Overview/Description
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is an environment for developing, deploying and running applications and web services on Windows platforms. The .NET Framework supports the use of different languages and libraries for application development. Application types include both Windows-Forms applications and Web applications. 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. This course identifies the key features and differences between the .NET Framework 3.5 and its previous versions, including LINQ, and the new features of Visual Studio 2008, including common language enhancements and language enhancements that are specific to Visual Basic and C#.

Target Audience
Developers who are currently using .NET3.0, 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 3.0 Framework, Visual Studio 2005 and either Visual Basic 2005 or Visual C# 2005.

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Introducing .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
# identify new features in Visual Studio 2008
# identify process improvements in Visual Studio 2008
# recognize common language enhancements in Visual Studio 2008
# recognize how to create XML using the XML language enhancements
# define the language enhancements specific to Visual Basic 9.0 or C# 3.0
# use Visual Basic language enhancements
# identify examples of the standard query operators in LINQ
# recognize how to use the Object Relational Designer to create LINQ to SQL data classes
# match the LINQ applications with their descriptions
# use LINQ to create a web application, for a given example