Tài liệu MCAD/MCSD Training Kit—Developing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Mi

The book is divided into the following sections and chapters:


The “About This Book” section contains a self-paced training overview and introduces the components of this training kit. Read this section thoroughly to get the greatest educational value from this self-paced training and to plan which lessons you will complete.
Chapter 1, “Introduction to the .NET Framework,” introduces the .NET Framework, the common language runtime, and the .NET base class library. It describes how memory is managed using garbage collection. It explains how to create a class and a structure, and how to implement and scope methods.
Chapter 2, “Creating the User Interface,” describes the elements of the user interface and the steps you take in creating it. It explains controls, menus, using form and control events, and validating user input.
Chapter 3, “Types and Members,” explains in detail how to implement and use custom types. It explains how to create arrays and collections, and how to implement properties and events.
Chapter 4, “Object-Oriented Programming and Polymorphism,” introduces the concepts of object-oriented programming. It describes how to create overloaded members and how to implement polymorphism through inheritance and interface implementation.
Chapter 5, “Testing and Debugging Your Application,” describes how to use the tools provided by Visual Studio .NET to debug your application. It explains how to use the Trace and Debug classes to get real-time feedback from your application, and how to throw and handle exceptions. This chapter also describes how to develop a unit test plan for your application.
Chapter 6, “Data Access Using ADO.NET,” explains in detail how to use Microsoft ADO.NET to access data from a variety of sources. Connected and disconnected data access is explained, and binding data to the user interface is examined as well. This chapter also provides a sampling of XML data topics.
Chapter 7, “Creating Controls Using the .NET Framework,” describes how to use the .NET Framework to create user controls, custom controls, and inherited controls. It describes how to render visual elements with GDI+ technology, and how to accomplish some common tasks with controls.
Chapter 8, “Advanced .NET Framework Topics,” describes several advanced development topics. It explains how to create localizable applications, and how to implement printing in your application. It describes how to access COM components, the Windows API, and Web Services. It also explains how to implement help and set accessibility properties for your application.
Chapter 9, “Assemblies, Configuration, and Security,” explains how to create assemblies and use resources. It describes how to retrieve values from the configuration file and use them in your application. This chapter also explains how to implement role-based and code access security in your application.
Chapter 10, “Deploying Your Application,” explains how to create and configure a setup project for your application and how to plan a deployment scheme for your program.
Appendix A, “Questions and Answers,” lists all of the review questions from the book, showing the page number for each question and the suggested answer.
The Glossary provides definitions for many of the terms and concepts presented in this training kit.