.NET Framework Introduction

1 day

Overview

You will understand the .NET Framework components and the development tool, Visual Studio.NET, and discuss their role in enabling and supporting the .NET paradigm.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend that you first take the following Systematix course or have equivalent knowledge Object-Oriented Programming Principles

Target student

This course is for you if you are familiar with object-oriented programming concepts and have an interest in .NET and Visual Studio.NET.

What's next

This is the first course in this series. Visual Studio .NET Introduction is the next course in this series.

Introducing .NET-The Big Picture

Characterize The .NET Paradigm
Describe Web Services

Building .NET-The Framework Components

Describe the .NET Framework
Describe the Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Compare the .NET Class Framework to a Language-Specific Class Library
Decide When to Use .NET Windows Forms
Describe the Uses of Web Forms and Web Services
Identify When to Use Console Applications

Managing .NET-The Common Language Runtime Components

Identify the Components of the CLR
Describe Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL)
Distinguish Between the .NET Compilers
Describe How the CLR Manages Memory

Taking Advantage of the Common Language Runtime

Identify Advantages of RAD
Describe Multiple Language Support in .NET
Explain Cross-Language Interoperability
Explain Garbage Collection
Describe Structured Error-Handling

Unifying .NET-The Class Framework

Describe the .NET Class Framework
Describe the Purpose of Namespaces
To Use or Not to Use Inheritance
Differentiate Between Interface- and Inheritance-Based Polymorphism
Indicate When Overloading is Used

Deploying .NET Applications

Describe Component Deployment
Describe DLL Hell
Describe an Assembly

Getting Started with Visual Studio.NET

Access Online Resources
Set Up a VB.NET Windows Forms Application
Create a Simple .NET Application
Compile and Debug