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The Philosophy of .NET
Understand the limitations of COM
Enumerate the benefits of .NET
The Common Type System (CTS)
The Common Language Specification (CLS)
The Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Assemblies, metadata and manifests
The Common Intermediate Language (CIL)
Survey the .NET Namespaces
Platform Independent .NET (Mono / DotGnu distributions)
Choosing a managed language (C#, VB.NET, MC++)
Developing with Visual Studio.NET 1903
Developing with the C# command line compiler (csc.exe)
Building .NET Applications in C#
Defining class types using C#
Process command line arguments
Looping and decision constructs
Method overloading
C# parameter modifiers (out, ref, params)
Working with structured exception handling
Object Oriented Programming with C#
Constructors and Finalizers
Encapsulation via type properties
Static fields, members and constructors
The const and readonly modifiers
Implementation Inheritance and virtual members
Abstract base classes / abstract members
Interface based polymorphism
Explicit interface implementation
Rules of type casting
Nested types
Operator overloading
Common Language Runtime Fundamentals
Understand value types vs. reference types
The role of System.Object
Understand boxing and unboxing
The role of System.Array, System.String and System.Enum
Buidling custom namespaces
Investigate System.Collections
Building type indexers
Understanding delegate types
The delegate / event relationship
Interact with the CLR garbage collector (System.GC)
Understanding .NET Assemblies
Review the limitations of classic COM binaries
Assembly Characteristics
Contrast private and shared assemblies
Deploying private assemblies
Cross language inheritance
Understanding strong names
Deploying shared assemblies
Author application configuration files
Versioning policies and shared assemblies
Understand publisher policy
Working with codebase
Reflection and Attribute Based Programming
The role of reflection
The role of System.Type
Dynamic loading of external assemblies
Late binding under the .NET platform
Understand attribute based programming
The System.Attribute type
Building custom attributes
Programming Windows Forms
Understand the derivation of a Form type
The Application class
Build Menu Systems
Handle keyboard events
Handle mouse events
Survey the Windows Form controls set
The role of GDI+ (System.Drawing and friends)
Learn how to build Windows Forms Dialog Boxes
Understand Form Inheritance
Input, Output and Object Serialization
Survey the System.IO namespace
Learn to manipulate a directory and file structure.
Open, read, write and close text files.
The role of object serialization
The [Serializable] attribute
The BinaryFormatter / SoapFormatter types
Understanding Threads
Define a thread and understand when multithreading is useful
Discuss the issues of concurrency and synchronization
Use C# and the CLR to spawn and control threads
Synchronize threads using the lock keyword
Synchronize threads using the Monitor and Interlocked class
The role of the [Synchronization] attribute
Run tasks asynchronously using delegates
Schedule task using the built-in thread pool
Interoperability with Legacy Systems
The System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace
Understand how to call unmanaged APIs (PInvoke)
Interacting with custom C-based DLLs
Call COM types from .NET types (RCW)
Call .NET types from COM types (CCW)
Data Access with ADO.NET
Understand the ADO.NET object model
Work with ADO.NET DataReaders
Working with Command types
Build parameterized queries
Trigger strored proceedures via ADO.NET
Work with ADO.NET DataSets and DataAdapters
Understand ADO.NET DataRelation types
Work with DataView types
Web Development with ASP.NET
Examine the architecture of an ASP.NET Web Application
Survey the ASP.NET namespaces
Work with the `code behind'
Understand the role of the Page type
Work with ASP.NET Web Controls
Interacting with the request / response
Trace and debug ASP.NET applications
Building (and consuming) XML Web Services
Understand the role of XML Web Services
The role of the [WebMethod] attribute
The role of the Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
Expose custom types from an XML Web Service
Generating client proxies
A Guide to Microsoft .NET Certification
Discuss the role of certification
List the requirements for MCP, MCAD, MCSD
Look at the process for achieving MCAD and MCSD certification
List Web sites, practice tests and other certification resources
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