Part Number: X08-76381
Course Number: 2349B Released: 02/2002

Delivery Guide
Programming with the
Microsoft
®
.NET Framework
(Microsoft Visual C#
™
.NET)
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Introduction..............................................................................................................1

Course Materials ......................................................................................................2

Prerequisites.............................................................................................................3

Course Outline .........................................................................................................4

Microsoft Certified Professional Program ...............................................................9

Facilities.................................................................................................................11

Module 1: Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Overview of the Microsoft .NET Framework..........................................................2

Overview of Namespaces ......................................................................................13

Review ...................................................................................................................17

Module 2: Introduction to a Managed Execution Environment
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Writing a .NET Application.....................................................................................2

Compiling and Running a .NET Application.........................................................11

Lab 2: Building a Simple .NET Application..........................................................29


Related Topics and Tools.......................................................................................31

Lab 4: Packaging and Deployment ........................................................................37

Review ...................................................................................................................42

Module 5: Common Type System
Overview..................................................................................................................1

An Introduction to the Common Type System ........................................................2

Elements of the Common Type System...................................................................8

Object-Oriented Characteristics.............................................................................25

Lab 5: Building Simple Types ...............................................................................39

Review ...................................................................................................................44
iv Programming with the Microsoft® .NET Framework (Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET) Module 6: Working with Types
Overview................................................................................................................. 1

System.Object Class Functionality ......................................................................... 2

Specialized Constructors....................................................................................... 12

Type Operations.................................................................................................... 18


Events.................................................................................................................... 21

When to Use Delegates, Events, and Interfaces.................................................... 31

Lab 8: Creating a Simple Chat Server................................................................... 32

Review .................................................................................................................. 42

Module 9: Memory and Resource Management
Overview................................................................................................................. 1

Memory Management Basics.................................................................................. 2

Non-Memory Resource Management ................................................................... 12

Implicit Resource Management ............................................................................ 13

Explicit Resource Management ............................................................................ 26

Optimizing Garbage Collection ............................................................................ 36

Lab 9: Memory and Resource Management ......................................................... 49

Review .................................................................................................................. 56

Module 10: Data Streams and Files
Overview................................................................................................................. 1

Streams.................................................................................................................... 2



Module 12: Serialization
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Serialization Scenarios.............................................................................................2

Serialization Attributes ............................................................................................4

Object Graph............................................................................................................5

Serialization Process ................................................................................................7

Serialization Example ..............................................................................................9

Deserialization Example ........................................................................................10

Custom Serialization..............................................................................................12

Custom Serialization Example...............................................................................14

Security Issues .......................................................................................................17

Lab 12: Serialization ..............................................................................................18

Review ...................................................................................................................27

Module 13: Remoting and XML Web Services
Overview..................................................................................................................1

Remoting..................................................................................................................2