Books

1 DVD-ROMs + Printed Books

$567.00

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Course Outline (Outlines are subject to change.)

Developing Applications Using Visual Basic 2008: What's New

Modules	Run Time	Pages
8	11 hours	350

Visual Studio 2008 adds a large set of new functionality for the Visual Basic developer. From new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query) to new client-side data support, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 make it easier than ever to create robust, enterprise-level applications. This course, including full written courseware, demonstrations, and lab exercises, introduces the most important new features in Visual Studio 2008 for experienced Visual Basic developers.

In this course you will learn...

Investigate new language features, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query)
Incorporate improvements to Visual Studio's data features
Build applications using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Communicate between applications using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Create workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Investigate new features for Windows applications
Learn about building managed applications for Microsoft Office

Prerequisites:

Before taking this course, students should have a good working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0, or should have completed AppDev's Developing Applications Using Visual Basic 2005 and Developing Applications Using Visual Basic 2005: Additional Topics.

Audience:

This course is focused directly on existing Visual Basic 2005 developers who want to learn, in a succinct fashion, what's new for them in Visual Studio 2008.

Language Integrated Query

LINQ Syntax
LINQ SQL
LINQ DataSets
LINQ to XML

Data Improvements

Hierarchical Updating with TableAdapterManager
Caching Data Locally
Separate Dataset and TableAdapter Code in n-tier Data Applications
Using LINQ to SQL classes to Represent Data

Getting Started with WPF

Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Investigating XAML and the WPF Designer
Introducing Content and Grid Controls

Revisiting WPF

Laying Out the Application
Creating the MoviePlayer Control
Creating a Data Source and Hook up Data Binding
Adding a Data Converter and a Data Template

Windows Communication Foundation

Introducing Windows Communication Foundation
WCF Building Blocks
Hosting a WCF Service
Self Hosting the WCF Service
Configuring WCF Services

Windows Workflow Foundation

Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation
Creating Your First Workflow
Activities
Using Rules in Workflows
Hosting a Workflow in a Windows Application
Host / Workflow Communication
State Machine Workflows

Client Application Services

Membership, Roles and Profiles on the Web
Client Application Services
Creating Your Own Membership and Role Providers

Creating Office Applications using Visual Studio 2008

Introducing Office Projects in Visual Studio 2008
Ribbon Customizations and Custom Task Panes
Working with Word 2007’s Content Controls
Creating an Outlook Form Region

Your Instructor

Ken Getz is a nationally renowned speaker and best-selling author who specializes in programming with Visual C# and Visual Basic. He has been working with for more than 10 years, and is the author and presenter of some of A most popular courses (click here for list of 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.

Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for several products including Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive, VSConnections and Advisor Live. His articles have appeared on MSDN and Advisor Publication’s VB.NET Advisor, and will appear in other venues as well throughout the year. Robert is the co-author and co-presenter of Visual Basic 2005 and Visual C# 2005 training, along with Ken Getz.