Overview/Description
Visual Studio 2008 is an integrated development environment that includes a drag-and-drop interface designer and many other tools for building and deploying .NET applications. Various enhancements have been added to the .NET Framework 3.5, including support for developing applications using Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, and Windows CardSpace. This course illustrates how to incorporate these key new features into Windows and Web applications using the tools provided by Visual Studio 2008.

Target Audience
Developers who are currently using .NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, and Visual Basic 2005 or Visual C# 2005 and who intend to use .NET 3.5 with Visual Studio 2008 and VB 2008 or C# 2008 to develop business applications.

Prerequisites
A thorough knowledge of the .NET 2.0 Framework, Visual Studio 2005, and either Visual Basic 2005 or Visual C# 2005

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Building .NET 3.5 Applications with Visual Studio 2008
# identify the key strength of Windows Communication Foundation
# recognize the steps in the programming model for creating a Windows Communication Foundation service
# create a new workflow using Windows Workflow Foundation in Visual Studio 2008
# recognize the procedure for configuring a workflow to call a Windows Communication Foundation service in Visual Studio 2008
# create a workflow that will call a Windows Communication Foundation service in Visual Studio 2008 for a given example
# recognize the procedure for creating a user interface for a Windows Presentation Foundation application in Visual Studio 2008
# recognize how to configure a web site to use Windows CardSpace
# create a user interface for a Windows Presentation Foundation application and enable CardSpace for a web site in Visual Studio 2008, in a given example
# identify enhancements to ASP.NET 3.5
# recognize how to link a Silverlight project into an ASP.NET application
# identify features of Silverlight
# identify the purpose of the ASP.NET AJAX components in Visual Studio 2008
# recognize how to use ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight in Visual Studio 2008