New England Training Solutions

Windows Presentation Foundation Programming Using Visual Basic.NET

Length: 5 Days Price: Contact NETS for pricing.

This course provides students with hands on experience using Visual Studio to create Windows Presentation Foundation applications using VB.NET. This class provides a thorough introduction to the VB.NET programming language, including coverage of the essentials of the VB.NET programming language, built in data types, operators, control structures, classes and methods.

Students will learn the basics of XAML and how it, combined with VB.NET, is used to describe the appearance and behavior of WPF applications. Students also learn how to use ADO.NET to interact with data sources and display data. Other topics include using a .config file to Control application configuration; using XML data with DataSets; and deploying WPF applications. Comprehensive labs and exercises provide the students with experience creating and deploying WPF applications.

Prerequisites: Knowledge of fundamental HTML syntax is helpful, but not required. Prior experience with a scripting or programming language is required.

Windows Presentation Foundation Programming Using Visual Basic.NET Training Overview
  • Introduction to .NET Architecture
  • Using the ILDASM Tool
  • The .NET Framework Base Class Library
  • Using the .NET Command Line Compiler
  • Using Visual Studio
  • VB.NET Basic Data Types, Variables and Scoping Rules
  • Defining a VB.NET Class
  • Working with Objects
  • Converting Between Types
  • Operators and Expressions
  • Formatting Output
  • Conditional Constructs (If/Then, If/Then/Else, I f/Then/ElseIf, Select Case)
  • Looping (Do/Loop, While, For/Next, For Each, Exit For)
  • Exception Handling
  • Working with Arrays
  • .NET Collections
  • User-Defined Data Types
  • Overview of LINQ
  • WPF Architecture and Control Hierarchy
  • XAML Syntax
  • WPF Application Configuration and Deployment
  • Using XML Data with DataSets
  • Managing WPF Application Layout
  • Working with ADO.NET
  • Databinding and Data Manipulation