Build real-world programming skills—and prepare for MCP Exams 70-310 and 70-320—with this official Microsoft® study guide. Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises to learn how to build XML Web services and server components using Visual Basic®.NET and Visual C#™ .NET. Then extend your expertise through additional skill-building exercises. As you gain practical experience with essential development tasks, you’re also preparing for MCAD or MCSD certification for Microsoft .NET.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Creating and managing Microsoft Windows® services, serviced components, .NET remoting objects, and XML Web services
Consuming and manipulating data
Testing and debugging
Deploying Windows services, serviced components, .NET remoting objects, and XML Web services
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Testing tool that generates timed, 50-question practice exams featuring scenarios and case studies for both Visual Basic .NET and C# programmers, plus automated scoring
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Learn-by-doing exercises for skills you can apply to the job
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Chapter 1 Understanding the .NET Framework
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Overview of the .NET Framework
Lesson 2: Understanding the Common Language Runtime
Lesson 3: Understanding the Managed Execution Process
Lesson 4: Understanding Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache
Lesson 5: Understanding Configuration and Security
Lesson 6: Understanding Application Domains and Run-Time Hosts
Lesson 7: Introducing the .NET Framework Tools
Summary
Lab: Creating Assemblies and Examining MSIL
Review
Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Windows Services
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding Windows Services
Lesson 2: Creating Windows Services
Lesson 3: Handling Events and Logging Information from a Windows Service Application
Lesson 4: Adding Installers, Specifying Security Context, and Installing and Uninstalling a Windows Service
Lesson 5: Managing Windows Services
Lesson 6: Configuring and Debugging Windows Services
Summary
Lab: Creating and Managing Windows Services
Review
Chapter 3 Creating and Consuming Serviced Components
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Overview of COM+ Programming
Lesson 2: Understanding, Creating, and Registering Serviced Components
Lesson 3: Utilizing COM+ Services
Lesson 4: Managing Serviced Components Using the Component Services Tool
Lesson 5: Implementing Security for Serviced Components
Summary
Lab: Creating, Configuring, and Managing Serviced Components
Review
Chapter 4 Creating and Consuming .NET Remoting Objects
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding .NET Remoting
Lesson 2: Implementing Server-Activated and Client-Activated Objects
Lesson 3: Transporting Messages Across Application Domains Using Channels
Lesson 4: Implementing Events and Delegates
Lesson 5: Implementing Asynchronous Methods
Lesson 6: Configuring and Securing .NET Remoting Objects
Summary
Lab: Creating and Consuming .NET Remoting Objects
Review
Chapter 5 Database Programming Using ADO.NET
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding ADO.NET
Lesson 2: Understanding .NET Data Providers
Lesson 3: Working with DataSets
Summary
Lab: Creating and Using Data Access Components
Review
Chapter 6 Accessing and Manipulating XML Data
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding the XML Document Object Model
Lesson 2: Working with XmlReader and XmlWriter
Lesson 3: Working with XPathNavigator
Lesson 4: Understanding the XML Schema Object Model
Lesson 5: Validating an XML Document
Lesson 6: Working with XML and DataSets
Summary
Lab: Accessing and Manipulating XML Data
Review
Chapter 7 Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding XML Web Services
Lesson 2: Creating XML Web Services
Lesson 3: Deploying and Discovering XML Web Services
Lesson 4: Consuming an XML Web Service
Summary
Lab: Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
Review
Chapter 8 Advanced XML Web Services Programming
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Controlling the Characteristics of a Web Method Using Attributes
Lesson 2: Creating Asynchronous Methods
Lesson 3: Using SOAP Extensions
Lesson 4: Configuring and Securing a Web Service
Summary
Lab: Implementing Transactions, Asynchronous Methods, and SOAP Extensions
Review
Chapter 9 Testing and Debugging XML Web Services
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Designing Unit Test Plans
Lesson 2: Overview of Visual Studio .NET Debugging Tools
Lesson 3: Code Instrumentation
Lesson 4: Creating and Testing Multicultural Satellite Assemblies and Test Data
Summary
Lab: Tracing and Debugging
Review
Chapter 10 Deploying XML Web Services and Windows Services
About This Chapter
Lesson 1: Understanding .NET Deployment Features
Lesson 2: .NET Deployment Options and Setup Programs
Lesson 3: Registering and Locating Components and Assemblies
Lesson 4: Implementing Versioning and Side-by-Side Deployment
Summary
Lab: Creating Setup Projects
Review
Appendix Questions and Answers
Chapter 1: Understanding the .NET Framework
Chapter 2: Creating and Managing Windows Services
Chapter 3: Creating and Consuming Serviced Components
Chapter 4: Creating and Consuming .NET Remoting Objects
Chapter 5: Database Programming Using ADO.NET
Chapter 6: Accessing and Manipulating XML Data
Chapter 7: Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
Chapter 8: Advanced XML Web Services Programming
Chapter 9: Testing and Debugging XML Web Services
Chapter 10: Deploying XML Web Services and Windows Services
Appendix COM Interoperability
Accessing COM Components from Managed Code
Appendix System Requirements
Glossary
Title:
MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET
