AUDIENCE:   This course is designed as an introduction for those who wish to use Visual Basic.net and the .net Framework to create applications and utilities. PREREQUISITES:   Those attending should have a good working knowledge of Windows (Windows 2000/XP). Some programming experience, preferably in BASIC or a similar high level language is recommended. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   Those attending would learn how to: - How to use the IDE and its facilities. - VB.net syntax and coding - How to Create Windows Applications - How to Create ASP.net Applications - How to create ADO.net applications - How to create Web Services - How to create and manipulate classes - How to use name spaces COURSE CONTENT:   Visual Basic .NET Common Language Runtime Managed Execution Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) The Just-In-Time Compiler The Common Type System The .NET Framework Class Library Self-Describing Components Cross-Language Interoperability Security A First VB.NET Application The Start Page Windows Application Enhancements Coding Events and Event-Driven Programming What is an Event? Event Procedure Stubs Writing Code Program Comments Line Continuation Character (_) Code Overview The Sequence Structure The Selection Structure Loop Structures Visual Basic Debugger Debug/Immediate Window The Command Window Debug Menu The Locals Window The Autos Window The Me Window The Watch Window Breakpoints Data Computer Data Variables Variable Creation Variable Declaration The Dim Statement Variable Scope Where should Variables be declared? Visual Basic Data Types Numeric Data Types Other Data Types Property Data Types Constants Data Operations Arithmetic Operations Order of Operations Comparison Operators Logical Operators Conditional Structures If Then If ... Then ... Else If ... Then ... Elself Select...Case Loops Why Loops? For...Next Loop Variations on For ... Next Do ... Loops Do While ... Loop Do ... Loop While Do Until Do ... Loop Until Strings What Is a String? String Concatenation Regular Expressions and Class Regex Major VB.NET Changes General Changes Data Type Changes Structures Replace UDTs New Items Constructors and Destructors Namespaces Garbage Collection IDE Changes Building Classes and Assemblies Class Libraries The "Final" Code Compiling the Assembly Inheritance What Is Inheritance? VB.NET Inheritance Shared Members Inheritance Keywords Polymorphism When and When Not to Use Inheritance ADO.NET The ADO.NET Family Tree Building ADO.NET Applications Objects for Disconnected Data ADO and ADO.NET Upgrading VB6 Projects Modifications The Visual Basic Compatibility Library The Upgrade Process Helping VB6 Applications Upgrade Files and Streams Data Hierarchy Files and Streams File and Directory Classes Writing Data to a Disk File Reading Data from a Disk File Web Applications using ASP.NET How ASP.NET Works Server Controls Data Binding Handling Re-entrant Pages Windows Services and Console Applications Understanding Windows Services Console Applications Building Web Services Create a Web Service Client Data-Driven Web Services How Web Services Work Monitoring Performance Monitoring Performance Performance Counters Create Performance Counters .NET Interoperability with COM Using COM Components from .NET Creating .NET Metadata from a COM Component Calling the Windows API VB.Net and the Registry GetSetting and SaveSetting Deployment and Configuration Deploying .NET Applications Windows Application Deployment Optional Deployment Capabilities Deploying a Web Solution Creating and Consuming a Merge Module Creating a Cab File This course is also available at VB.net 2003 and VB.net 2008 - please ask for details.