A. Background and general concepts behind Windows software development with .NET.
B. .NET Framework
C. Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

10-4-2006 84 minutes

A. General GUI concepts
B. Visual Studio forms designer.

10-3-2006 97 minutes

A. Rapid Application Development (RAD)
B. How concepts of RAD are applied with .NET and Windows® Forms to achieve faster time-to-market.
C. Designers
D. Code generation options
E. Wizards

10-3-2006 90 minutes

A. Object-oriented concepts
B. Reuse
C. Encapsulation
D. Polymorphism
E. Inheritance

10-3-2006 90 minutes

A. An immersive tour of the .NET Framework and its powerful capabilities.

10-3-2006 90 minutes

A. Cool ways to improve user experience with GUI.

10-8-2004 90 minutes

A. Best Practices for dealing with exceptions

10-15-2004 104 minutes

A. ADO.NET

10-22-2004 110 minutes

A. Deployment options

10-29-2004 99 minutes

A. You will learn valuable Enterprise development techniques using .NET – such as splitting up code into components that are reusable and more practical to work with, code layering, and features like logging, tracing, and performance counters.

11-5-2004 106 minutes

A. we'll show you how you can have the best of both worlds using Smart Client Windows® Forms applications. With Winforms, you can finally achieve a rich user experience while taking advantage of the way Smart Clients work like web applications behind the scenes.

11-12-2004 103 minutes

A. You will learn how .NET provides a powerful, inherently secure platform for writing Windows-based software.

11-19-2004 114 minutes

A. Advanced Data Access Techniques

12-3-2004 111 minutes

A. Tools within Visual Studio® .NET as well as a few stand-alone utilities
B. Design patterns

10-3-2006 60 minutes

Here's Dave's top ten desktop application User Interface tips and tricks
10) Remove references to Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace
9) Use the Application object; AppDomain object; and Assembly object to get runtime info
8. Write your own attributes – implement Declarative programming
7) Arrays – use ListBox.AddRange() to improve performance
6) Use a progress bar to indicate progress of long processes
5) Use ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem() to asynchronously initiate long processing.
4) Use IsolatedStorage and serialization to store user preferences
3) Use splitters, docking, and anchoring to achieve a professional UI
2) Add a global exception handler to your Desktop app via Application.Thread Exception
1) Roll your own custom configuration section with IConfigurationSectionHandler

June 04, 2004 90 minutes

A. Different options for implementing a middle tier with Microsoft® .NET including remoting, COM+, and Web Services. We’ll compare and contrast the pros and cons of each and discuss under which circumstances you might consider each option.

July 30, 2004 90 minutes

A. Pluggable data access layer based on interfaces that can be swapped out in the future if the data layer changes.

June 30, 2004 90 minutes

You will see ten practical best practices for securing your .NET desktop application.
10) Store non-volatile user-specific data in isolated storage
9) Use Integrated Security and Role Based Authorization through Windows Groups
8. Use COM+ Role-based security as a middle-tier solution
7) Assign strong-names to your re-usable assemblies
6) Use Link Demands and strong names to secure what code calls your assembly
5) Use Remoting as your middle tier via HTTP Channel, IIS and SSL
4) Run your code from a restricted code group especially when using LoadFrom()
3) Create an AppDomain to achieve a security boundary within your application
2) Use Impersonation to allow code to run under an account that can access specified resources
1) Use the Framework – DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL!

May 04, 2004 90 minutes