Windows Forms Applications: C# Grid, VB NET Grid, C# Component, NET Webbrowser

Interesting to See Time Machine's control panel has touch-style controlsThis is a Soup to Nuts Video Tutorial series on Windows Forms Applications by David F. Anthony. The series covers these topics: , , photo credit: Yandle
 

 

Windows Forms Applications

1. Introduction and Essential Concepts
Key Concepts:

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

2. Creating Top-Notch User Experiences with Windows Forms in Visual Studio .NET
Key Concepts:

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

10-3-2006 97 minutes

3. Rapid Application Development with Visual Studio .NET
Key Concepts:

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

4. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle —Object-Oriented Concepts in Microsoft .NET Winforms Applications
Key Concepts:

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

10-3-2006 90 minutes

5. What Every Developer Should Know About the .NET Framework, but May Have Missed Along the Way
Key Concepts:

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

10-3-2006 90 minutes

6. User Interface Beauty Tips for Windows Forms Applications
Key Concepts:

A. Cool ways to improve user experience with GUI.

10-8-2004 90 minutes

7. Exceptions Happen
Key Concepts:

A. Best Practices for dealing with exceptions

10-15-2004 104 minutes

8. The Power of Effective Data Access Techniques -What ADO.NET Can Do For You
Key Concepts:

A. ADO.NET

10-22-2004 110 minutes

9. Taking Your Windows Forms Application Safely Through Configuration and Deployment to Production
Key Concepts:

A. Deployment options

10-29-2004 99 minutes

10. Taming the Giant: Managing Enterprise Applications and Large-Scale Development
Key Concepts:

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

11. Preserving User Experience in Web Applications—Distributed Windows Forms Applications Using Smart Clients
Key Concepts:

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

12. Keeping Threats at Bay—Securing Your Data and Applications with Microsoft .NET
Key Concepts:

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

11-19-2004 114 minutes

13. Advanced Data Access Techniques for the Power User
Key Concepts:

A. Advanced Data Access Techniques

12-3-2004 111 minutes

14. Complex Problems, Elegant Solutions—Scenarios for the Advanced .NET Programmer
Key Concepts:

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

10-3-2006 60 minutes

Misc 1. Dave’s Top Ten Programming Tips And Tricks
Key Concepts:

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

Misc 2. MSDN Architecture Webcast: Dave’s Tour of .NET Middle-tier Options
Key Concepts:

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

Misc 3. MSDN Webcast: Dave’s Pluggable Data Access Layer with Interfaces and the Factory Pattern
Key Concepts:

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

Misc 4. MSDN Webcast: Dave’s Top Ten Ways To Secure Your Desktop App
Key Concepts:

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