MCAD Boot Camp

Prerequisites
Candidates should have some programming experience with Visual Basic or an equivalent windows-based programming language Candidates should have experience working with relational databases and a basic knowledge of the SQL language

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Course Length 8 days with 5 weeks of pre-study Product Code Core exam, week: 510071 Elective Boot Camp: 510057 Related Exams MCAD core exams - #70-305: Developing & Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio - #70-310: XML Web Services with Visual Basic .NET MCAD elective exam - #70-229 SQL Server Design.

Product Specifications
Waves MCAD Core Boot Camp is designed to:
Give students the skills required to design and deploy Web applications and XML Web Services using Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Framework. Prepare students for the MCAD core exams. Provide students with a stepping-stone to MCSD.

Materials and Services

Students receive study materials for pre-Boot Camp preparation. This includes: - MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. ISBN 0-73561584-5 - Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Step by Step ISBN 0-7356-1374-5 - Building Web Services for the Microsoft .NET Platform ISBN 0-4356-1406-7 - XML Step by Step ISBN 0-7356-1465-2 Study manual for SQL Server 2000 design Study guide for SQL Server 2000 design An Interactive Learning CD ROM covering: - Challenge interactive a test prep tool - NEXTSim Product simulation tool allowing students to practice complex scenarios in a simulated environment - Digital videos providing illustrations of critical concepts Transcender WebCert for exams# 70-229, 70-315, 70-310 Expert mentoring Skills assessment Expert instruction by certified instructors Certification test vouchers On-site testing Classroom lab, presentation slides and exercise manual to reinforce the material learned in class

List of Job Titles:

Database Designer, Database Administrator, Application Developer, and System Analyst

Key Topics
Creating user services Creating and managing components and .NET assemblies Consuming and manipulating data Testing and debugging Deploying a web application Maintaining and supporting a web application Configuring and securing a web application Creating and managing Microsoft Windows services, serviced components, .NET remoting objects, and XML web services Deploying Windows services, serviced components, .NET remoting objects, and XML web services Identifying primary keys and choosing appropriate foreign key relationships. Managing files, filegroups and transaction logs Populating a database from an external data source Designing, creating, using, and altering views, implementing both data modification and query through views. Using Transact-SQL to create scripts. Manipulating heterogeneous data with linked servers, OPENQUERY, OPENROWSET, OPENXML. Extracting data in XML format

Audience
Candidates seeking MCAD and /or MCSD certification for .NET.

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Course Outline
DEVELOPING WEB APPLICATIONS WITH VB.NET Creating User Services - Create ASP.NET pages - Add Web server controls, HTML server controls, user controls, and HTML code to ASP.NET pages - Implement navigation for the user interface - Validate user input - Implement error handling in the user interface - Implement online user assistance - Incorporate existing code into ASP.NET pages - Display and update data - Instantiate and invoke Web services or components - Implement globalization - Handle events - Implement accessibility features - Use and edit intrinsic objects Creating and Managing Components and .NET Assemblies - Create and modify a .NET assembly - Create custom controls and user controls Consuming and Manipulating Data - Access and manipulate data from a Microsoft SQL Server database - Access and manipulate data from a data store - Handle data errors Testing and Debugging - Create a unit test plan - Implement tracing - Debug, rework, and resolve defects in code Deploying a Web Application - Plan the deployment of a Web application - Create a setup program - Deploy a Web application - Add assemblies to the global assembly cache Maintaining and Supporting a Web Application - Optimize the performance of a Web application - Diagnose and resolve errors and issues

Configuring and Securing a Web Application - Configure a Web application - Configure security for a Web application - Configure authorization. Configure and implement caching - Configure and implement session state - Install and configure server services - Exam# 70-305: Developing Web Applications with Visual Basic .NET. DEVELOPING XML WEB SERVICES WITH VB.NET Creating and Managing Microsoft Windows Serviced Components, .NET Remoting Objects, and XML Web Services - Create and manipulate a Windows service - Create and consume a serviced component - Create and consume a .NET Remoting object - Create and consume an XML Web service - Implement security - Access unmanaged code Consuming and Manipulating Data - Access and manipulate data from SQL Server - Create and manipulate DataSets - Access and manipulate XML data Testing and Debugging - Create a unit test plan - Implement tracing - Instrument and debug - Use interactive debugging - Log test results Deploying Windows Services, Serviced Components, .NEt Remoting Objects, and XML Web Services - Plan the deployment - Deployment - Create a setup program for installation - Publish an XML Web service. - Configure client computers and servers - Implement versioning - Plan, configure, and deploy side-by-side deployments and applications. - Configure security - Exam# 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - Apply normalization rules to data - Identify primary keys and choose appropriate foreign key relationships - Identify and incorporate business rules and constraints - Selected logical design - Manage files, filegroups and transaction logs - Design tables that enforce data and referential integrity - Optimizing performance through indexes. - Populate a database from an external data source - Implement full-text search - Design, create, use, and alter views, implementing both data modification and query through views - Transact-SQL statements - Use Transact-SQL to create scripts - Dynamic SQL and stored procedure models - Use Transact-SQL cursors to manipulate data - Create and manage transactions - Business rules - Use input and output parameters with stored procedures - Create triggers that implement rules - Create results sets that provide summary data - Access data from static or dynamic sources - Evaluate and optimize the performance of an execution plan - Diagnose and resolve problems occurring with locking - Use of SQL Server profiler - Manipulate heterogeneous data with linked servers, OPENQUERY, OPENROWSET, OPENXML - Extract data in XML format - Take Exam# 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

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MCAD Boot Camp