Architecture of the .NET platform
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Organization and structure of the .NET FrameWork
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Languages supported by .NET
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Functioning principle from the source code to the executable
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MSIL and CLR
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Naming spaces
Fundamentals of the VB.NET language
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Basic types
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Checking structures
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Syntax
Simple console applications
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Entry point
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Compilation
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Execution
VB.NET: Writing a class
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Member data
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Encapsulation and writing properties
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Delegates
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Methods
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The ToString method
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Fundamental mechanisms: Construction, destruction and
garbage collection
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Overloading and the overloads keyword
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Events and their handler
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Notion of member data and Shared methods
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A little UML: UML notation of a class and its relationships
Object-oriented programming with VB.NET: Object
concepts
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Redefinition and the overrides keyword
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Shadowing and the shadows keyword
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Abstract class
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Interface and implementation
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Casting
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The Object class
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A little UML: UML notation of inheritance and realization
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Programming with exception
management
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The Try, Catch and Finally keywords
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Structuring exception management blocks
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Creating personalized exceptions
Writing a Windows application
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Windows Forms
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Some important and common components
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TextBox, ListBox, Form, Button, Treeview, ... properties
and methods
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Form inheritance
Accessing data with ADO.NET
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System.Data namespace
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Accessing several tables
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XML unification and relational data
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The DataReader, DataSet and DataAdapters objects
Deploying .NET applications
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Notion of assembly
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Private and public assemblies
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Versioning
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Structure of assemblies
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Manifests
Web services
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Architecture of Web services
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Definition and usefulness of SOAP, WSDL
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Creating a Web service
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Implementing a Web and Windows client
.NET and XML
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Handling XML via the DOM
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XSLT transformation through programming
Other notions (optional)
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Serialization
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Working with files
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Multi-threading
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