Introduction to the .NET platform

• The principles and architecture of the .NET environment.
• Object distribution architecture in .NET, executing remote objects and components.
• Structure of a VB.NET program. The namespace notion.
• Presentation of Framework .NET.
• Development environment and tools.
• MSIL language: the principles of the intermediary language, and JIT (Just In Time) compilation.

Basic syntax: data, expressions and instructions

• Values, operators, manipulating variables.
• Data types: Common Type System.
• Complex data: tables. Handling tables, creating and manipulating them.
• Flow control instructions: loops, test, flow control.
• Functions.
• Program sequencing, the notion of exceptions.
• Some minor new features: Continue, IsNot, Using, property visibility, support for non-signed types, Global key word, Try
• IsTrue and IsFalse operators.
• Generating documentation.

Object-Oriented Programming

• Classes and objects: real world object modelling.
• Notions of attributes, methods and properties.
• Inheritance. Polymorphism.
• Implementing multiple interfaces.
• Representing the object model.

Classes and objects in VB.NET

• Defining classes. Defining objects.
• Defining the content of the class: methods and attributes. Overloading methods and operators.
• The life cycle of objects: constructor, destructor.
• Typing in VB.NET: type handling and conversion.
• Properties. Definition. "read only" properties.
• Visibility of the members of a class: properties and methods. Using namespaces.
• Deriving and inheriting classes. Controlling access during derivation.
• System.Object base class.
• Manipulating attributes: the principle of metadata. Class, method, field attributes.
• Manipulating and handling tables. Handling memory. Using the garbage collector.
• Foreach structure and indexer: principle and utilisation.
• Partial classes. Customised event management. Generic classes. Cancellable types.
• Covariance and contravariance of delegates.

Interfaces

• Principle.Declaring and utilising an interface.
• Interfaces and inheritance. The principle of multiple inheritance through interfaces.

Exception handling

• The principle of handling exceptions and events.
• The structure of inter-language exception handling: triggering an exception in one language and processing it in another
• Using delegates: static and dynamic delegates for handling events.

Assemblies

• The notion of assembly. Creating an assembly. Organising a project through assemblies.
• Private assembly and shared assembly: signature, role of the GAC (Global Assembly Cache), implementation in the GAC. Ass
• Assembly and multi-language support.

Framework .NET's base classes and object

• The principle of Framework.
• CTSs: base classes (Int, String).
• General class: .NET System, Threading.
• Data structure manipulation class: Math, ArrayList.
• Processing chains, date and time.
• Dynamic tables. Regular expressions.
• Implementing type conversion through classes. Creating the type through an instance.

Handling inputs/outputs

• The hierarchy of classes.
• FileStream and StreamRead/StreamWriter.
• Manipulating the file system.
• Asynchronous Inputs/Outputs.

Applications developed with Framework .NET

• The essential elements of Famework: user interface with Windows.Form, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, Web services.
• Multi-target development: .NET peripherals, development targets.
• The architecture of applications with Web Services.
• Example of programs using .NET's essential components.
• Other areas of .NET: integrating Web services.